Cynthia's Chauffeur
By Tracy, Louis
Classic work by Tracy, Louis.
Table of Contents
THE HIRED CAR Derby Day fell that year on the first Wednesday in June. By a whim of the British climate, the weather was fine; in fact, no rain had fallen on southern England sinc...
THE FIRST DAY'S RUN Though Medenham was no turf devotee, he formed distinctly unfavorable conclusions as to the financial stability of the bawling bookmakers near at hand. "If yo...
SOME EMOTIONS--WITHOUT A MORAL Not until he was dressing, and the contents of his pockets were spread on a table, did Medenham remember Dale's commission. It was quite true, as he...
SHADOWS--WITH OCCASIONAL GLEAMS Mrs. Devar ate her soup in petrified silence. Among the diners were at least two peers and a countess, all of whom she knew slightly; at no other t...
A FLURRY ON THE MENDIPS It is a contrariety of human nature that men devoted to venturesome forms of sport should often be tender-hearted as children. Lord Medenham, who had done ...
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S VAGARIES Cynthia, notwithstanding that spirited _pas seul_, was rather pale when Medenham stopped the car close beside her. She had been on tenterhooks during ...
WHEREIN CYNTHIA TAKES HER OWN LINE When the Mercury, shining from Dale's attentions, halted noiselessly opposite the College Green Hotel on the Saturday morning, Count Edouard Mar...
BREAKERS AHEAD The Earl's title-borrowing from Shakespeare was certainly justified by current events, for Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse, to say nothing of their masters...
ON THE WYE For this is what happened. To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying: "Beg pa...
THE HIDDEN FOUNTS OF EVIL It was a flushed and somewhat breathless Cynthia who ran into the quiet country hotel at an hour when the Licensing Laws of Britain have ordained that qu...
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS When he came to think of it, Medenham decided to return at once to Symon's Yat. It was advisable, however, to inform the proprietor of the hotel that the E...
MASQUES, ANCIENT AND MODERN The clouds did not lift until Cynthia was standing in front of that remarkable Map of the World which reposes behind oaken doors in the south aisle of ...
WHEREIN WRATH BEGUILES GOOD JUDGMENT "Good-mornin', George." "Good-morning, dad." "Enjoy your run to Hereford?" "Immensely. Did you?" "It was not so bad. Rather tiresome, you ...
--AND GOOD JUDGMENT YIELDS TO FOLLY At any other moment the tone of confidence underlying the effrontery of this letter would certainly have revealed its presence to a brain more ...
THE OUTCOME The fine weather which had endured so long gave way that night. Storm-clouds swept up from the Atlantic, and England was drenched in rain when Medenham quitted Charing...
THE END OF ONE TOUR: THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER Cynthia found him lying in a darkened room. The nurse had just raised some of the blinds; a dismal day was drawing to its close, and ...