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PARSON KELLY
BY
A. E. W. MASON
ANDREW LANG
NEW YORK LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON AND BOMBAY 1899
First Edition, September, 1899 Reprinted October, 1899
University Press John Wilson And Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
TO THE BARON TANNEGUY DE WOGAN
Is Dedicated
The Chevalier Nicholas De Wogan.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PARSON KELLY
CHAPTER I
THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
CHAPTER II
MR. WOGAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN UNDESIRABLE ACQUAINTANCE IN ST. JAMES'S STREET
CHAPTER III
MR. WOGAN INSTRUCTS THE IGNORANT PARSON IN THE WAYS OF WOMEN
CHAPTER IV
SHOWS THE EXTREME DANGER OF KNOWING LATIN
CHAPTER V
A LITERARY DISCUSSION IN WHICH A CRITIC, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, TURNS THE TABLES UPON AN AUTHOR
CHAPTER VI
MR. NICHOLAS WOGAN REMINDS THE PARSON OF A NIGHT AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
CHAPTER VII
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU HAS A WORD TO SAY ABOUT SMILINDA
CHAPTER VIII
MR. KELLY HAS AN ADVENTURE AT A MASQUERADE BALL
CHAPTER IX
WHEREIN THE CHIVALROUS MR. KELLY BEHAVES WITH DEPLORABLE FOLLY
CHAPTER X
WHAT CAME OF MR. KELLY'S WINNINGS FROM THE SOUTH SEA
CHAPTER XI
THE PARSON DEPARTS FROM SMILINDA AND LEARNS A NUMBER OF UNPALATABLE TRUTHS
CHAPTER XII
THE PARSON MEETS SCROPE FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND WHAT CAME OF THE MEETING
CHAPTER XIII
OF THE ROSE AND THE ROSE-GARDEN IN AVIGNON.
CHAPTER XIV
OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW
CHAPTER XV
AT THE DEANERY OF WESTMINSTER
CHAPTER XVI
MR. WOGAN ACTS AS LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR AT LADY OXFORD'S ROUT
CHAPTER XVII
LADY OXFORD'S 'COUP DE THÉÂTRE.'
CHAPTER XVIII
WHEREIN A NEW FLY DISCOURSES ON THE INNOCENCE OF THE SPIDER'S WEB
CHAPTER XIX
STROKE AND COUNTER-STROKE
CHAPTER XX
MR. SCROPE BATHES BY MOONLIGHT AND IN HIS PERUKE
CHAPTER XXI
IN WHICH MR. KELLY SURPRISES SMILINDA
CHAPTER XXII
AN ECLOGUE WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE PASTORAL SIMPLICITY OF CORYDON AND STREPHON
CHAPTER XXIII
HOW THE MESSENGERS CAPTURED THE WRONG GENTLEMAN; AND OF WHAT LETTERS THE COLONEL BURNED.
CHAPTER XXIV
MR. WOGAN WEARS LADY OXFORD'S LIVERY, BUT DOES NOT REMAIN IN HER SERVICE.
CHAPTER XXV
HOW THE MINIATURE OF LADY OXFORD CAME BY A MISCHANCE.
CHAPTER XXVI
MR. WOGAN TRADUCES HIS FRIEND, WITH THE HAPPIEST CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XXVII
HOW, BY KEEPING PAROLE, MR. KELLY BROKE PRISON
CHAPTER XXVIII
MR. WOGAN AGAIN INVADES ENGLAND, MEETS THE ELECT LADY, AND BEARS WITNESS TO HER PERFECTIONS
FOOTNOTES
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