Being of such a strange temper and vision that when I aim my pen at a man I am as likely as not to hit his grandfather, I have in this instance endeavoured to forestall the treachery of my faculties and to go straight for the grandfather, though my interest is centred in the man. In a sense I have written his life as it was long before he was born, when he was nothing more than a growing presentiment. I have found it instructive and entertaining to observe and follow the evolution of the material, moral, and intellectual atmosphere which was to bear on him first of all through his mother’s mind, and then through his own senses as soon as his life was separated from hers.
Round the Corner NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXIII
TO MY MOTHER
We were happy, you and I, In the days so long gone by, When you gave me of the store Of rich legendary lore, Part saga, and part truth, Of the days of your own youth. Ah! The world was golden then! How we scorned the world of men In the days so long gone by! We were happy, you and I.
First published 1913
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Round the Corner
Gilbert Cannan
Adventure
NEW YORK
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A LITTLE PREFACE
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I FRANCIS OBLIGES
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II THE CURATE MARRIES
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III ST. WITHANS
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IV FERN SQUARE
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V HOSTILITIES
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VI FREDERIC'S FRIENDS
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VII YOUNG WOMEN
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VIII SERGE
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IX INTERIOR
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X SUNDAY SUPPER
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XI ART AND DRAMA
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XII ANNETTE
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XIII IMBROGLIO
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XIV WHITE BEARD AND GREY
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XV WALKING HOME
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XVI MRS. FOLYAT DISSECTED
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XVII FREDERIC SNARED
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XVIII EXCURSION
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XIX GERTRUDE
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XX EDUCATION
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XXI MRS. ENTWISTLE'S HEART
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XXII LOVE
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XXIII BENNETT TELLS HIS MOTHER
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XXIV ANNETTE TELLS HER FATHER
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XXV LAWRIEAN PHILOSOPHY
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XXVI MINNA'S CHOICE
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XXVII GERTRUDE MAKES THE BEST OF IT
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XXVIII MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
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XXIX DISCUSSION
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XXX FREDERIC IN THE TOILS
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XXXI NEWS FROM MINNA
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XXXII THE CUTTING OF A KNOT
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XXXIII THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
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XXXIV NUNC DIMITTIS SERVUM TUUM, DOMINE
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