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The Survivor

Chapter 8 THE AUTHOR OF NO MAN'S LAND

Word Count: 1390    |    Released on: 30/11/2017

enu towards him and studied it with interest. Setting it down he

ind O. K.?" he i

being unable to answer a q

id, doubtfully. "I'm afrai

and to some acquaintance

the modest sum of eighteenpence, which is the cheapest way to feed, if it's decent

old the waiter to bring me the ordinary lu

it. Henri. Come

the waiter, who treate

rned again

to eat alone. It is a whim of mine. If I eat alone I read, and if

the newcomer

aid. "I have nothing to

ky m

king that every one here seems to be in the same state. Some one once told me

is eyeglass and looked de

e West-Enders who carry the burdens of wealth and the obligation of position, who have earned for

with the air of a connoisseu

laughe

what about me? I pawned my watch because

hed and stuck his

watch for a year, and I've only ninepence in my pocket. They give

looked at his neat clothes and the f

means of making mo

a measure it is true-but such a small measure. A cold-blooded and unappreciative editor apprises my services at the miserabl

, then?" Douglas

work, as you would bones to a dog. It is not dignified, but one must eat and drink-not to mention smoking. Permit

th flushed cheeks. The I

the staff of the

ther

ou. My own impression is, that without me the Ibex would not exist

I sent a story to the Ibex, and it was accepted.

ttle eyes twi

as the

.' Douglas Jess

as's glass with Chianti f

I remember your story, for I put the blue chalk on it myself and took it up to Drexley.

out upon life with terrified eyes, tempted even to self-destruction, suddenly in touch once more with the things that were dear to him, realising for the first time some of the dreams whi

e?" his new friend aske

n for

answered, smiling, "for I hav

iced that the postmark of your parcel was Feldwick in the Hills, somewhere

o his cheeks, faded slowly away. The pleasant hum of voices, the keen joy of living, which, a moment before,

to do during the last few

bout the mu

es

sed his cigarette case across t

"did you know the man

shook

ived some distance away, and t

rest me. This one did. Why? I don't know. I hate to have reasons for everyth

s, who sat with white face and averted eyes, struggling hard for compo

ing that the police were a little hasty i

ials," Douglas said, looking up, "besides the card. He was known

We will talk of something else, or rather I must talk of nothing else, for my tim

time to catch hi

"Come along with me, and I will show y

hateful fears-that fainting sense of terror! Douglas Guest was dea

st drink with me once. W

, lifting his glass,

bad chap, although

gs-but he drank to a different toast

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1 Chapter 1 THE SERMON THAT WAS NEVER PREACHED2 Chapter 2 A STRANGE BETROTHAL3 Chapter 3 THE MAN WHO WAS IN A HURRY4 Chapter 4 EXIT MR. DOUGLAS GUEST5 Chapter 5 HOW THE ADDRESS WAS LOST6 Chapter 6 THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY HEARS SOME NEWS7 Chapter 7 A NIGHT IN HELL-AND NEXT DAY8 Chapter 8 THE AUTHOR OF NO MAN'S LAND 9 Chapter 9 THE EDITOR OF THE IBEX RECEIVES A STRANGE LETTER10 Chapter 10 A WOMAN OF WHIMS11 Chapter 11 DOUGLAS GUEST GETS HIS CHANCE 12 Chapter 12 THE MAN WHO NEARLY WENT UNDER13 Chapter 13 THE FIRST TASTE OF FAME14 Chapter 14 A VISITOR FROM SCOTLAND YARD15 Chapter 15 EMILY DE REUSS TELLS A LIE16 Chapter 16 JOAN STRONG, AVENGER17 Chapter 17 A PLAIN QUESTION AND A WARNING18 Chapter 18 THE TASTE OF THE LOTUS19 Chapter 19 A MAN WITHOUT A PAST20 Chapter 20 CICELY ASKS A QUESTION21 Chapter 21 THE REBELLION OF DREXLEY22 Chapter 22 DREXLEY SPEAKS OUT23 Chapter 23 CICELY'S SECRET24 Chapter 24 THE COUNTESS, THE COUSIN, AND THE CRITIC25 Chapter 25 A TRAGIC INTERRUPTION26 Chapter 26 A VISITOR FOR DOUGLAS JESSON27 Chapter 27 FELLOW-CRIMINALS28 Chapter 28 THE LITTLE FIGURE IN BLACK29 Chapter 29 JOAN STRONG FINDS HER BROTHER30 Chapter 30 DAVID AND JOAN31 Chapter 31 DREXLEY FORESEES DANGER32 Chapter 32 A SUPPER AT THE MILAN, AND A MEETING33 Chapter 33 A MISUNDERSTANDING34 Chapter 34 THE WOOING OF CICELY35 Chapter 35 THE NET OF JOAN'S VENGEANCE36 Chapter 36 A SCENE AT THE CLUB37 Chapter 37 CICELY MAKES HER CHOICE38 Chapter 38 SHE WAS A WOMAN I WAS A COWARD! 39 Chapter 39 A JOURNEY-AND A WEDDING40 Chapter 40 A CALL BEFORE THE CURTAIN