Sir John Dering: a romantic comedy

About this eBook

Author

Farnol, Jeffery, 1878-1952

Title

Sir John Dering: A romantic comedy

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.,1923.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English fiction -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68169

Release Date

May 25, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.SIR JOHN DERING — PROLOGUE
4. 4.CHAPTER I WHICH INTRODUCES THE DOG WITH A BAD NAME
5. 5.CHAPTER II WHICH DESCRIBES A FORTUITOUS BUT FATEFUL MEETING
6. 6.CHAPTER III TELLETH OF MRS. ROSE, THE GUILEFUL INNOCENT
7. 7.CHAPTER IV SHEWETH THE WICKED DERING IN A NEW RÔLE
8. 8.CHAPTER V THE ALLURE OF SIMPLICITY: MOONLIGHT AND AN ELOPEMENT
9. 9.CHAPTER VI OF SOULS, SOLITUDE AND A DUSTY ROAD
10. 10.CHAPTER VII WHICH INTRODUCES MY LORD SAYLE AND THE CLASH OF STEEL
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII OF A POST-CHAISE, INIQUITY AND A GRANDMOTHER
12. 12.CHAPTER IX DESCRIBES THE ADVENTURES OF THE TRUE BELIEVER
13. 13.CHAPTER X FURTHER CONCERNING THE SAME
14. 14.CHAPTER XI OF AN ALTRUISTIC SCOT
15. 15.CHAPTER XII DESCRIBETH THE DUPLICITY OF INNOCENCE
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING THE ADVENT OF JOHN DERWENT
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV HOW THE MAN OF SENTIMENT SENTIMENTALISED IN A DITCH
18. 18.CHAPTER XV WHICH INTRODUCES A FRIEZE COAT AND ITS WEARER, ONE GEORGE POTTER
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI DESCRIBES A SCANDALOUS ITEM OF FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII HOW SIR JOHN DERING CAME BACK TO MAYFAIR
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX TELLS HOW SIR JOHN WENT “BEAR-BAITING”
23. 23.CHAPTER XX HOW SIR JOHN PLEDGED HIS WORD: WITH SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTIES OF SNUFF
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI OF GEORGE POTTER, HIS WHISTLE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WEAVES WEBS FOR AN UNWARY HE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII HOW GEORGE POTTER CIRCUMVENTED THE PREVENTIVES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV OF MR. BUNKLE AND THE ROOM WITH FIVE DOORS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN BEHELD THE GHOST
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI CONCERNS ITSELF MAINLY WITH THE “MORNING AFTER”
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII TELLETH HOW MR. DERWENT BEGAN HIS WOOING
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII TELLETH HOW MY LADY ADOPTED A FAIRY GODMOTHER
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF A TEA-DRINKING
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX IN WHICH SIR JOHN RECEIVES A WARNING
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI BEING A CHAPTER OF NO GREAT CONSEQUENCE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII WHICH, AMONG OTHER SMALL MATTERS, TELLETH OF A SNUFF-BOX
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV CONCERNS ITSELF WITH ONE OF THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE ‘MARKET CROSS INN’
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV BEING THE SHORTEST IN THIS BOOK
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI WHICH CONTAINS FURTHER MENTION OF A CERTAIN SNUFF-BOX
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII WHICH GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER’S HAT
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX HOW THEY WARNED CAPTAIN SHARKIE NYE
43. 43.CHAPTER XL DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW MY LADY TRAMPLED TRIUMPHANTLY AT LAST — I — II — III — IV — V
44. 44.CHAPTER XLI TELLETH OF THE DUEL ON DERING TYE
45. 45.CHAPTER XLII MR. DUMBRELL MEDIATES
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII IN WHICH SIR JOHN DEVOTES HIMSELF TO THE MUSE
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH THE GHOST FLITS TO GOOD PURPOSE
48. 48.CHAPTER XLV WHICH, AS THE READER OBSERVES, BEGINS AND ENDS WITH MY LORD SAYLE
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI TELLS HOW SIR JOHN DERING FLED THE DOWN-COUNTRY
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII TELLETH HOW MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WENT A-WOOING
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII WHICH IS, HAPPILY, THE LAST

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