The Definite Object

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Author

Farnol, Jeffery, 1878-1952

Title

The Definite Object: A Romance of New York

Credits

E-text prepared by David Kline, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16074

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16074

Release Date

June 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DEFINITE OBJECT — A Romance of New York
2. 2.By Jeffery Farnol — 1917 — THE DEFINITE OBJECT
3. 3.CHAPTER I — WHICH DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A PAIR OF WHISKERS
4. 4.CHAPTER II — OF A MOURNFUL MILLIONAIRE WHO LACKED AN OBJECT
5. 5.CHAPTER III — HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE WENT SEEKING AN OBJECT
6. 6.CHAPTER IV — TELLING HOW HE CAME TO HELL'S KITCHEN AT PEEP O' DAY
7. 7.CHAPTER V — HOW MRS. TRAPES ACQUIRED A NEW LODGER, DESPITE HER ELBOWS
8. 8.CHAPTER VI — HOW SPIKE INITIATED MR. RAVENSLEE INTO THE GENTLE ART OF SHOPPING
9. 9.CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING ANKLES, STAIRS, AND NEIGHBOURLINESS
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII — OF CANDIES AND CONFIDENCES
11. 11.CHAPTER IX — WHICH RECOUNTS THE END OF AN EPISODE
12. 12.CHAPTER X — TELLS HOW MR. RAVENSLEE WENT INTO TRADE
13. 13.CHAPTER XI — ANTAGONISM IS BORN AND WAR DECLARED
14. 14.CHAPTER XII — CONTAINING SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SUPPER PARTY
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII — WHEREIN MAY BE FOUND SOME PARTICULARS OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PERHAPS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV — OF A TEXT, A LETTER, AND A SONG
17. 17.CHAPTER XV — WHICH INTRODUCES JOE AND THE OLD UN
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI — OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PERSONS, SINGULAR NUMBER
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII — HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE MADE A DEAL IN REAL ESTATE
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII — HOW SPIKE HEARKENED TO POISONOUS SUGGESTION AND SOAPY BEGAN TO WONDER
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH THE POISON BEGINS TO WORK
22. 22.CHAPTER XX — OF AN EXPEDITION BY NIGHT
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI — HOW M'GINNIS THREATENED AND—WENT
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII — TELLS OF AN EARLY MORNING VISIT AND A WARNING
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII — CHIEFLY CONCERNING A LETTER
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV — HOW THE OLD UN AND CERTAIN OTHERS HAD TEA
27. 27.CHAPTER XXV — HOW SPIKE MADE A CHOICE AND A PROMISE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI — WHICH MAKES FURTHER MENTION OF A RING
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII — MRS. TRAPES UPON THE MILLENNIUM
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII — WHICH SHOULD HAVE RELATED DETAILS OF A WEDDING
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX — IN WHICH HERMIONE MAKES A FATEFUL DECISION
32. 32.CHAPTER XXX — HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE DEPARTED FROM HELL'S KITCHEN
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI — IN WHICH SOAPY TAKES A HAND
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII — OF HARMONY AND DISCORD
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII — OF TRAGEDY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV — OF REMORSE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV — HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE CAME OUT OF THE DARK
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI — CONCERNING A CLEW
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE WOES OF MR. BRIMBERLY
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII — IN WHICH SOAPY TAKES UPON HIMSELF A NEW ROLE
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE OLD UN ADVISES AND RAVENSLEE ACTS
42. 42.CHAPTER XL — CONCERNING A HANDFUL OF PEBBLES
43. 43.CHAPTER XLI — OF A PACKET OF LETTERS
44. 44.CHAPTER XLII — TELLS HOW RAVENSLEE BROKE HIS WORD AND WHY
45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII — HOW SPIKE GOT EVEN
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV — RETRIBUTION
47. 47.CHAPTER XLV — OF THE OLD UN AND FATE
48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI — IN WHICH GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE OBTAINS HIS OBJECT

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