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A Gentleman's Gentleman (1896)
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No man, they say, is a hero to his own valet. Maybe they speak truth, though, for my part, I wouldn't pass that for a good saying. The world has called him most things, from blackmailer down to thief. There aren't many mortal sins which have not been written against his name at one time or other. I alone, perhaps, know the man as he was; know his weaknesses and his strength, his good deeds and his bad....

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A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN


BEING CERTAIN PAGES FROM
THE LIFE AND STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF
SIR NICOLAS STEELE, Bart.

AS RELATED BY HIS VALET
HILDEBRAND BIGG


EDITED BY
MAX PEMBERTON
AUTHOR OF "THE SEA WOLVES" ETC.


NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896

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By MAX PEMBERTON

THE SEA WOLVES. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents.

The author has a fertile imagination, and he is evidently familiar with the scenes he describes with unflagging spirit—Saturday Evening Gazette, Boston.

Exceedingly good reading.—Chicago Journal.

Mr. Pemberton has almost invented a new sensation.… A singularly enthralling novel.—Charleston News and Courier.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved

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CONTENTS

  1. I.
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    		1
  2. II.
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    		12
  3. III.
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    		20
  4. IV.
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    		25
  5. V.
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    		33
  6. VI.
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    		57
  7. VII.
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    		70
  8. VIII.
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    		76
  9. IX.
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    		90
  10. X.
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    		100
  11. XI.
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    		 118
  12. XII.
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    		133
  13. XIII.
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    		150
  14. XIV.
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    		 171
  15. XV.
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    		182
  16. XVI.
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    		193
  17. XVII.
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    		 200
  18. XVIII.
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    		213
  19. XIX.
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    		226
  20. XX.
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    		233
  21. XXI.
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    		244


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