An Opera and Lady Grasmere

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An Opera and Lady Grasmere (1900)
by Albert Kinross, illustrated by Archie Gunn

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Edition: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1900. First published in 1899. Reviews are on the Discussion page.

[Kinross] tells a pretty story in liveliest fashion. The principal incident in the plot, conventional and in its unravelling obvious, is the worst thing in the book. The best, happily the best predominates, are the sketches of men and women we meet every day in London life, and the swift, brilliant painting-in of the scenes wherein they move. —The Baron de B.-W in Punch, 29 March 1899. (Full review(s) on the Discussion page.

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"SHE PASSED A HAND UNDER HIS ARM."

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An Opera
and Lady Grasmere

By
Albert Kinross

Author of
"A Young Man's Fancy," "A Game of Consequences,"
"The Fearsome Island" etc.

Illustrated by Archie Gunn

New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers

Copyright, 1900,
By Frederick A. Stokes Company.

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CONTENTS.

BOOK I. BEFORE THE GATES.
	Page
CHAPTER I.
THE INSTRUMENT	9
CHAPTER II.
MERCERON ROUSING	21
CHAPTER III.
MERCERON DANCES	32
CHAPTER IV.
MERCERON IS WIDE AWAKE	43
CHAPTER V.
FIVE A.M. AND "ISABELLA"	54
CHAPTER VI.
"ISABELLA"	67
CHAPTER VII.
MERCERON GOES TO BED	84
CHAPTER VIII.
AN EARL'S CORONET, A YELLOW DOMINO, AND KNIGHTSBRIDGE	92
CHAPTER IX.
SNOB TO THE RESCUE	103
CHAPTER X.
THE GATES OPEN	118
CHAPTER XI.
THEY OPEN WIDER	128
CHAPTER XII.
ARRIVED	144

BOOK II. WITHIN.
CHAPTER I.
TRANSITION	159
CHAPTER II.
POSTMEN	173
CHAPTER III.
LIFE, AND DEATH	l86
CHAPTER IV.
A LITTLE MUSIC	196
CHAPTER V.
A LITTLE MORE MUSIC	210
CHAPTER VI.
STILL MORE MUSIC	223
CHAPTER VII.
THE VICTIMS	234
CHAPTER VIII.
GHOSTS	250
CHAPTER IX.
ERRORS AND COMEDY	260
CHAPTER X.
ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS	275

TO-DAY	289

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