Gay Cockade
The Gay Cockade
作者：Bailey, Temple, 1869-1953; Chambers, Charles Edward, 1883?-1941 [Illustrator]
体例：题 章数：166
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章节目录
共 166 题- The Gay Cockade
- Contents
- THE GAY COCKADE 7
- THE HIDDEN LAND 33
- WHITE BIRCHES 84
- THE EMPEROR'S GHOST 118
- THE RED CANDLE 132
- RETURNED GOODS 149
- BURNED TOAST 165
- PETRONELLA 187
- THE CANOPY BED 205
- SANDWICH JANE 223
- LADY CRUSOE 272
- A REBELLIOUS GRANDMOTHER 310
- WAIT--FOR PRINCE CHARMING 327
- BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK 351
- THE GAY COCKADE
- THE GAY COCKADE
- I spoke of her frock when she showed me my room.
- I had to tell the truth. "It isn't your masterpiece."
- THE HIDDEN LAND
- I smiled at her and said, "Yes."
- I handed the glasses to Nancy. "Never heard of it," she said. "Did you?"
- I remembered the text, and then I told them about Olaf Thoresen.
- Nancy lifted her eyebrows. "The pills man? Or was it--pork?"
- She shrugged her shoulders. "It was you who said 'pork,' Elizabeth."
- When she had gone, Olaf said to me, abruptly, "Why does she wear gray?"
- Anthony, breaking in, demanded, "Did he stare at Nancy?"
- I nodded. "It was her eyes."
- They all looked at me. "Her eyes?"
- I had heard him sing, and I said so, "in church."
- He nodded. "You are too lovely."
- He left to get it, and Nancy said to me, "Ducky, will you pinch me?"
- Her eyes were like stars. "But how can he? He has seen me--twice--"
- Anthony, forcing a smile, asked, "Where did you get it, Nan?"
- But he remembered when he saw the cloak. "Tell me about it, Nancy."
- She looked at it, and asked, "When did it come?"
- I kept a copy of it, and here it is:
- I knew then that I had lost her. But she did not yield at once.
- WHITE BIRCHES
- Anne's eyes were shining. "I'll show them to you after dinner."
- When they rose from the table, Christopher said, "Now for the birches."
- II
- Once more the thought flashed, "If I were a gipsy to follow the road--"
- Dunbar told him, "She can't get well."
- III
- Dunbar had hesitated for a moment--then, "Anne's better off here."
- Her husband reached her first. "My dear," he said, "you heard?"
- Christopher interposed. "People live for years with a heart like that."
- But her eyes sought her husband's. "How long do they live?"
- She drew a quivering breath--"It isn't quite fair--is it?"
- IV
- He evaded. "We sleep--'perchance to dream.'"
- She withdrew her hand. "Talk what out?"
- He heard her quick breath. "But I've got to face them."
- VI
- VII
- He came in. "Anything the matter?"
- His own went over it. "I think I wrote it because I was afraid."
- THE EMPEROR'S GHOST
- II
- I protested. "An emperor against an emperor?"
- Out of the shadows the old woman spoke. "They say he will come again."
- THE RED CANDLE
- Peering down, he answered the voice: "I was going up to get warm."
- Milly spoke of it. "We ought to have candles."
- Pussy, economically anxious, asked, "Can we eat the salt afterward?"
- Her puzzled eyes studied him. "Why wouldn't they want you?"
- She sighed. "Oh, the waste of it!"
- She flamed. "Of you!"
- Milly was philosophic. "St. Nicholas is fathers and mothers--"
- Milly eyed him dubiously. "I think it is a shame to tell Pussy such--"
- RETURNED GOODS
- Mills grew tragic: "Oh, my beloved, have you come too late?"
- BURNED TOAST
- Rosalie stared at me above the prints. "Perry?"
- II
- Once he said, "She feeds--my soul."
- Rosalie was vehement. "I hate old people!"
- A chill struck to my bones. "You hate them? Why?"
- Her chin was in her hand. "I know."
- PETRONELLA
- He took refuge in the question, "But who is coming at five?"
- He answered with smiling directness, "I like you."
- Dead silence. Then, unsteadily: "Why should you want that?"
- THE CANOPY BED
- She came back at him with a question: "What have you done?"
- He laughed. "Then I am not to sleep in the canopy bed?"
- The girl laughed too. "Not unless you want to be haunted by his ghost."
- She laughed. "Do you remember my freckles and red hair?"
- She flung out her hands in a gesture of protest "I have seen so few."
- She nodded. "His mother has had no sleep for two nights."
- She caught her breath quickly. "The child is awfully ill."
- And when she reached his side she said: "Your book was wonderful."
- SANDWICH JANE
- II
- Tommy's eyes bulged. "You take them down?"
- He found himself stammering. "I didn't mean--"
- He would have said anything to please her. "Well, you might try."
- III
- HOME-MADE SANDWICHES--TWENTY CENTS
- When he told her good-bye he asked a question: "Are you happy?"
- IV
- Her mother had an invalid's pessimism. "They may tire of them."
- And they took it up and shouted "Sandwich Jane!"
- VI
- The hand dropped. "Not--"
- VII
- VIII
- He flung the interrogation at them. "What do you know about Lee?"
- IX
- And Jane, dreaming, asked herself "Why?"
- LADY CRUSOE
- I clutched Billy. "Listen," I said.
- We gasped again. "How did it happen?"
- Billy stared at her. "But there isn't any other store."
- She twinkled. "I have a man Friday."
- I told Billy about it on the way home.
- She looked at me. "What do you mean?"
- I waited.
- She raised her head. "I told him that I--hated him--"
- I pinched Billy under the table. "Gone?" I echoed.
- I held on to Billy. "Had you quarreled or anything?"
- Then I remembered. "I can't say any more. You see--I've promised--"
- She shook her head. "I couldn't call him Crusoe, could I?"
- A REBELLIOUS GRANDMOTHER
- After a pause, the Madonna-creature asked, "Who is Valentine Landry?"
- The girl flushed. "I don't think you are quite kind, mother."
- Mrs. Beale shrugged her shoulders. "Who knows?"
- He stared. "The baby--?"
- WAIT--FOR PRINCE CHARMING
- She spoke abruptly. "Is Dick McDonald coming to-night?"
- The same old arguments! "What does he mean by 'lift her up,' Nannie?"
- Dick brightened. "Wouldn't you?"
- Nannie blushed and laughed a little. "Prince Charming."
- Then she said: "What are you doing here, Tommy?"
- BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK
- II
- Maxwell looked and knew the type. "But you don't agree about Dickens?"
- He told Anne about Amber Witch. "I have one of her puppies on my farm."
- She was much interested. "I've never had a dog; or a cat."
- Amy was shocked. "Anne, you positively gobbled--"
- He laughed. "Who knows? I'll come if you are here."
- III
- He chose to be gallant. "You are always lovely, Amy."
- The pain stabbed her like a knife. "I'll do my best."
- IV
- Anne stared at her. "Oh, my darling, I didn't mean---"
- Anne tilted her chin. "I don't see what he finds in me."
- Anne, bending over her, said, "Why, Amy, are you sick?"
- He laughed. "Perhaps I can talk her over."
- He felt it necessary to warn Anne: "Don't fall in love with Sears."
- VI
- In the morning he asked her about it. "Why, dearest?"
- In the garden he asked, "Are you going to kiss me good-bye?"
- VII
- THE NOVELS OF TEMPLE BAILEY
- PEACOCK FEATHERS
- THE DIM LANTERN
- THE GAY COCKADE
- THE TRUMPETER SWAN
- THE TIN SOLDIER
- MISTRESS ANNE
- CONTRARY MARY
- GLORY OF YOUTH
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