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HALFWAY HOUSE
A COMEDY OF DEGREES
HALFWAY HOUSE
A COMEDY OF DEGREES
BY
MAURICE HEWLETT
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK : : : : 1908
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
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Published June, 1908
CONTENTS
BOOK I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. MR. GERMAIN TAKES NOTICE 3
II. MR. GERMAIN REVELS SEDATELY 17
III. MR. DUPLESSIS PREVARICATES 23
IV. A MISS AND A CATCH 34
V. HOW TO BREAK A HEDGE 45
VI. MISS MIDDLEHAM IS INVITED TO CONFIRM A VISION 55
VII. MISS MIDDLEHAM HAS VISIONS OF HER OWN 65
VIII. FRIENDSHIP’S GARLAND 74
IX. THE WELDING OF THE BOLT 91
X. CRATYLUS WITH MARINA: THE INCREDIBLE WORD 103
XI. COOL COMFORT 113
XII. ALARUMS 123
XIII. WHAT THEY SAID AT HOME 140
XIV. THE NEWS REACHES THE PYRENEES 153
XV. A PHILOSOPHER EMBALES 171
XVI. THE WEDDING DAY 181
XVII. THE WEDDING NIGHT 192