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Adrian
Savage

A Novel

BY LUCAS MALET

AUTHOR OF
"SIR RICHARD CALMADY"

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXI

Title page

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1911

TO

GABRIELLE FRANCESCA LILIAN MARY

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED. UPON
HER BIRTHDAY. AS A LOVE-TOKEN

BY
LUCAS MALET

THE ORCHARD, EVERSLEY AUGUST 28, 1911

CONTENTS

I
CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING

CHAP.

I. In which the Reader is Invited to Make theAcquaintance of the Hero of this Book

II. Wherein a Very Modern Young Man Tells aTime-Honored Tale with but Small Encouragement

III. Telling How René Dax Cooked a SavoryOmelette, and Why Gabrielle St. LegerLooked Out of an Open Window at Past Midnight

IV. Climbing the Ladder

V. Passages from Joanna Smyrthwaite's Locked Book

VI. Some Consequences of Putting New Wine intoOld Bottles

VII. In which Adrian Helps to Throw Earth intoan Open Grave

VIII. A Modern Antigone

II
THE DRAWINGS UPON THE WALL

I. A Waster

II. The Return of the Native

III. A Straining of Friendship

IV. In which Adrian Sets Forth in Pursuit of theFurther Reason

V. With Deborah, under an Oak in the Parc Monceau

VI. Recording the Vigil of a Scarlet Homunculusand Aristides the Just

III
THE OTHER SIDE

I. Recording a Brave Man's Effort to CultivateHis Private Garden

II. A Strategic Movement which Secures Victorywhile Simulating Retreat

III. In which Euterpe is Called Upon to Play thePart of Interpreter

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