Slaves of Freedom
CONTENTS
The Night slips his arm about the Moon
And walks till the skies grow gray;
But my Love, when I speak of love,
Has never a word to say.
I set my dreams at her feet as lamps
For which all my hope must pay;
But my Love, when I speak of love,
Has never a word to say.
Coningsby Dawson
SLAVES OF FREEDOM
New York: Henry Holt And Company
1916
A SLAVE OF FREEDOM
BOOK I—LIFE TILL TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER I—MRS. SHEERUG’S GARDEN
CHAPTER II—THE FAERY-GODMOTHER
CHAPTER III—VASHTI
CHAPTER IV—THE ROUSING OF THE GIANT
CHAPTER V—THE GHOST BIRD OF ROMANCE
CHAPTER VI—A STRATEGY THAT FAILED
CHAPTER VII—“PASHUN” IN THE KITCHEN
CHAPTER VIII—THE EXPENSE OF LOVING
CHAPTER IX—THE FOG
CHAPTER X—THE WIFE OF A GENIUS
CHAPTER XI—THE LITTLE GOD LOVE
CHAPTER XII—DOUBTS
CHAPTER XIII—SHUT OUT.
CHAPTER XIV—BELIEVING HER GOOD
CHAPTER XV—THE FAERY TALE BEGINS AGAIN
CHAPTER XVI—A WONDERFUL WORLD
CHAPTER XVII—DESIRE
CHAPTER XVIII—ESCAPING
CHAPTER XIX—THE HIGH HORSE OF ROMANCE
CHAPTER XX—THE POND IN THE WOODLAND
CHAPTER XXI—VANISHED
CHAPTER XXII—THE FEAR OF KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER XXIII—TEDDY AND RUDDY
CHAPTER XXIV—DUKE NINEVEH ENTERS
CHAPTER XXV—LUCK
CHAPTER XXVI—DREAMING OF LOVE
BOOK II—THE BOOK OF REVELATION
CHAPTER I—THE ISLAND VALLEY
CHAPTER II—A SUMMER’S NIGHT
CHAPTER III—A SUMMER’S MORNING
CHAPTER IV—HAUNTED
CHAPTER V—SUSPENSE
CHAPTER VI—DESIRE’S MOTHER
CHAPTER VII—LOVING DESIRE
CHAPTER VIII—FAITH RENEWS ITSELF
CHAPTER IX—SHE ELUDES HIM
CHAPTER X—AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG
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CHAPTER XI—THE KEYS TO ARCADY
CHAPTER XII—ARCADY
CHAPTER XIII—DRIFTING
CHAPTER XIV—THE TRIFLERS GROW EARNEST
CHAPTER XV—SLAVES OF FREEDOM
CHAPTER XVI—THE GHOST OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER XVII—THE TEST
CHAPTER XVIII—THE PRINCESS WHO DID NOT KNOW HER HEART
CHAPTER XIX—AN OLD PASSION
CHAPTER XX—SHE PROPOSES
CHAPTER XXI—THE EXPERIMENTAL HONEYMOON
CHAPTER XXII—SHE RECALLS HIM
CHAPTER XXIII—HIS WAITING ENDS
FINIS
