Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
AUTHOR OF
HER LADYSHIP'S ELEPHANT, HIS LORDSHIP'S LEOPARD
Forty thousand pounds is a pretty sum of money.
Bribery is not a pretty word.
No—there should be a better name for private transactions when the amount involved assumes proportions of such dignity. The speaker smiled and glanced covertly at his companion.
Darcy is our man without doubt. Can you land him? He may hold out for the lion's share and then refuse on the ground of—honour.
Darcy and honour! That is a far call.
There is much unsuspected honesty going around.
Perhaps—but not Darcy.
But what if he refuse?
He cannot.
David Dwight Wells
The Dollar Library
PARLOUS TIMES
THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
PARLOUS TIMES.
LORDS OF THE NORTH.
THE CHRONIC LOAFER.
HER MOUNTAIN LOVER.
PARLOUS TIMES
A NOVEL OF MODERN DIPLOMACY
DAVID DWIGHT WELLS
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. 1901
CONTENTS
THE CONSPIRACY
WANTED—A CHAPERON
PARLOUS TIMES
A LADY IN DISTRESS
A GENTLEMAN IN DISTRESS
AFTERNOON TEA
AN IRATE HUSBAND
DIPLOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS
A HOUSE-WARMING
BEFORE DINNER
AFTER DINNER
A MORNING CALL
THE SERIOUS SIDE OF MISS FITZGERALD'S NATURE
THE SERIOUS SIDE OF THE SECRETARY'S NATURE
THE SECRETARY'S INTENTIONS
MAN PROPOSES
HER HUSBAND
THE DOOR WITH THE SILVER NAILS
A MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
THE WISDOM OF AGE
THE RESOURCES OF DIPLOMACY
A LITTLE COMMISSION
FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS
A VERY AWKWARD PREDICAMENT
THE RUSTLE OF A SKIRT
FACE TO FACE
THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
TWO QUESTIONS
IN WHICH DEATH IS A RELIEF
TWO LETTERS
MISS FITZGERALD BURNS HER BOATS
THE TOP OF THE TOWER
THE SECRET OF THE DOOR
WITHIN THE TOWER
THE SHORT WAY OUT
THE DAY OF RECKONING
THE PRICE OF KNOWLEDGE
THE PRICE OF LOVE
THE PRICE OF SILENCE
THE PRICE OF A LIE
The Dollar Library
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
PARLOUS TIMES.
LORDS OF THE NORTH.
THE CHRONIC LOAFER.
HER MOUNTAIN LOVER.
The Dollar Library.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN.