A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I, II and III: Complete
CONTENTS
I WAS talking about woman in the abstract,” said Harold.
The other, whose name was Edmund—his worst enemies had never abbreviated it—smiled, lifted his eyes unto the hills as if in search of something, frowned as if he failed to find it, smiled a cat’s-paw of a smile—a momentary crinkle in the region of the eyes—twice his lips parted as if he were about to speak; then he gave a laugh—the laugh of a man who finds that for which he has been searching.
“Woman in the abstract?” said he. “Woman in the abstract? My dear Harold, there is no such thing as woman in the abstract. When you talk about Woman enthusiastically, you are talking about the woman you love; when you talk about Woman cynically, you are talking about the woman who won’t love you.”
“Maybe your honours never heard tell of Larry O’Leary?” said the Third—for there was a Third, and his name was Brian; his duty was to row the boat, and this duty he interpreted by making now and again an elaborate pretence of rowing, which deceived no one.
“That sounds well,” said Harold; “but do you want it to be applied? Do you want a test case of the operation of your epigram—if it is an epigram?”
“A test case?”
“Yes; I have heard you talk cynically about woman upon occasions. Does that mean that you have been unloved by many?”
Again the man called Edmund looked inquiringly up the purple slope of the hill.
Frank Frankfort Moore
A GRAY EYE OR SO
1893
CHAPTER I.—ON CERTAIN ABSTRACTIONS.
CHAPTER II.—ON A GREAT HOPE.
CHAPTER III.—ON HONESTY AND THE WORKING MAN.
CHAPTER IV.—ON FABLES.
CHAPTER V.—ON A PERILOUS CAUSEWAY.
CHAPTER VI.—ON THE INFLUENCE OF AN OCEAN.
CHAPTER VII.—ON THE ADVANTAGES OF A FULL MOON.
CHAPTER VIII.—ON THE ZIG-ZAG TRACK.
CHAPTER IX.—ON THE HELPLESSNESS OF WOMAN.
CHAPTER X.—ON SCIENCE AND ART.
CHAPTER XI.—ON HEAVEN AND THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
CHAPTER XII.—ON THE MYSTERY OF MAN.
CHAPTER XIII.—ON THE ART OF COLOURING.
CHAPTER XIV.—ON AN IRISH DANCE.
CHAPTER XV.—ON THE SHRIEK.
CHAPTER XVI.—ON THE VALUE OF A BAD CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XVII.—ON PROVIDENCE AS A MATCH-MAKER.
CHAPTER XVIII.—ON THE PROFESSIONAL MORALIST.
CHAPTER XIX.—ON MODERN SOCIETY.
A GRAY EYE OR SO
In Three Volumes—Volume II
1893
A GRAY EYE OR SO.
CHAPTER XX.—ON AN OAK SETTEE.
CHAPTER XXI.—ON THE ELEMENTS OF PARTY POLITICS.
CHAPTER XXII.—ON THE WISDOM OF THE MATRONS.
CHAPTER XXIII.—ON THE ATLANTIC.
CHAPTER XXIV.—ON THE CHANCE.
CHAPTER XXV.—ON THE SOCIAL VALUE OF THE REPROBATE.
CHAPTER XXVI.—ON FRANKNESS AND FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER XXVII.—ON CIRCUMVENTING A STAG.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—ON ENJOYING A RESPITE.
CHAPTER XXIX.—ON THE ADVANTAGES OF READY MONEY.
CHAPTER XXX.—ON THE LEGITIMATE IN ART.
CHAPTER XXXI.—ON A BLACK SHEEP.
CHAPTER XXXII.—ON SHAKESPEARE AND SUPPER.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—ON BLESSING OR DOOM.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—ON THE MESSAGE OF THE LILY.
CHAPTER XXXV.—ON THE HOME.
CHAPTER XXXVI.—ON THE INFLUENCE OF A MAN OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER XXXVII.—ON THE DEFECTIVE LINK.
A GRAY EYE OR SO
1893
A GRAY EYE OR SO.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—ON A KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER XXXIX.—ON CONSCIENCE AND THE RING.
CHAPTER XL.—ON SOCIETY AND THE SEAL.
CHAPTER XLI.—ON DRY CHAMPAGNE AND A CRISIS.
CHAPTER XLII.—ON THE RING AND THE LOOK.
CHAPTER XLIII.—ON THE SON OF APHRODITE.
CHAPTER XLIV.—ON THE SHORTCOMINGS OF A SYSTEM.
CHAPTER XLV.—ON MOONLIGHT AND MORALS.
CHAPTER XLVI.—ON A BED OF LOGS.
CHAPTER XLVII.—ON THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY.
CHAPTER XLVIII—ON MURDER AS A SOCIAL INCIDENT.
CHAPTER XLIX.—ON THE ADVANTAGES OF CONFESSION.
CHAPTER L.—ON CONSOLATION AS A FINE ART.
CHAPTER LI.—ON THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE AND OTHERS.
CHAPTER LII.—ON THE FLUSH, THE FOOL, AND FATE.
CHAPTER LIII.—ON A SUPREME ASPIRATION.
CHAPTER LIV.—ON THE DECAY OF THE PAT AS A POWER.
CHAPTER LV.—ON SHAKESPEARE AND ARCHIE BROWN.
CHAPTER LVI.—ON THE BITTER CRY.
CHAPTER LVII.—ON THE REJECTED ADDRESSES.
