TWO MEN:
A ROMANCE OF SUSSEX
BY
ALFRED OLLIVANT
Necessity the Spring of Faith
and Mould of Character
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1919
Copyright, 1919, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Bob, Son of Battle
Danny
The Gentleman
Redcoat Captain
The Taming of John Blunt
The Royal Road
The Brown Mare
Boy Woodburn
TO
BEACHBOURNE
AND THE FRIENDS I MADE THERE
1901-1911
CONTENTS
BEAU-NEZ
BOOK I
FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER
I [Mr. Trupp]
II [Edward Caspar]
III [Anne Caspar]
IV [Old Man Caspar]
V [Ernie Makes His Appearance]
VI [The Manor-House]
VII [Hans Caspar's Will]
BOOK II
THE TWO BROTHERS
VIII [Beachbourne]
IX [The Two Boys]
X [Old and New]
XI [The Study]
XII [Alf Shows His Colours]
XIII [Alf Makes a Remark]
XIV [Evil]
XV [Mr. Trupp Introduces the Lash]
XVI [Father, Mother and Son]
XVII [Ernie Goes for a Soldier]
BOOK III
THE SOLDIER
XVIII [Ernie Goes East]
XIX [The Regiment]
XX [Ernie in India]
XXI [The Return of the Soldier]
XXII [Old Town]
XXIII [The Changed Man]
XXIV [Alf]
XXV [The Churchman]
XXVI [Mr. Pigott]
BOOK IV
RUTH BOAM
XXVII [The Hohenzollern Hotel]
XXVIII [The Third Floor]
XXIX [The Man of Affairs]
XXX [Reality]
XXXI [The Ride on the Bus]
XXXII [On The Hill]
XXXIII [Under the Stars]
BOOK V
CAPTAIN ROYAL
XXXIV [His Arrival]
XXXV [His Origin]
XXXVI [The Captain Begins His Siege]
XXXVII [He Drives a Sap]
XXXVIII [The Serpent]
XXXIX [The Lash Again]
XL [Clash of Males]
XLI [The Decoy Pond]
XLII [The Captain's Flight]
XLIII [The Ebb-Tide]
XLIV [Ernie Leaves the Hotel]
BOOK VI
THE QUEST
XLV [Old Mus Boam]
XLVI [Ernie Turns Philosopher]
XLVII [Alf Tries to Help]
XLVIII [Two Meetings]
XLIX [Alf Marks Time]
BOOK VII
THE OUTCAST
L [The Crumbles]
LI [Evelyn Trupp]
LII [The Return of the Outcast]
LIII [The Find]
LIV [The Brooks]
BOOK VIII
TREASURE TROVE
LV [The Pool]
LVI [Frogs' Hall]
LVII [The Surprise]
LVIII [The Dower-House]
LIX [Alf Tries to Save a Soul]
LX [The End of a Chapter]
BEAU-NEZ
BOOK I
FATHER AND SON
TWO MEN