Antony Gray,—Gardener

BY

LESLIE MOORE

AUTHOR OF “THE PEACOCK FEATHER,” “THE JESTER,” “THE

WISER FOLLY,” ETC.

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

The Knickerbocker Press

1917


Copyright, 1917

BY

LESLIE MOORE

The Knickerbocker Press, New York


To

MRS. BARTON


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Prologue [1]
I.The Letter [17]
II.Memories [24]
III.Quod Scriptum est [31]
IV.The Lady of the Blue Book [38]
V.A Friendship [44]
VI.At Teneriffe [52]
VII.England [64]
VIII.The Amazing Conditions [70]
IX.The Decision [79]
X.An English Cottage [86]
XI.Doubts [98]
XII.Concerning Michael Field [102]
XIII.A Discovery [109]
XIV.Honor Vincit [117]
XV.In the Garden [123]
XVI.A Meeting [132]
XVII.At the Manor House [139]
XVIII.A Dream and Other Things [149]
XIX.Trix on the Scene [161]
XX.Moonlight and Theories [168]
XXI.On the Moorland [183]
XXII.An Old Man in a Library [192]
XXIII.Antony Finds a Glove [201]
XXIV.An Interest in Life [206]
XXV.Prickles [212]
XXVI.An Offer and a Refusal [227]
XXVII.Letters and Mrs. Arbuthnot [237]
XXVIII.For the Day Alone [256]
XXIX.In the Church Porch [260]
XXX.A Question of Importance [277]
XXXI.Midnight Reflections [284]
XXXII.Sunlight and Happiness [290]
XXXIII.Trix Seeks Advice [294]
XXXIV.An Amazing Suggestion [302]
XXXV.Trix Triumphant [312]
XXXVI.An Old Man Tells his Story [319]
XXXVII.The Importance of Trifles [330]
XXXVIII.A Footstep on the Path [334]
XXXIX.On the Old Foundation [341]
Epilogue [347]

Antony Gray,—Gardener