THE
PEACOCK FEATHER

A ROMANCE

BY

LESLIE MOORE

AUTHOR OF “AUNT OLIVE IN BOHEMIA” AND “THE NOTCH IN
THE STICK”

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1914

Copyright, 1914
BY
ALSTON RIVERS, Ltd.

Second Printing

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

To
MRS. G. HERBERT THRING

WITH THE AUTHOR’S LOVE
AND GRATITUDE

September 30, 1913

CONTENTS

PAGE
PROLOGUE[1]
CHAPTER
I.THE PIPER[8]
II.THE FIRST-BORN [21]
III.THE DESERTED COTTAGE[26]
IV.PETER TAKES A RESIDENCE[35]
V.THE SOUL OF A WOMAN[44]
VI.AN OLD GENERAL[52]
VII.A WONDERFUL OFFER[69]
VIII.CHÂTEAUX EN ESPAGNE[79]
IX.A REQUEST[88]
X.THE LADY ANNE[94]
XI.A CONCERT—AND AFTER[103]
XII.A DISCLOSURE[114]
XIII.A MOONLIGHT PIPING[127]
XIV.LE BEAU MONDE[131]
XV.CONFIDENCES[143]
XVI.LETTERS[154]
XVII.A THUNDERSTORM[171]
XVIII.THE EVERLASTING WHY[183]
XIX.PIPER AND AUTHOR[193]
XX.FAREWELL[205]
XXI.A WOUNDED SKYLARK[208]
XXII.CANDLES AND MASSES[216]
XXIII.DUM SPIRO, SPERO[229]
XXIV.DEMOCRITUS[235]
XXV.AT A FAIR[245]
XXVI.ON THE CLOUD[262]
XXVII.A MIRACLE[271]
XXVIII.THE FINE WAY[278]
XXIX.FOUND[289]
XXX.THE RETURN[296]
XXXI.DEMOCRITUS ARRIVES TO STAY[302]
XXXII.PER ASPERA AD ASTRA[306]

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