LAST ADVENTURES OF THESE CHARMING PEOPLE

May Fair

By
Michael Arlen
Author of “These Charming People,” “The Green Hat,” “The London Venture,” etc.

BEING an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures and Galanteries of These Charming People

Among which Episodes May be Found

THE REVOLTING DOOM OF A GENTLEMAN WHO WOULD NOT DANCE WITH HIS WIFE

THE BATTLE OF BERKELEY SQUARE THE ACE OF CADS

THE GENTLEMAN FROM AMERICA

TO LAMOIR

THE GHOUL OF GOLDERS
GREEN

THE PRINCE OF THE JEWS

THE THREE-CORNERED MOON

A ROMANCE IN OLD BRANDY

WHERE THE PIGEONS GO TO DIE

Jacket Design by Edmund Dulac

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Publishers New York

May Fair
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MICHAEL ARLEN
By MICHAEL ARLEN

May Fair

BEING AN ENTERTAINMENT PURPORTING TO
REVEAL TO GENTLEFOLK THE REAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS EXISTING IN THE VERY HEART
OF LONDON DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND
SIXTEENTH YEARS OF THE REIGN OF
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH:
TOGETHER WITH SUITABLE REFLEC-
TIONS ON THE LAST FOLLIES, MIS-
ADVENTURES AND GALANTERIES
OF THESE CHARMING PEOPLE BY
Michael Arlen

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1925,
By George H. Doran Company
Copyright, 1924, 1925, by The Consolidated Magazines
Corporation [The Red Book].
Copyright, 1925, by The International Magazine Company,
Inc. [Harper’s Bazaar].
Copyright, 1924, Everybody’s Magazine.
MAY FAIR
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

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[PROLOGUE][9]
[I]A ROMANCE IN OLD BRANDY[36]
[II]THE ACE OF CADS[59]
[III]WHERE THE PIGEONS GO TO DIE[95]
[IV]THE BATTLE OF BERKELEY SQUARE[116]
[V]THE PRINCE OF THE JEWS[133]
[VI]THE THREE-CORNERED MOON[166]
[VII]THE REVOLTING DOOM OF A GENTLEMAN WHO WOULD NOT DANCE WITH HIS WIFE[202]
[VIII]THE GENTLEMAN FROM AMERICA[224]
[IX]TO LAMOIR[251]
[X]THE GHOUL OF GOLDERS GREEN[276]
[XI]FAREWELL, THESE CHARMING PEOPLE[327]