“There is no lovelier garden in England than at Wells Palace.”
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Hired Car | [1] |
| II. | The First Day’s Run | [23] |
| III. | Some Emotions—without a Moral | [47] |
| IV. | Shadows—with Occasional Gleams | [72] |
| V. | A Flurry on the Mendips | [94] |
| VI. | A Midsummer Night’s Vagaries | [119] |
| VII. | Wherein Cynthia Takes Her Own Line | [143] |
| VIII. | Breakers Ahead | [167] |
| IX. | On the Wye | [191] |
| X. | The Hidden Founts of Evil | [216] |
| XI. | The Parting of the Ways | [239] |
| XII. | Masques, Ancient and Modern | [260] |
| XIII. | Wherein Wrath Beguiles Good Judgment | [283] |
| XIV. | —And Good Judgment Yields To Folly | [307] |
| XV. | The Outcome | [324] |
| XVI. | The End of One Tour: the Beginning Of Another | [344] |
CYNTHIA’S CHAUFFEUR
CHAPTER I
THE HIRED CAR
Derby Day fell that year on the first Wednesday in June. By a whim of the British climate, the weather was fine; in fact, no rain had fallen on southern England since the previous Sunday. Wise after the event, the newspapers published cheerful “forecasts,” and certain daring “experts” discussed the probabilities of a heat wave. So London, on that bright Wednesday morning, was agog with excitement over its annual holiday; and at such a time London is the gayest and liveliest city in the world.