Lady Good-for-Nothing

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Lady Good-for-Nothing, by A. T. Quiller-CouchThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Lady Good-for-NothingAuthor: A. T. Quiller-CouchRelease Date: March 2, 2005 [eBook #15228]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LADY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING***E-text prepared by Lionel SearLADY GOOD-FOR-NOTHINGA Man's Portrait of a WomanbyARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH ('Q')First Published in 1910.This story originally appeared in the weekly edition of the "Times," and is now issued in book form by arrangement withthe Proprietors of that Journal.TO My Commodore and old Friend Edward Atkinson, Esq. of Rosebank, Mixtow-by-Fowey.NOTESome years ago an unknown American friend proposed my writing a story on the loves and adventures of Sir HarryFrankland, Collector of the Port of Boston in the mid-eighteenth century, and Agnes Surriage, daughter of a poor Marble-head fisherman. The theme attracted me as it has attracted other writers—and notably Oliver Wendell Holmes, who builta poem on it. But while their efforts seemed to leave room for another, I was no match for them in knowledge of the factsor of local details; and, moreover, these facts and details cramped my story. I ...