The Delectable Duchy

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Title: The Delectable Duchy
Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Release Date: May 6, 2004 [EBook #12277]
Language: English
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THE DELECTABLE DUCHY
BY Q
1906SHORT STORY
To
ALFRED PARSONSCONTENTS
PROLOGUE
THE SPINSTER'S MAYING
DAPHNIS
WHEN THE SAP ROSE
THE PAUPERS
CUCKOO VALLEY RAILWAY
THE CONSPIRACY ABOARD THE "MIDAS"
LEGENDS OF ST. PIRAN.
I St. Piran: the Millstone
II St. Piran: the Visitation
IN THE TRAIN.
I. Punch's Understudy
II. A Corrected Contempt
WOON GATE
FROM A COTTAGE IN GANTICK.
I. The Mourner's Horse
II. Silhouettes
THE DRAWN BLIND
A GOLDEN WEDDING
SCHOOL FRIENDS
PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
I. The Family Bible
II. Boanerges
TWO MONUMENTS
EGG-STEALING
SEVEN-AN'-SIX
THE REGENT'S WAGER
LOVE OF NAOMI
THE PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA'S POST-BAG.
I. An Interruption
II. The Great Fire on Freethy's QuayPROLOGUE.
A week ago, my friend the Journalist wrote to remind me that once upon a time I had offered him a bed in my cottage at
Troy and promised to show him the beauties of the place. He was ...