Taleverna

Chapter 2

CHAPTER

from The Quest of Youth by Farnol, John Jeffery

I In Which Doctor Wotherspoon Prescribes
II Which Describes an Extraordinary Musician
III Giveth Some Description of Eve-Ann Ash, a Quakeress
IV In Which They Talk by the Way
V Being a Singularly Uneventful Chapter
VI In Which Sir Marmaduke Eats Breakfast
VII Describes How Sir Marmaduke Made His Will
VIII Which Tells How and Why Sir Marmaduke Throws Away His Cane
IX Telleth How They Began Their Flight
X Giveth Some Description of Bread and Butter
XI How Sir Marmaduke Went Shopping
XII Concerneth Itself Chiefly with Clothes and–a Bonnet
XIII Telleth of a Barn and Terrors by Night
XIV Which Introduces One, Horace, a Somewhat Remarkable Ass
XV Which Concerns Itself with Nothing in Particular
XVI Of Gabbing Dick, a Peddler, His Views
XVII Argues the Un-wisdom of Common Sense
XVIII Which is More or Less Asinine
XIX Concerns a Witch and Various Other Evils
XX The Joys of Arcady
XXI Of Sunlight and Shadow
XXII Mr. Vamper is Informative
XXIII Gives Some Description of Sir Marmaduke, by Eve-Ann
XXIV Alarums and Excursions
XXV Introduces an Old Friend
XXVI Which Describes the Heroical Advent of a Demi-God
XXVII More Concerning One, Rupert Bellamy, a Conquering Hero
XXVIII Describing Two Bow Street Runners, and a Confabulation
XXIX In Which Events Move Apace
XXX Tells How They Set Out for London
XXXI Of Speed, Moonlight and a Disappearance
XXXII Some Description of Giles’ Rents, Mr. Shrig and an Actor
XXXIII Describes the Magic of a Fiddle
XXXIV Of Gathering Shadows
XXXV Concerning Mr. Shrig’s Deductions
XXXVI In Which Will Be Found Mention of Devilled Kidneys
XXXVII Tells of the Knobbly Stick of Mr. Shrig
XXXVIII How My Lady Made a Prayer
XXXIX Which Describes My Lady’s Way
XL Which Describes the End of Our Murderer
XLI Which, Being the Last, Ends This Narrative as Succinctly
as Possible

THE QUEST OF YOUTH

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