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Title: Malvina of Brittany

Author: Jerome K. Jerome

Posting Date: November 19, 2008 [EBook #2023]
Release Date: January, 2000

Language: English

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MALVINA OF BRITTANY

by

Jerome K. Jerome

Contents.

MALVINA OF BRITTANY.

The Preface.
I. The Story.
II. How it came about.
III. How cousin Christopher became mixed up with it.
IV. How it was kept from Mrs. Arlington.
V. How it was told to Mrs. Marigold.
VI. And how it was finished too soon.
The Prologue.

THE STREET OF THE BLANK WALL.

HIS EVENING OUT.

THE LESSON.

SYLVIA OF THE LETTERS.

THE FAWN GLOVES.

MALVINA OF BRITTANY.

THE PREFACE.

The Doctor never did believe this story, but claims for it that, to a
great extent, it has altered his whole outlook on life.

"Of course, what actually happened--what took place under my own nose,"
continued the Doctor, "I do not dispute. And then there is the case of
Mrs. Marigold. That was unfortunate, I admit, and still is, especially
for Marigold. But, standing by itself, it proves nothing. These
fluffy, giggling women--as often as not it is a mere shell that they
shed with their first youth--one never knows what is underneath. With
regard to the others, the whole thing rests upon a simple scientific
basis. The idea was 'in the air,' as we say--a passing brain-wave.
And when it had worked itself out there was an end of it. As for all
this Jack-and-the-Beanstalk tomfoolery--"

There came from the darkening uplands the sound of a lost soul. It
rose and fell and died away.

"Blowing stones," explained the Doctor, stopping to refill his pipe.
"One finds them in these parts. Hollowed out during the glacial
period. Always just about twilight that one hears it. Rush of air
caused by sudden sinking of the temperature. That's how all these sort
of ideas get started."

The Doctor, having lit his pipe, resumed his stride.

"I don't