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Title: Simon Dale

Author: Anthony Hope

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SIMON DALE

by

ANTHONY HOPE

T. Nelson & Sons
London and Edinburgh
Paris: 189, rue Saint-Jacques
Leipzig: 35-37 Koenigstrasse

[Illustration: "It is only that a low laugh echoes distantly in my
ear."]

[Illustration]

CONTENTS

I. The Child of Prophecy 3

II. The Way of Youth 18

III. The Music of the World 33

IV. Cydaria revealed 49

V. I am forbidden to forget 65

VI. An Invitation to Court 84

VII. What came of Honesty 103

VIII. Madness, Magic, and Moonshine 122

IX. Of Gems and Pebbles 140

X. Je Viens, Tu Viens, Il Vient 160

XI. The Gentleman from Calais 180

XII. The Deference of His Grace the Duke 201

XIII. The Meed of Curiosity 222

XIV. The King's Cup 244

XV. M. de Perrencourt whispers 263

XVI. M. de Perrencourt wonders 283

XVII. What befell my Last Guinea 303

XVIII. S