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Title: Love and Mr. Lewisham

Author: H. G. Wells

Release Date: March 19, 2004 [eBook #11640]

Language: English

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LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM

By

H. G. WELLS

[Illustration: "Why on earth did you put my roses here?" he asked.]

[Illustration]

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCES MR. LEWISHAM
II. "AS THE WIND BLOWS"
III. THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
IV. RAISED EYEBROWS
V. HESITATIONS
VI. THE SCANDALOUS RAMBLE
VII. THE RECKONING
VIII. THE CAREER PREVAILS
IX. ALICE HEYDINGER
X. IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON
XI. MANIFESTATIONS
XII. LEWISHAM IS UNACCOUNTABLE
XIII. LEWISHAM INSISTS
XIV. MR. LAGUNE'S POINT OF VIEW
XV. LOVE IN THE STREETS
XVI. MISS HEYDINGER'S PRIVATE THOUGHTS
XVII. IN THE RAPHAEL GALLERY
XVIII. THE FRIENDS OF PROGRESS MEET
XIX. LEWISHAM'S SOLUTION
XX. THE CAREER IS SUSPENDED
XXI. HOME!
XXII. EPITHALAMY
XXIII. MR. CHAFFERY AT HOME
XXIV. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
XXV. THE FIRST BATTLE
XXVI. THE GLAMOUR FADES
XXVII. CONCERNING A QUARREL
XXVIII. THE COMING OF THE ROSES
XXIX. THORNS AND ROSE PETALS
XXX. A WITHDRAWAL
XXXI. IN BATTERSEA PARK
XXXII. THE CROWNING VICTORY

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCES MR. LEWISHAM.

The opening chapter does not concern itself with Love--indeed that
antagonist does not certainly appear until the third--and Mr. Lewisham
is seen at his studies. It was ten years ago, and in those days he was
assistant master in the Whortley Proprietary School, Whortley, Sussex,
and his wages were forty pounds a year, out of which he had to afford
fifteen shillings a week during term time to lodge with Mrs. Munday,
at the little shop in the West Street. He was called "Mr." to
distinguish him from the bigger boys, whose duty it was to learn, and
it was a matter of stringent regulation that he should be addressed as
"Sir."

He wore ready-made clothes, his black jack