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Title: Half a Hero
A Novel

Author: Anthony Hope

Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22191]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "Sir John Oakapple's dance was agreed to be a very
brilliant affair." (Page 41.)]

HALF A HERO

A NOVEL BY
ANTHONY HOPE

AUTHOR OF 'MR. WITT'S WIDOW,' 'COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP,' ETC.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
1911

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE IMPOSSIBLE--INEVITABLE 1
II. A POPULAR DEMONSTRATION 11
III. HOSPITALITY _EX OFFICIO_ 19
IV. WEEDING OUT THE WEAK-KNEED 30
V. A TALK AT A DANCE 41
VI. A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE 50
VII. A COMMON SPECTACLE 59
VIII. FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER 69
IX. TWO HASTY UTTERANCES 80
X. THE SMOKE OF HIDDEN FIRES 90
XI. A CONSCIENTIOUS MAN'S CONSCIENCE 100
XII. AN ABSURD AMBITION 110
XIII. OUT OF HARM'S WAY 121
XIV. A FATAL SECESSION 133
XV. AN ATTEMPT AT TERRORISM 144
XVI. A LEAKY VESSEL 153
XVII. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MAN 162
XVIII. BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S 173
XIX. LAST CHANCES 183
XX. THE LAW _VERSUS_ RULE 3 196
XXI. ALL THERE WAS TO TELL 205
XXII. THE STORY OF A PHOTOGRAPH 215
XXIII. AN ORATOR'S RIVAL 227
XXIV. THREE AGAINST THE WORLD 236
XXV. THE TRUTH TOO LATE 244
XXVI. THE UNCLEAN THING 255
XXVII. THE DECISION OF THE ORACLE