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قراءة كتاب Captain Desmond, V.C.
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Captain Desmond, V.C.
BY
MAUD DIVER
AUTHOR OF
'THE GREAT AMULET,' 'CANDLES IN THE WIND,' ETC.
Never doubted clouds would break;
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph;
Held, we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better,
Sleep—to wake."
—Robert Browning.
REVISED EDITION, IN LARGE PART REWRITTEN
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MCMXVII
All Rights reserved
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
MY SON CYRIL,
AND TO
Mrs ALAN BATTEN
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ALL THAT IT OWES
TO HER GENEROUS HELP AND INTEREST.
M. D.
AUTHOR'S NOTE.
In revising and partially rewriting my novel, 'Captain Desmond, V.C.,' I have been glad to make good the opportunity afforded me of bringing the Aftermath nearer to my original conception than it was in its first form. The three short chapters now substituted for the one final scene are therefore, in essence, no innovation. They represent more or less what I conceived at the time, but suppressed through fear of making my book too long; and thereby risked upsetting the balance of sympathy, which I hope the fresh chapters may tend to restore.
M. D.
CONTENTS.
| BOOK I. | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | JUDGE FOR YOURSELF | 3 |
| II. | I WANT TO BE FIRST | 13 |
| III. | THE BIG CHAPS | 21 |
| IV. | ESPECIALLY WOMEN | 30 |
| V. | AN EXPURGATED EDITION | 39 |
| VI. | GENIUS OF CHARACTER | 46 |
| VII. | BRIGHT EYES OF DANGER | 55 |
| VIII. | STICK TO THE FRONTIER | 66 |
| IX. | WE'LL JUST FORGET | 80 |
| X. | A SQUARE BARGAIN | 94 |
| XI. | YOU DON'T KNOW DESMOND | 108 |
| XII. | NOW IT'S DIFFERENT | 119 |
| XIII. | IT ISN'T FAIR | 129 |
| XIV. | I SIMPLY INSIST | 140 |
| XV. | GOOD ENOUGH, ISN'T IT? | 151 |
| XVI. | SIGNED AND SEALED | 156 |
| BOOK II. | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| XXVII. | YOU WANT TO GO! | 167 |
| XXVIII. | LOVE THAT IS LIFE! | 177 |
| XIX. | IT'S NOT MAJOR WYNDHAM | 182 |
| XX. | THE DEVIL'S PECULIARITY? | 196 |
| XXI. | I AM YOURS | 207 |


