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The Sea Lady

The Sea Lady

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THE SEA LADY

“Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady.“Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady.

(See page 150.)

THE SEA LADY

BY
H. G. WELLS

ILLUSTRATED

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NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1902


Copyright, 1902
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published September, 1902

Copyright 1901 by H. G. Wells


CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. The coming of the Sea Lady 1
II. Some first impressions 30
III. The episode of the various journalists 71
IV. The quality of Parker 90
V. The absence and return of Mr. Harry Chatteris 101
VI. Symptomatic 133
VII. The crisis 204
VIII. Moonshine triumphant 285


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  FACING
PAGE
“Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady
“Stuff that the public won’t believe aren’t facts” 81
She positively and quietly settled down with the Buntings 90
A little group about the Sea Lady’s bath chair 134
“Why not?” 160
The waiter retires amazed 170
They seemed never to do anything but blow and sigh and rustle papers 180
Adjusting the folds of his blanket to a greater dignity 216


THE SEA LADY


CHAPTER THE FIRST.
THE COMING OF THE SEA LADY

I

Such previous landings of mermaids as have left a record, have all a flavour of doubt. Even the very circumstantial account of that Bruges Sea Lady, who was so clever at fancy work, gives occasion to the sceptic. I must confess that I was absolutely incredulous of such things until a year ago. But now, face to face with indisputable facts in my own immediate neighbourhood, and with my own second cousin Melville (of Seaton Carew) as the chief witness to the story, I see these old legends in a very different light. Yet so many people concerned themselves with the hushing up of this affair, that, but for my sedulous enquiries, I am certain it would have become as doubtful as those older legends in a couple of score of years. Even now to many minds——

The difficulties in the way of the hushing-up process were no doubt exceptionally great in this case, and that they did contrive to do so much, seems to show just how strong are the motives for secrecy in all such cases. There is certainly no remoteness nor obscurity about the scene of these events. They began upon the beach just east of Sandgate Castle, towards Folkestone, and they ended on the beach near Folkestone pier not two miles away. The beginning

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