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THE LONELY UNICORN
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- FICTION
- THE LOOM OF YOUTH
- PLEASURE
- STUDIES
- THE PRISONERS OF MAINZ
- PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE
- [In September
- VERSE
- RESENTMENT: POEMS
- [Out of Print
THE
LONELY UNICORN
LONELY UNICORN
A NOVEL
BY
ALEC WAUGH
ALEC WAUGH
AUTHOR OF "THE LOOM OF YOUTH"
LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
ST MARTIN'S STREET
MDCCCCXXII
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
ST MARTIN'S STREET
MDCCCCXXII
Printed in Great Britain by the Riverside Press Limited
Edinburgh
TO MY FRIEND
CLIFFORD BAX
CLIFFORD BAX
CONTENTS
| PART I.—THE OPENING ROUND | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | TWO HAPHAZARDS | 11 |
| II. | THE OUTCOME | 20 |
| III. | RALPH AND APRIL | 27 |
| IV. | A KISS | 37 |
| V. | A POTENTIAL DIPLOMAT | 45 |
| VI. | APRIL'S LOOKING-GLASS | 58 |
| VII. | A SORRY BUSINESS | 65 |
| PART II.—THE RIVAL FORCES | ||
| VIII. | A FORTUNATE MEETING | 93 |
| IX. | HOGSTEAD | 105 |
| X. | YOUNG LOVE | 117 |
| XI. | THE ROMANCE OF VARNISH | 137 |
| XII. | MARSTON & MARSTON | 150 |
| XIII. | LILITH OF OLD | 157 |
| XIV. | THE TWO CURRENTS | 175 |
| PART III.—THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS | ||
| XV. | SUCCESS | 187 |
| XVI. | LILITH AND MURIEL | 217 |
| PART IV.—ONE WAY OR ANOTHER | ||
| XVII. | THREE YEARS | 225 |
| XVIII. | THREE DAYS | 232 |
| XIX. | THE LONELY UNICORN | 253 |
| XX. | THERE'S ROSEMARY | 269 |
| XXI. | THE SHREDDING OF THE CHRYSALIS | 276 |
| XXII. | AN END AND A BEGINNING | 292 |
PART I
THE OPENING ROUND
CHAPTER I
TWO HAPHAZARDS
It began, I suppose, on a certain September afternoon, when Roland Whately travelled back to school by the three-thirty train from Waterloo. There were two afternoon trains to Fernhurst: one left London at three-thirty and arrived at a quarter to six; the other left at