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TOURMALIN'S
TIME CHEQUES
F. Anstey
GREENHILL
SCIENCE FICTION
& FANTASY
This edition of Tourmalin's Time Cheques
first published 1986 by Greenhill Books,
Lionel Leventhal Limited, 3 Barnham Avenue, Elstree,
Hertfordshire WD6 3PW
This edition © Lionel Leventhal Limited, 1986
All rights reserved. No part of this publication
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Anstey, F.
Tourmalin's Time Cheques.—(Greenhill Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Rn: Thomas Anstey Guthrie
I. Title 823'.8[F] PR4729.G5
ISBN 0-947898-48-4
Publishing History
Tourmalin's Time Cheques was first published in 1885,
by J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol
and is reproduced now exactly as the original edition,
complete and unabridged.
Greenhill Books
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that might be added to this Series.
Please write to us if there are titles
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Printed by Antony Rowe Limited,
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CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| Prologue. | |
| On Deck—Curry and Culture—Alternative Distractions—A Period of Probation—The Oath and the Talisman—Wavering—A Chronological Error—The Time Bargain—Tourmalin Opens an Account | 1 |
| Chapter I. | |
| Tourmalin's First Cheque, and How he Took It. | |
| Fidelity Rewarded—Love's Catechism—Brain-fag—a Timely Recollection—The Experiment, and some Startling Results—Question Time—"Dear Friends"—A Compromise | 21 |
| Chapter II. | |
| The Second Cheque. | |
| Furnishing—A Cosy Corner—"Sitting Out"—Fresh Discoveries—Twice a Hero—Bewilderment and Bathos | 38 |
| Chapter III. | |
| The Third Cheque. | |
| Good Resolutions—Casuistry—A Farewell Visit—Small Profit and a Quick Return | 52 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| The Fourth Cheque. | |
| A Blue Moon—Felicity in a Flat—Practical Astronomy—Temptation and a Relapse—The Difficulties of being Completely Candid—A Slight Misunderstanding—The Avenging Orange | 66 |
| Chapter V. | |
| Periodic Drawings. | |
| A Series of Cheques: their Advantages and Drawbacks—An Unknown Factor—Uncompleted Confidences—Ibsen, with Intervals—A Disappointment—A "Search-question" from Sophia—Confidence Restored | 80 |
| Chapter VI. | |
| Foil and Counterfoil. | |
| The Duties of Authorship—Peter's Continued Perversity and its Unforeseen Results—"Alfred"—The Tragic Note—An Interrupted Crisis—A Domestic Surprise | 100 |
| Chapter VII. | |
| The Culminating Cheque. | |
| Sophia Gives an Explanation, and Requests One—Her Verdict—Peter Overruled | 114 |
| Chapter VIII. | |
| Paid in His Own Coin. | |
| In Suspense: a Gleam of Comfort—Darkness Returns—The Rock Ahead—Sir William Lends his Binocular—Reappearance of an Old Enemy—A New Danger—Out of the Frying-pan | 129 |
| Chapter IX. | |
| Compound Interest. | |
| Back to the Fire Again—A Magnanimous Return—Catching at Straws—Two Total Strangers—Purely a Question of Precedence—"Hemmed in" and "Surrounded"—The Last Chance | 145 |
| Chapter X. | |
| Dénoûment | 165 |
| The Epilogue | 170 |