Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1921 / 2008-11-10 00:00:00
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No Hero
By E.W. Hornung
1903
CONTENTS
Chapter
I. A Plenipotentiary
II. The Theatre of War
III. First Blood
IV. A Little Knowledge
V. A Marked Woman
VI. Out of Action
VII. Second Fiddle
VIII. Prayers and Parables
IX. Sub Judice
X. The Last Word
XI. The Lion's Mouth
XII. A Stern Chase
XIII. Number Three
No Hero
CHAPTER I
A PLENIPOTENTIARY
Has no writer ever dealt with the dramatic aspect of the unopened
envelope? I cannot recall such a passage in any of my authors, and yet
to my mind there is much matter for philosophy in what is always the
expressionless shell of a boundless possibility. Your friend may run
after you in the street, and you know at a glance whether his news is to
be good, bad, or indifferent; but in his handwriting on the
breakfast-table there is never a hint as to the nature of his
communication. Whether he has sustained a loss or an addition to his
family, whether he wants you to dine with him at the club or to lend him
ten pounds, his handwriting at least will be the same, unless, indeed,
he be offended, when he will generally indite your name with a studious
precision and a distant grace quite foreign to his ordinary caligraphy.
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