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Title: Anthony Lyveden

Author: Dornford Yates

Release Date: January 5, 2009 [EBook #27684]

Language: English

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ANTHONY LYVEDEN

BY

DORNFORD YATES

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON AND MELBOURNE

Library Editions of "Anthony Lyveden"

First Published . . 1921
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MADE IN ENGLAND

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

TO

ELM TREE ROAD

whose high walls, if they could talk,
would tell so many pretty tales.

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I THE WAY OF A MAN
II THE WAY OF A MAID
III THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE
IV THE GOLDEN BOWL
V AN HIGH LOOK AND A PROUD HEART
VI THE COMFORT OF APPLES
VII NEHUSHTAN
VIII THE POWER OF THE DOG
IX VANITY OF VANITIES

CHAPTER I

THE WAY OF A MAN

Major Anthony Lyveden, D.S.O., was waiting.

For the second time in three minutes he glanced anxiously at his wrist
and then thrust his hand impatiently into a pocket. When you have worn
a wristwatch constantly for nearly six years, Time alone can accustom
you to its absence. And at the present moment Major Lyveden's watch
was being fitted with a new strap. The pawnbroker to whom he had sold
it that morning for twenty-two shillings was no fool.

The ex-officer walked slowly on, glancing into the windows of shops.
He wanted to know the time badly. Amid the shifting press of
foot-passengers a little white dog stuck to his heels resolutely. The
sudden sight of a clock-maker's on the opposite side of the
thoroughfare proved magnetic. Pausing on the kerb to pick up the
Sealyham, Lyveden crossed the stre