ROUND THE CORNEROn veut essayer de peindre à la postérité, non les actions d’un seul homme, mais l’esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui fut jamais.—SIÈCLEDELOUISXIV.BY THE SAME AUTHORPETER HOMUNCULUSLITTLE BROTHERROUND THE CORNERBEING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER FOLYAT, BACHELOR OF DIVINITY AND FATHER OF A LARGE FAMILYBY GILBERT CANNANNEW YORKD. APPLETON AND COMPANYMCMXIIITO MY MOTHERWe were happy, you and I,In the days so long gone by,When you gave me of the storeOf rich legendary lore,Part saga, and part truth,Of the days of your own youth.Ah! The world was golden then!How we scorned the world of menIn the days so long gone by!We were happy, you and I.First published1913CONTENTSPAGEA LITTLEPREFACEviiI.FRANCISOBLIGES1II.THECURATEMARRIES9III.ST. WITHANS19IV.FERNSQUARE29V.HOSTILITIES40VI.FREDERIC’SFRIENDS50VII.YOUNGWOMEN58VIII.SERGE71IX.INTERIOR83X.SUNDAYSUPPER95XI.ARTANDDRAMA107XII.ANNETTE119XIII.IMBROGLIO131XIV.WHITEBEARDANDGREY143XV.WALKINGHOME156XVI.MRS. FOLYATDISSECTED170XVII.FREDERICSNARED177XVIII.EXCURSION186XIX.GERTRUDE200XX.EDUCATION210XXI.MRS. ENTWISTLE’SHEART218XXII.LOVE227XXIII.BENNETTTELLSHISMOTHER241XXIV.ANNETTETELLSHERFATHER247XXV.LAWRIEANPHILOSOPHY260XXVI.MINNA’SCHOICE266XXVII.GERTRUDEMAKESTHEBESTOFIT274XXVIII.MOTHERANDDAUGHTER280XXIX.DISCUSSION288XXX.FREDERICINTHETOILS295XXXI.NEWSFROMMINNA309XXXII.THECUTTINGOFAKNOT323XXXIII.THECONCLUSIONOFTHEMATTER334XXXIV.NUNCDIMITTIS341
ROUND THE CORNER
On veut essayer de peindre à la postérité, non les actions d’un seul homme, mais l’esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui fut jamais.
—SIÈCLEDELOUISXIV.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
PETER HOMUNCULUS
LITTLE BROTHER
ROUND THE CORNER
BEING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER FOLYAT, BACHELOR OF DIVINITY AND FATHER OF A LARGE FAMILY
BY GILBERT CANNAN
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXIII
TO MY MOTHERWe were happy, you and I,In the days so long gone by,When you gave me of the storeOf rich legendary lore,Part saga, and part truth,Of the days of your own youth.Ah! The world was golden then!How we scorned the world of menIn the days so long gone by!We were happy, you and I.First published1913
First published1913
CONTENTSPAGEA LITTLEPREFACEviiI.FRANCISOBLIGES1II.THECURATEMARRIES9III.ST. WITHANS19IV.FERNSQUARE29V.HOSTILITIES40VI.FREDERIC’SFRIENDS50VII.YOUNGWOMEN58VIII.SERGE71IX.INTERIOR83X.SUNDAYSUPPER95XI.ARTANDDRAMA107XII.ANNETTE119XIII.IMBROGLIO131XIV.WHITEBEARDANDGREY143XV.WALKINGHOME156XVI.MRS. FOLYATDISSECTED170XVII.FREDERICSNARED177XVIII.EXCURSION186XIX.GERTRUDE200XX.EDUCATION210XXI.MRS. ENTWISTLE’SHEART218XXII.LOVE227XXIII.BENNETTTELLSHISMOTHER241XXIV.ANNETTETELLSHERFATHER247XXV.LAWRIEANPHILOSOPHY260XXVI.MINNA’SCHOICE266XXVII.GERTRUDEMAKESTHEBESTOFIT274XXVIII.MOTHERANDDAUGHTER280XXIX.DISCUSSION288XXX.FREDERICINTHETOILS295XXXI.NEWSFROMMINNA309XXXII.THECUTTINGOFAKNOT323XXXIII.THECONCLUSIONOFTHEMATTER334XXXIV.NUNCDIMITTIS341