THE BRASS BOWL
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THE
BRASS BOWL
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Author of
"THE BLACK BAG," "The Private War," etc.
With Four Illustrations
By ORSON LOWELL
A. L. BURT COMPANY, Publishers
NEW YORK
Copyright 1907
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
March
Is this a shape for reputation
And modesty to masque in?
—More Dissemblers Besides Women
CONTENTS
Chapter Page I Dust 1 II Post-Prandial 20 III "Handsome Dan" 65 IV Midsummer Night's Madness 89 V Incognito 119 VI Eugene's at Two 141 VII Illumination 150 VIII Dance of the Hours 174 IX Procrastination 207 X Consequences 219 XI "Dan"—Quixote 240 XII On Reconsideration 266 XIII Flight 272 XIV Retribution 285 XV The Price 313 XVI Recessional 348 XVII Confessional 359
THE BRASS BOWL
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