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The Napoleon of Notting Hill - (1)
CHAPTER II The Man in Green Very few words are needed to explain why London, a hundred years hence, will be very like it is now, or rather,…
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"The Senor will forgive me," said the President. "May I ask the Senor how, under ordinary circumstances, he catches a wild horse?" "I never…
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"A quaint old custom," he explained, smiling above the ruins. "When the King receives the representatives of the House of Barker, the hat o…
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"I see your difficulty," said King Auberon, calmly. "You feel that your talents may be neglected. Listen!" And he rose with immense magnifi…
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"It is too much it is too much," said the King. "Nature is weak. I must speak to you, brother artist, without further disguise. Let me ask…
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Upwards from his abstracted childhood, Adam Wayne had grown strongly and silently in a certain quality or capacity which is in modern citie…
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The little toy-shop keeper sprang up suddenly, slapping his fat hands like two fans on the counter. "War?" he cried. "Not really, sir? Is i…
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"But your Majesty," said Barker, eagerly and suavely, "does not refuse our proposals?" "My dear Barker, your proposals are as damnable as y…
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"Buck, you are a great man!" cried Barker, rising also. "You've knocked me sensible again. I am ashamed to say it, but I was getting romant…
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Buck walked to the window without replying. "You understand, of course," he said at last, "I do not dream of giving in." The King, meanwhil…
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"His name recalls me to the details of the scene. The facts were these. A line of red halberdiers, headed by Wayne, were marching up the st…
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Almost as he spoke, Mr. Bowles, the chemist, came to his shop door in a long black velvet gown and hood, monastic as it were, but yet with…
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill - (13)
With a shout the West Kensington men closed round Wayne, the great yellow banner flapping over his head. "Where is your favour now, Provost…