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diff --git a/40146-h/40146-h.htm b/40146-h/40146-h.htm index 6a4ab32..d1bd552 100644 --- a/40146-h/40146-h.htm +++ b/40146-h/40146-h.htm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of THE CITY OF MASKS, by GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON. @@ -168,45 +168,7 @@ div.tnote { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The City of Masks, by George Barr McCutcheon - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The City of Masks - -Author: George Barr McCutcheon - -Illustrator: May Wilson Preston - -Release Date: July 6, 2012 [EBook #40146] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CITY OF MASKS *** - - - - -Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Ernest Schaal, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40146 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 436px;"> <img src="images/Image_0001.png" width="436" height="700" alt="The Head and Shoulders of a Man Rose Quickly Above the Ledge (Page 265)" title="The Head and Shoulders of a Man Rose Quickly Above the Ledge (Page 265)" /> @@ -516,7 +478,7 @@ to the summit of a stupendous hotel on the opposite side of the street. There was a small foyer at the rear of this lofty room, with an entrance from the narrow hall outside. Suspended in the wide doorway between the -two rooms was a pair of blue velvet Italian portières +two rooms was a pair of blue velvet Italian portières of great antiquity and, to a connoisseur, unrivaled quality. Beyond the foyer and extending to the area wall was the rather commodious dining-room, with its @@ -773,13 +735,13 @@ it was made for <i>me</i>."</p> <p class="indent">Lady Jane's gown was far from modish. In these days of swift-changing fashions for women, it had become -passé long before its usefulness or its beauty had +passé long before its usefulness or its beauty had passed. Any woman would have told you that it was a "season before last model," which would be so distantly removed from the present that its owner may be forgiven the justifiable invention concerning her memory.</p> -<p class="indent">But Lady Jane's figure was not old, nor passé, nor +<p class="indent">But Lady Jane's figure was not old, nor passé, nor even a thing to be forgotten easily. She was straight, and slim, and sound of body and limb. That is to say, she stood well on her feet and suggested strength rather @@ -1180,7 +1142,7 @@ injustice, lawlessness, fear and independence.</p> <p class="indent">Lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses, counts and countesses, swarm to the Metropolis in the course of the speeding year, heralded by every newspaper in the land, -fêted and feasted and glorified by a capricious and easily +fêted and feasted and glorified by a capricious and easily impressed public; they pass with pomp and panoply and we let them go with reluctance and a vociferous invitation to come again. They come and they go, and @@ -1561,7 +1523,7 @@ Englishmen, and disappear promptly and automatically from court circles.</p> <p class="indent">She ran away when she was nineteen with a young -attaché in the British legation. It was the worst thing +attaché in the British legation. It was the worst thing that could have happened to the poor chap. For years they drifted through many lands, finally ending in New York, where, their resources having been exhausted, @@ -1854,7 +1816,7 @@ to release the young man from matrimonial pledges in return for so much cash; and there would be numerous paragraphs pertaining to auction-bridge, and others devoted entirely to tailors; to say nothing of uncompromising -café and restaurant keepers who preferred +café and restaurant keepers who preferred the Smith-Parvis money to the Smith-Parvis trade.</p> <p class="indent">The young man, having come to the conclusion that @@ -2439,7 +2401,7 @@ his remarks to an abrupt close.</p> <p class="indent">When he was twenty-five years younger, Monsieur <span class="pagenum"><a name="page58" id="page58"></a>[pg 58]</span> Mirabeau, known to every one of consequence in Paris -by his true and lawful name, Count André Drouillard, +by his true and lawful name, Count André Drouillard, as handsome and as high-bred a gentleman as there was in all France, shot and killed, with all the necessary ceremony, a prominent though bourgeoise general in @@ -2479,7 +2441,7 @@ sad to relate, from all reports lived happily ever afterwards.</p> <p class="indent">The bourgeoise general, in his tomb in France, was not more completely dead to the world than Count -André Drouillard; on the other hand, no livelier, +André Drouillard; on the other hand, no livelier, sprightlier person ever lived than Pierre Mirabeau, repairer of clocks in Lexington Avenue.</p> @@ -3439,7 +3401,7 @@ finest porterhouse steak in New York—Eh, what?"</p> narrow stairway that led up to the living-quarters above. Monsieur Mirabeau, his whiskers neatly brushed and twisted to a point, his velvet lounging -jacket adorned with a smart little boutonnière, his +jacket adorned with a smart little boutonnière, his shoes polished till they glistened, approached the circle and, bending his gaunt frame with gallant disdain for the crick in his back, kissed the hand of the young lady. @@ -3810,7 +3772,7 @@ those things, you know. The courts would not—"</p> bank notes this morning?"</p> <p class="indent">"He gave me a check for thirty dollars, and three -ten-dollar bills and a five." ·</p> +ten-dollar bills and a five." ·</p> <p class="indent">"Have you them on your person at present?"</p> @@ -3951,7 +3913,7 @@ by certain Anglo-maniacs as a real and unmistakable <p class="indent">Cricklewick had been brought up in, or on, the very best of society. From his earliest days as third groom -in the Camelford ménage to the end of his reign as +in the Camelford ménage to the end of his reign as major-domo, he had been in a position to observe and assimilate the manners of the elect. No one knew better than he how to go about being a gentleman. He @@ -4037,7 +3999,7 @@ wouldn't have done this, and the Duchess of You-Know wouldn't have done that. She looked upon him as a master in the School of Manners. It was not long before she was able not only to hold her own with the -élite, but also to hold her lorgnette with them. If she +élite, but also to hold her lorgnette with them. If she did not care to see you in a crowd she could overlook you in the very smartest way.</p> @@ -6065,7 +6027,7 @@ man's offer of assistance might not have been spurned. In any event, there certainly was something queer afoot. Why was she driving about with Mrs. Smith-Parvis,—<i>and</i> Stuyvesant,—as if she were one of the family and -not a paid employé?</p> +not a paid employé?</p> <p class="indent">In the twinkling of an eye, Thomas Trotter forgot that he was a chauffeur. He remembered only that he @@ -6914,7 +6876,7 @@ thunder it isn't here."</p> <p class="indent">The patrolman hesitated. "Who are you," he asked, stepping a little closer to Trotter.</p> -<p class="indent">"I am this young lady's fiancé," said Trotter, with +<p class="indent">"I am this young lady's fiancé," said Trotter, with dignity.</p> <p class="indent">"Her what?"</p> @@ -6940,7 +6902,7 @@ was about her.</p> <p class="indent">"Everything is perfectly lovely," said he, vastly reassured. He had taken considerable risk with the word -"fiancé."</p> +"fiancé."</p> <p class="indent"><span class="pagenum"><a name="page172" id="page172"></a>[pg 172]</span></p> @@ -6962,7 +6924,7 @@ by post to call for his coat and take it away with him.</p> <p class="indent">The same post brought a letter from the Countess du Bara advising him that her brother-in-law, who -conducted an all-night café just off Broadway in the +conducted an all-night café just off Broadway in the very heart of the thriftless district, had been compelled to dismiss the leader of his far-famed Czech orchestra, and that she had recommended him for the @@ -6974,7 +6936,7 @@ a red coat.</p> <p class="indent">The Countess du Bara was of the Opera, where she was known as Mademoiselle Belfort and occupied a fairly prominent position in the front row of chorus -sopranos. Some day she was to make her début as a +sopranos. Some day she was to make her début as a principal. The Director of the Opera had promised her that, and while she regarded his promise as being as good as gold, it was, unfortunately, far more elastic, @@ -6991,7 +6953,7 @@ for the Director's faith in her, she was one day going to make him famous as the discoverer of Corinne Belfort. For the moment, her importance, so far as this narrative is concerned, rests on the fact that her brother-in-law -conducts a café and had named his youngest +conducts a café and had named his youngest daughter Corinne, a doubtful compliment in view of his profane preference for John or even George. He was an American and had five daughters.</p> @@ -7053,7 +7015,7 @@ a week,—so!" he said whimsically. "Also I shall restore the five dollars that Trotter forced me to take,—and the odd amounts M. Mirabeau has—Yes, yes, my friend, I am radiant. I am to lead the new orchestra -at Spangler's café. I have concluded negotiations +at Spangler's café. I have concluded negotiations with—ah, how quickly it was done! And I <span class="pagenum"><a name="page175" id="page175"></a>[pg 175]</span> approached him with fear and trembling. I would @@ -8238,7 +8200,7 @@ deaf that all one has to do to include him in the conversation is to return his smiles occasionally."</p> <p class="indent">And so, on a certain night in mid-April, it came to -pass that Spangler's Café, gay and full of the din that +pass that Spangler's Café, gay and full of the din that sustains the <i>genus</i> New Yorker in his contention that there is no other place in the world fit to live in, had among its patrons a number of the persons connected @@ -8593,7 +8555,7 @@ head erect, his white teeth showing in a broad smile.</p> have the car outside. The family is at the theatre. Don't hurry. I can wait until 10:15. If you are not ready to come away by that time, you will find my friend -Joe Glimm hanging about in front of the café,—drenched +Joe Glimm hanging about in front of the café,—drenched to the skin, I'll wager. You will recall him as the huge person I introduced to you recently as from Constantinople. Just put yourselves under his wing if @@ -8641,7 +8603,7 @@ was his wife and dependent on him for some measure of protection.</p> <p class="indent">And Mr. McFaddan, being an influence, sent for the -proprietor of the café himself, and whispered to him. +proprietor of the café himself, and whispered to him. Whereupon, Mr. Spangler, considering the side on which his bread was buttered, whispered back that it should be attended to at once.</p> @@ -10255,7 +10217,7 @@ arrivals approached.</p> <p class="indent">"Diplomacy," whispered she succinctly. "All for effect. Last but not least. He—Good evening, -dear Mrs. McFad-dán!"</p> +dear Mrs. McFad-dán!"</p> <p class="indent">In the main hall, a moment before, Mr. McFaddan had whispered in <i>his</i> wife's ear. He transmitted an @@ -10317,7 +10279,7 @@ However: the party was now complete with one notable exception. Stuyvie was sound asleep in his room. He had reached home late that afternoon and was in an irascible frame of mind. He didn't know the -McFad-dáns, and he didn't care to know them. Dragging +McFad-dáns, and he didn't care to know them. Dragging him home from Hot Springs to meet a cheap bounder,—what the deuce did she mean anyhow, entertaining that sort of people? And so on and so forth @@ -10333,7 +10295,7 @@ and making futile efforts to smooth out the wrinkles in his coat, having reposed soundly in it for the better part of an hour.</p> -<p class="indent">"You must be nice to Mr. McFad-dán," said she +<p class="indent">"You must be nice to Mr. McFad-dán," said she anxiously. "He has a great deal of influence with the powers that be."</p> @@ -10345,7 +10307,7 @@ the identity of the "powers."</p> <p class="indent">"Not yet, of course," she said, benignly. "It is a little too soon for that. But it will come, dear boy, if -we can get Mr. McFad-dán on our side. That is to +we can get Mr. McFad-dán on our side. That is to be the lovely surprise I spoke about in my—"</p> <p class="indent">"You—you call <i>that</i> lovely?" he snapped.</p> @@ -10367,12 +10329,12 @@ over his wet brow. A wave of relief surged over him. He leaned against the banister, weakly. "Why didn't you say that in the first place?"</p> -<p class="indent">"You must be very nice to Mr. McFad-dán," she -said, taking his arm. "And to Mrs. McFad-dán also. +<p class="indent">"You must be very nice to Mr. McFad-dán," she +said, taking his arm. "And to Mrs. McFad-dán also. She is rather stunning—and quite young."</p> <p class="indent">"That's nice," said Stuyvie, regaining a measure of -his tolerant, blasé air.</p> +his tolerant, blasé air.</p> <p class="indent">Now, while the intelligence of the reader has long since grasped the fact that the expected is about to @@ -11115,7 +11077,7 @@ he will learn something to his advantage" or "Will the young English nobleman who left London under a cloud in 1911 please address So-and-So"; or "Eric: All is well. Return at once and be forgiving"; -or "£5,000 reward will be paid for information +or "£5,000 reward will be paid for information concerning the present whereabouts of one Eric Temple, grandson of Lord Fenlew, of Fenlew Hall"; etc., etc.</p> @@ -12243,7 +12205,7 @@ We—"</p> <p class="indent">"Well, I'll be jiggered!" exclaimed Stuyvesant, coming closer to a real American being than he had ever been before in all his life. "It's old Cricklewick! -Why, you old roué!"</p> +Why, you old roué!"</p> <p class="indent">"I—I—let me help you, McFaddan," cried Cricklewick suddenly. "If we all put our strength to @@ -12435,7 +12397,7 @@ or something like that,—he knew that so far as these people were concerned, simplicity was merely comparative. Doubtless, the young couple, affecting simplicity, would appear without coronets; the guests -probably would saunter in and, in a rather dégagé +probably would saunter in and, in a rather dégagé fashion, find seats for themselves without deigning to notice the obsequious verger in attendance. And here was the church partially filled,—certainly the best @@ -12727,381 +12689,7 @@ unless otherwise noted.</p> </div> - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The City of Masks, by George Barr McCutcheon - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CITY OF MASKS *** - -***** This file should be named 40146-h.htm or 40146-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/1/4/40146/ - -Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Ernest Schaal, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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