A YOUNG MAN'S YEAR BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE GOD IN THE CAR A CHANGE OF AIR A MAN OF MARK THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO PHROSO SIMON DALE THE KING'S MIRROR QUISANTÉ THE DOLLY DIALOGUES A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC TALES OF TWO PEOPLE THE GREAT MISS DRIVER MRS. MAXON PROTESTS A YOUNG MAN'S YEAR BY ANTHONY HOPE METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W. C. LONDON _First Published in 1915_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQUIRE 1 II. MISS SARRADET'S CIRCLE 11 III. IN TOUCH WITH THE LAW 19 IV. A GRATEFUL FRIEND 28 V. THE TENDER DIPLOMATIST 37 VI. A TIMELY DISCOVERY 46 VII. ALL OF A FLUTTER 54 VIII. NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING HAVE! 62 IX. A COMPLICATION 71 X. THE HERO OF THE EVENING 80 XI. HOUSEHOLD POLITICS 89 XII. LUNCH AT THE LANCASTER 98 XIII. SETTLED 108 XIV. THE BATTLE WITH MR. TIDDES 118 XV. THE MAN FOR A CRISIS 127 XVI. A SHADOW ON THE HOUSE 136 XVII. FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON! 146 XVIII. GOING TO RAIN! 156 XIX. THE LAST ENTRENCHMENT 166 XX. A PRUDENT COUNSELLOR 175 XXI. IDOL AND DEVOTEE 185 XXII. PRESSING BUSINESS 194 XXIII. FACING THE SITUATION 204 XXIV. "DID YOU SAY MRS.?" 213 XXV. THE OLD DAYS END 224 XXVI. RATHER ROMANTIC! 233 XXVII. IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS 244 XXVIII. TAKING MEDICINE 254