Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/captures00galsuoft CAPTURES * * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR _Published by William Heinemann_ VILLA RUBEIN THE ISLAND PHARISEES THE MAN OF PROPERTY THE COUNTRY HOUSE FRATERNITY THE PATRICIAN THE DARK FLOWER THE FREELANDS BEYOND FIVE TALES SAINT’S PROGRESS IN CHANCERY TO LET THE FORSYTE SAGA A COMMENTARY A MOTLEY THE INN OF TRANQUILLITY A SHEAF ANOTHER SHEAF TATTERDEMALION MOODS, SONGS, AND DOGGERELS ADDRESSES IN AMERICA MEMORIES. Illustrated by Maud Earl AWAKENING. Illustrated by R. H. Sauter. _Issued by other Publishers_ PLAYS: Six Vols. * * * * * * CAPTURES by JOHN GALSWORTHY “Soft and fair, Gentlemen, never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.”--DON QUIXOTE. [Illustration: 1923] London: William Heinemann Ltd. First published 1923 Printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons, Ltd., Guildford and Esher [All rights reserved] TO R. H. SAUTER CONTENTS PAGE A FEUD 1 THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS FORM 55 A HEDONIST 77 TIMBER 90 SANTA LUCIA 106 BLACKMAIL 127 THE BROKEN BOOT 147 STROKE OF LIGHTNING 155 VIRTUE 176 CONSCIENCE 190 SALTA PRO NOBIS 202 PHILANTHROPY 210 A LONG-AGO AFFAIR 217 ACME 224 LATE--299 235 HAD A HORSE 268 CAPTURES A FEUD I