Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available by The Internet Archive.) CARNIVAL BY COMPTON MACKENZIE AUTHOR OF "THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT" NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published March, 1912_ Printed in the United States of America TO MARTIN SECKER _"Put out the light; and then--put out the light."_ Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BIRTH OF COLUMBINE 1 II. FAIRIES AT THE CHRISTENING 8 III. DAWN SHADOWS 18 IV. THE ANCIENT MISCHIEF 30 V. PRETTY APPLES IN EDEN 40 VI. SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR 51 VII. AMBITION WAKES 61 VIII. AMBITION LOOKS IN THE GLASS 71 IX. LIFE, ART, AND LOVE 89 X. DRURY LANE AND COVENT GARDEN 108 XI. THE ORIENT PALACE OF VARIETIES 120 XII. GROWING OLD 131 XIII. THE BALLET OF CUPID 140 XIV. RAIN ON THE ROOF 152 XV. CRAS AMET 153 XVI. LOVE'S HALCYON 165 XVII. COLUMBINE ASLEEP 175 XVIII. SWEET AND TWENTY 176 XIX. THE GIFT OF OPALS 186 XX. FETE GALANTE 199 XXI. EPILOGUE 216 XXII. THE UNFINISHED STATUE 221 XXIII. TWO LETTERS 234 XXIV. JOURNEY'S END 241 XXV. MONOTONE 249 XXVI. IN SCYROS 255 XXVII. QUARTETTE 271 XXVIII. ST. VALENTINE'S EVE 282 XXIX. COLUMBINE AT DAWN 288 XXX. LUGETE, O VENERES 289 XXXI. A DOCUMENT IN MADNESS 298 XXXII. PAGEANTRY OF DEATH 303 XXXIII. LOOSE ENDS 310 XXXIV. MR. Z. TREWHELLA 317 XXXV. MARRIAGE OF COLUMBINE 332 XXXVI. THE TRAGIC LOADING 341 XXXVII. COLUMBINE IN THE DARK 349 XXXVIII. THE ALIEN CORN 350 XXXIX. INTERMEZZO 359 XL. HARVEST HOME 367 XLI. COLUMBINE HAPPY 370 XLII. SHADED SUNLIGHT 371 XLIII. BOW BELLS 377 XLIV. PICKING UP THREADS 382 XLV. LONDON PRIDE 389 XLVI. MAY MORNING 394 XLVII. NIGHTLIGHT TIME 399 XLVIII. CARNI VALE 404 Chapter I: _The Birth of Columbine_