Transcriber's note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. DOUBLE HARNESS _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ A MAN OF MARK. MR. WITT'S WIDOW. FATHER STAFFORD. A CHANGE OF AIR. HALF A HERO. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. THE GOD IN THE CAR. THE DOLLY DIALOGUES. COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP. THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO. THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA. PHROSO. SIMON DALE. RUPERT OF HENTZAU. THE KING'S MIRROR. QUISANTÉ. TRISTRAM OF BLENT. THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY. DOUBLE HARNESS BY ANTHONY HOPE LONDON HUTCHINSON AND CO. PATERNOSTER ROW 1904 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. SOME VIEWS OF THE INSTITUTION 1 II. THE FAIRY RIDE 12 III. THE WORLDLY MIND 24 IV. INITIATION 36 V. THE BIRTH OF STRIFE 49 VI. NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD 62 VII. A VINDICATION OF CONSCIENCE 73 VIII. IDEALS AND ASPIRATIONS 85 IX. A SUCCESSFUL MISSION 98 X. THE FLINTY WALL 112 XI. THE OLIVE BRANCH 126 XII. IMAGES AND THEIR WORK 139 XIII. THE DEAD AND ITS DEAD 152 XIV. FOR HIS LOVE AND HIS QUARREL 165 XV. IN THE TEETH OF THE STORM 181 XVI. THE UPPER AND THE NETHER STONE 196 XVII. WANDERING WITS 210 XVIII. THE RISING GENERATION 224 XIX. IN THE CORNER 238 XX. THE HOUR OF WRATH 252 XXI. AN UNCOMPROMISING EXPRESSION 265 XXII. ASPIRATIONS AND COMMON SENSE 278 XXIII. A THING OF FEAR 293 XXIV. FRIENDS 304 XXV. PICKING UP THE PIECES 320 XXVI. THE GREAT WRONG 335 XXVII. SAMPLES OF THE BULK 351 XXVIII. TO LIFE AND LIGHT AGAIN 365 XXIX. WITH OPEN EYES 379 DOUBLE HARNESS CHAPTER I SOME VIEWS OF THE INSTITUTION