Transcriber’s Note In this transcription, italic text is denoted by _underscores_ while small capitals in the original text are transcribed as Title Case. See end of this document for details of corrections and other changes. —————————————— Start of Book —————————————— ROGUES AND VAGABONDS COMPTON MACKENZIE By COMPTON MACKENZIE ———————————————————— Rogues and Vagabonds Fairy Gold Coral Santa Claus in Summer The Heavenly Ladder The Old Men of the Sea The Altar Steps Parson’s Progress Rich Relations The Seven Ages of Women Sylvia Scarlett Poor Relations Sylvia and Michael The Vanity Girl Carnival Plashers Mead Sinister Street Youth’s Encounter The Passionate Elopement ROGUES AND VAGABONDS By COMPTON MACKENZIE GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY ON MURRAY HILL : : NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY [Illustration] ROGUES AND VAGABONDS —B— PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To A. H. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Neptune’s Grotto 11 II The Factory 26 III The Proposal 36 IV Married Life 43 V Tintacks in Brigham 55 VI The Diorama 74 VII True Love 83 VIII Rogues and Vagabonds 96 IX A Merry Christmas 110 X The Pantomime 121 XI The End of the Harlequinade 127 XII Looking for Work 135 XIII Lebanon House 144 XIV Letizia the First 163 XV The Tunnel 172 XVI Blackboy Passage 182 XVII The Two Roads 195 XVIII Triennial 215 XIX Nancy’s Contralto 222 XX Southward 232 XXI Classic Grief 240 XXII Sorrento 248 XXIII Cœur de Lion 267 XXIV Decennial 274 XXV The Common Chord 286