_The Green Hat_ MICHAEL ARLEN _By_ MICHAEL ARLEN _These Charming People_ _The Green Hat_ _“Piracy”_ _The Romantic Lady_ _The London Venture_ _The Green Hat_ _by_ _Michael Arlen_ [Illustration] _NEW YORK_ GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY _Copyright, 1924, By George H. Doran Company_ [Illustration] THE GREEN HAT --B-- PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _To_ F. M. ATKINSON, Esquire CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE _One_: THE GREEN HAT 11 _Two_: THE CAVALIER OF LOW CREATURES 60 _Three_: FOR PURITY! 81 _Four_: APHRODITE 114 _Five_: THE DARK LETTER 151 _Six_: THE RED LIGHTS 173 _Seven_: FOR VENICE! 210 _Eight_: PIQURE DU CŒUR 237 _Nine_: TALKING OF HATS 253 _Ten_: THE FALL OF THE EMERALD 270 _The Last Chapter_: ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND! 300 THE GREEN HAT CHAPTER ONE: THE GREEN HAT I It has occurred to the writer to call this unimportant history The Green Hat because a green hat was the first thing about her that he saw: as also it was, in a way, the last thing about her that he saw. It was bright green, of a sort of felt, and bravely worn: being, no doubt, one of those that women who have many hats affect _pour le sport_.