Produced by Dianna Adair, Marc-André Seekamp and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. THE LONELY UNICORN BY THE SAME AUTHOR _FICTION_ THE LOOM OF YOUTH PLEASURE _STUDIES_ THE PRISONERS OF MAINZ PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE [_In September_ _VERSE_ RESENTMENT: POEMS [_Out of Print_ THE LONELY UNICORN A NOVEL BY ALEC WAUGH AUTHOR OF "THE LOOM OF YOUTH" [Illustration] LONDON GRANT RICHARDS LTD. ST MARTIN'S STREET MDCCCCXXII PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED EDINBURGH TO MY FRIEND CLIFFORD BAX CONTENTS PART I.--THE OPENING ROUND CHAPTER PAGE I. TWO HAPHAZARDS 11 II. THE OUTCOME 20 III. RALPH AND APRIL 27 IV. A KISS 37 V. A POTENTIAL DIPLOMAT 45 VI. APRIL'S LOOKING-GLASS 58 VII. A SORRY BUSINESS 65 PART II.--THE RIVAL FORCES VIII. A FORTUNATE MEETING 93 IX. HOGSTEAD 105 X. YOUNG LOVE 117 XI. THE ROMANCE OF VARNISH 137 XII. MARSTON & MARSTON 150 XIII. LILITH OF OLD 157 XIV. THE TWO CURRENTS 175 PART III.--THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS XV. SUCCESS 187 XVI. LILITH AND MURIEL 217 PART IV.--ONE WAY OR ANOTHER XVII. THREE YEARS 225 XVIII. THREE DAYS 232 XIX. THE LONELY UNICORN 253 XX. THERE'S ROSEMARY 269 XXI. THE SHREDDING OF THE CHRYSALIS 276 XXII. AN END AND A BEGINNING 292 PART I THE OPENING ROUND CHAPTER I TWO HAPHAZARDS