Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT _By COMPTON MACKENZIE_ * * * * * NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1916 BALLANTINE AND CO. LTD., TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON _TO FAITH_ _Contents_ I. THE TOILET 1 II. THE PUMP ROOM 10 III. THE BLUE BOAR 20 IV. CURTAIN MAZE 34 V. THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST 47 _The Order of the Exquisite Mob_ 49 THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST [_resumea_ 50 VI. BAVERSTOCK BARN 61 VII. SUNDAY MORNING 75 VIII. THE GREAT REBELLION 82 IX. THE ASSEMBLY 86 X. AFTER THE ASSEMBLY 104 XI. NOX ALBA 109 XII. WET DAYS 114 XIII. MONARCHY IN ACTION 118 XIV. MONARCHY IN REPOSE 127 XV. PHOEBUS ADEST 135 XVI. THE CHINESE MASQUERADE 146 XVII. THE GRAND MINUET OF CATHAY 157 XVIII. THE CONFIDANTE 165 XIX. BLACKHART FARM WITH A COCK-FIGHT 171 XX. IN WHICH EVERYTHING GROWS BUT THE PLOT 180 XXI. CURTAIN POLLS 184 XXII. THE CURTAIN ROD 193 XXIII. SPACE BETWEEN AN HEROICK COUPLET 198 XXIV. DAISH'S ROOMS 209 XXV. QUARTS OF BURGUNDY 216 XXVI. AND THE DREGS OF THE SAME 231 XXVII. TIME FOR REFLECTION 236 XXVIII. THE LOVE CHASE 247 XXIX. THE BASKET OF ROSES 255 XXX. SIR GEORGE REPINGTON 265 XXXI. A TALE WITH AN INTERRUPTED MORAL 273 XXXII. THE HORRID ADVENTURES OF BEAU RIPPLE AND MRS. COURTEEN 277