The Portal of Dreams. Charles Neville Buck

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066160081

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I

       A VISION UPON A WARNING

       A young woman was sitting before a counter, with her back to the street, trying on gloves.

       CHAPTER II

       PURSUING A WILL-O'-THE-WISP

       CHAPTER III

       I EMBARK ON A FOOL'S ERRAND

       CHAPTER IV

       SOME PASSAGES FROM A DIARY

       CHAPTER V

       PREMONITIONS BECOME REALITIES

       CHAPTER VI

       THE END OF THE "WASTREL"

       CHAPTER VII

       IN STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES.

       CHAPTER VIII

       NATURE INDULGES IN SATIRE

       CHAPTER IX

       A PORTRAIT AND A TEMPLE

       CHAPTER X

       I SEEK ORCHIDS

       CHAPTER XI

       I FIND MYSELF A DEMI-GOD

       "Frances! Frances! Frances!" I declaimed with the deep profundity of a ritual.

       CHAPTER XII

       PORT AND STARBOARD LIGHTS

       CHAPTER XIII

       ENTER THE INFANTRYMAN

       CHAPTER XIV

       THE "ASH-TRASH LADY"

       CHAPTER XV

       TWO DISCOVERIES

       CHAPTER XVI

       AN INTERVIEW AND A CRISIS

       "You are a great traveler, aren't you, Mr. Deprayne?" she suggested when the silence had begun to be oppressive.

       CHAPTER XVII

       WE GO TO THE MOUNTAINS.

       CHAPTER XVIII

       A CHAT WITH A DICTATOR.

       CHAPTER XIX

       A VOLLEY FROM THE LAUREL.

       CHAPTER XX

       A CAVALCADE FROM THE LAUREL.

       CHAPTER XXI

       I GO WALKING AND MEET ENEMIES.

       CHAPTER XXII

       I FAIL TO RETURN HOME.

       CHAPTER XXIII

       THE OFFER OF PAROLE.

       CHAPTER XXIV

       MY DAY IN COURT.

       CHAPTER XXV

       BEING LAUGHED AT.

       CHAPTER