Rejected in love, the incredibly rich (but appropriately modest) George Bellew walks into a small English village populated with a cast of most interesting people, from the ramrod straight old Sergeant who can't seem to get beyond talking of peaches with the apple of his eye, to the smarmy Mr. Cassilis who seems to think that the beautiful Anthea (and her farm at Dapplemere) can be had for the asking - if only he asks often enough. And then there is Anthea -- a lovely woman, caring for those ...
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31. Which, Being The Last, Is, Very Properly, The Longest, In The Book
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28. Which Tells How Bellew Left Dapplemere In The Dawn; 29. Of The Moon's Message To Small Porges, And How He Told It To Bellew - In A Whisper; 20. How Anthea Gave Her Promise
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26. How The Money Moon Rose; 27. In Which Is Verified The Adage Of The Cup And The Lip
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23. How Small Porges, In His Hour Of Need, Was Deserted By His Uncle; 24. In Which Shall Be Found Mention Of A Certain Black Bag; 25. The Conspirators
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20. Which Relates A Most Extraordinary Conversation; 21. Of Shoes, And Ships, And Sealing Wax, And The Third Finger Of The Left Hand; 22. Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
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18. How The Sergeant Went Upon His Guard; 19. In Which Porges Big, And Porges Small Discuss The Subject Of Matrimony
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15. In Which Adam Explains; 16. In Which Adam Proposes A Game; 17. How Bellew Began The Game
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14. Which, Among Other Things, Has To Do With Shrimps, Muffins, And Tin Whistles
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13. How Anthea Came Home
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12. In Which May Be Found A Full, True, And Particular Account Of The Sale
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10. How Bellew And Adam Entered Into A Solemn League And Covenant; 11. Of The Man With The Tiger Mark
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8. Which Tells Of Miss Priscilla, Of Peaches, And Of Sergeant Appleby Late Of The 19th Hussars; 9. In Which May Be Found Some Description Of Arcadia, And Gooseberries
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6. Of The Sad Condition Of The Haunting Spectre Of The Might Have Been; 7. Which Concerns Itself Among Other Matters, With "The Old Adam"
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4. How Small Porges In Looking For a Fortune For Another, Found An Uncle For Himself; 5. How Bellew Came To Arcadia
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Dedication; 1. Which, Being The First, Is, Very Properly, The Shortest Chapter In The Book; 2. How George Bellew Sought Counsel Of His Valet; 3. Which Concerns Itself With A Haycart, And A Belligerent Waggoner
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