At Large Read online

  Produced by Ernest Schaal, Beginners Projects and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net(This file was produced from images generously madeavailable by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

  OTHER BOOKS BY MR. HORNUNG

  THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN. $1.25.

  RAFFLES. MORE ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN. Illustrated by F. C. YOHN. $1.50.

  PECCAVI. A NOVEL. $1.50.

  THE SHADOW OF A MAN. $1.25.

  DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES. A NOVEL. $1.25.

  SOME PERSONS UNKNOWN. $1.25.

  YOUNG BLOOD. $1.25.

  MY LORD DUKE. $1.25.

  THE ROGUE'S MARCH. A ROMANCE. $1.50.

  THE BOSS OF TAROOMBA. [_Ivory Series._] 16mo. $0.75.

  A BRIDE FROM THE BUSH. [_Ivory Series._] 16mo. $0.75.

  IRRALIE'S BUSHRANGER. A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE. [_Ivory Series._] 16mo. $0.75.

  AT LARGE

  AT LARGE

  _A NOVEL_

  BY E. W. HORNUNG

  CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK::::::::::::::::: 1902

  COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

  _All rights reserved_

  PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1902

  TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK

  CONTENTS

  Page

  I. A Nucleus of Fortune 1

  II. Sundown 11

  III. After Four Years 20

  IV. How Dick Came Home 28

  V. The First Evening at Graysbrooke 41

  VI. Sisyphus 53

  VII. South Kensington 64

  VIII. The Admirable Miles 72

  IX. A Dancing Lesson and its Consequences 86

  X. An Old Friend and an Old Memory 98

  XI. Dressing, Dancing, Looking on 109

  XII. "To-Morrow, and To-Morrow, and To-Morrow" 123

  XIII. In Bushey Park 132

  XIV. Quits 152

  XV. The Morning After 163

  XVI. Military Manoeuvres 174

  XVII. "Miles's Beggars" 185

  XVIII. Alice Speaks for Herself 196

  XIX. Conterminous Courses 206

  XX. Strange Humility 216

  XXI. An Altered Man 227

  XXII. Extremities 234

  XXIII. The Effect of a Photograph 244

  XXIV. The Effect of a Song 256

  XXV. Melmerbridge Church 271

  XXVI. At Bay 286

  XXVII. The Fatal Tress 296

  XXVIII. The Effort 307

  XXIX. Elizabeth Ryan 313

  XXX. Sweet Revenge 325

  XXXI. The Charity of Silence 333

  XXXII. Suspense: Reaction 343

  XXXIII. How Dick Said Good-Bye 353

  AT LARGE