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things. No—he was concerned with a series of reminiscences, much as a general might look back upon a successful campaign and analyze his victories. He was thinking of the hardships, the insufferable tribulations he had gone through. They had tried to penalize him for the mistakes of his youth. He had been exposed to ruthless misery, his very craving for romance had been punished, his friends had deserted him—even Gloria had turned against him. He had been alone, alone—facing it all.

Only a few months before people had been urging him to give in, to submit to mediocrity, to go to work. But he had known that he was justified in his way of life—and he had stuck it out stanchly. Why, the very friends who had been most unkind had come to respect him, to know he had been right all along. Had not the Lacys and the Merediths and the Cartwright-Smiths called on Gloria and him at the Ritz-Carlton just a week before they sailed?

Great tears stood in his eyes, and his voice was tremulous as he whispered to himself.

"I showed them," he was saying. "It was a hard fight, but I didn't give up and I came through!"

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Table of Contents

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED

Contents

BOOK ONE

Chapter I - Anthony Patch

Chapter II - Portrait of a Siren

Chapter III - The Connoisseur of Kisses

BOOK TWO

Chapter I - The Radiant Hour

Chapter II - Symposium

Chapter III - The Broken Lute

BOOK THREE

Chapter I - A Matter of Civilization

Chapter II - A Matter of Aesthetics

Chapter III - No Matter!