Arthur Conan Doyle

Name: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus — Chapter VI.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

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“A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus — Chapter VI.”, published in 1899, is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. It explores elements such as Maude, Frank and Jack Selby.

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ But every one had risen to their feet, and the service was at an end. The vicar led the way, and they all followed him, into the vestry. There was a general murmur all round them of congratulation and approval.
‘Heartiest congratulations, Crosse!’ said Hale.
‘Bravo, Maude, you looked ripping!’ cried Jack, kissing his sister. ‘By Jove, it simply went with a buzz from the word “go.”’
‘You sign it here and here,’ said the vicar, ‘and the witnesses here and here. Thank you very much. I am sure that I wish you every happiness. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Behind them was the mother, still young and elegant, with something of Maude’s grace in her figure and carriage. As the party came up the aisle, Frank was to be restrained no longer. ‘Get to his head!’ cried Jack to Hale in an excited whisper, but their man was already hurrying to shake hands with Maude. He walked up on her right, and they took their position in two little groups, the happy couple in the centre. At the same moment the clang of the church-clock sounded above them, and the vicar, shrugging his shoulders to get his white surplice into position, came bustling out of the vestry. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Frank soon recovered his spirits now that he had something to do. Even that drive through the streaming streets, with the rain pattering upon the top of their four-wheeler, could not depress him any longer. He rose to the level of Jack Selby, and they chattered gaily together.
‘Ain’t we bringing him up fighting fit?’ cried Jack exultingly. ‘Shows that all the care we have taken of him in the last twenty-four hours has not been wasted. That’s the sort I like - game as a pebble! You can’t buy ’em, you have to breed ’em. A regular fizzer he is, and full of blood. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Late hours are bad for the young. Have a whisky and soda with me. No? Hale, you must buck him up, for they’ll all be down on you if you don’t bring your man up to time in the pink of condition. We certainly did ourselves up to the top hole last night. Couldn’t face your breakfast, eh? Neither could I. A strawberry and a bucket of soda-water.’
‘How are they all at the Langham?’ asked Frank eagerly.
‘Oh, splendid! At least I haven’t seen Maude. She’s been getting into parade order. But mother is full of beans. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ A broad-brimmed hat with a curling feather is not a good shape for driving with an ardent young bridegroom in a discreetly rain-blurred carriage. Frank demonstrated the fact, and it took them all the way to the Langham to get those pins driven home again. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ My own darling, there you are just a living angel, the gentlest, most sensitive, and beautiful living creature that walks the earth, and please God I shall keep you so, and ever higher and higher if such a thing is possible, and if ever I say a word or do a deed that seems to lower you, then remind me of this moment, and send me back to try to live up to our highest ideal again. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ And I for my part will try to improve myself and to live up to you, and to bridge more and more the gap that is between us, that I may feel myself not altogether unworthy of our love. And so we shall act and re-act upon each other, ever growing better and wiser, and dating what is best and brightest in our minds and souls from the day that we were married. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ The night before the wedding, Frank Crosse and his best man, Rupton Hale, dined at the Raleigh Club with Maude’s brother, Jack Selby, who was a young lieutenant in a Hussar regiment. Jack was a horsy, slangy young sportsman who cared nothing about Frank’s worldly prospects, but had given the match his absolute approval from the moment that he realised that his future brother had played for the Surrey Second. ‘What more can you want?’ said he. ‘You won’t exactly be a Mrs. ”

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