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Paul Kelver
By Jerome K. Jerome
CONTENTS.
PROLOGUE
BOOK I
I. PAUL, ARRIVED IN A STRANGE LAND, LEARNS MANY THINGS, AND GOES TO MEET THE MAN IN GREY
II. IN WHICH PAUL MAKES ACQUAINTANCE OF THE MAN WITH THE UGLY MOUTH
III. HOW GOOD LUCK KNOCKED AT THE DOOR OF THE MAN IN GREY
IV. PAUL, FALLING IN WITH A GOODLY COMPANY OF PILGRIMS, LEARNS OF THEM THE ROAD THAT HE MUST TRAVEL, AND MEETS THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN LOCKS
V. IN WHICH THERE COMES BY ONE BENT UPON PURSUING HIS OWN WAY
VI. OF THE SHADOW THAT CAME BETWEEN THE MAN IN GREY AND THE LADY OF THE LOVE-LIT EYES
VII. OF THE PASSING OF THE SHADOW
VIII. HOW THE MAN IN GREY MADE READY FOR HIS GOING
IX. OF THE FASHIONING OF PAUL
X. IN WHICH PAUL IS SHIPWRECKED, AND CAST INTO DEEP WATERS
BOOK II.
I. DESCRIBES THE DESERT ISLAND TO WHICH PAUL WAS DRIFTED
II. PAUL, ESCAPING FROM HIS SOLITUDE, FALLS INTO STRANGE COMPANY, AND BECOMES CAPTIVE TO ONE OF HAUGHTY MIEN
III. GOOD FRIENDS SHOW PAUL THE ROAD TO FREEDOM. BUT BEFORE SETTING OUT, HE WILL GO A-VISITING
IV. LEADS TO A MEETING
V. HOW ON A SWEET GREY MORNING THE FUTURE CAME TO PAUL
VI. OF THE GLORY AND GOODNESS AND THE EVIL THAT GO TO THE MAKING OF LOVE
VII. HOW PAUL SET FORTH UPON A QUEST
VIII. AND HOW CAME BACK AGAIN
IX. THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN LOCKS SENDS PAUL A RING
X. PAUL FINDS HIS WAY
PAUL KELVER
PROLOGUE.
IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER.
At the corner of a long, straight, brick-built street in the far East End of London--one of those life