Chapter I: Front Matter

A YOUNG MAN'S YEAR

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE GOD IN THE CAR
A CHANGE OF AIR
A MAN OF MARK
THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO
PHROSO
SIMON DALE
THE KING'S MIRROR
QUISANTÉ
THE DOLLY DIALOGUES
A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC
TALES OF TWO PEOPLE
THE GREAT MISS DRIVER
MRS. MAXON PROTESTS

A YOUNG MAN'S
YEAR

BY
ANTHONY HOPE

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W. C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1915_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQUIRE 1

II. MISS SARRADET'S CIRCLE 11

III. IN TOUCH WITH THE LAW 19

IV. A GRATEFUL FRIEND 28

V. THE TENDER DIPLOMATIST 37

VI. A TIMELY DISCOVERY 46

VII. ALL OF A FLUTTER 54

VIII. NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING HAVE! 62

IX. A COMPLICATION 71

X. THE HERO OF THE EVENING 80

XI. HOUSEHOLD POLITICS 89

XII. LUNCH AT THE LANCASTER 98

XIII. SETTLED 108

XIV. THE BATTLE WITH MR. TIDDES 118

XV. THE MAN FOR A CRISIS 127

XVI. A SHADOW ON THE HOUSE 136

XVII. FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON! 146

XVIII. GOING TO RAIN! 156

XIX. THE LAST ENTRENCHMENT 166

XX. A PRUDENT COUNSELLOR 175

XXI. IDOL AND DEVOTEE 185

XXII. PRESSING BUSINESS 194

XXIII. FACING THE SITUATION 204

XXIV. "DID YOU SAY MRS.?" 213

XXV. THE OLD DAYS END 224

XXVI. RATHER ROMANTIC! 233

XXVII. IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS 244

XXVIII. TAKING MEDICINE 254

XXIX. TEARS AND A SMILE 264

XXX. A VARIETY SHOW 274

XXXI. START AND FINISH 284

XXXII. WISDOM CONFOUNDED 294

XXXIII. A NEW VISION 304

XXXIV. THE LINES OF LIFE 314

XXXV. HILSEY AND ITS FUGITIVE 324

XXXVI. IN THE SPRING 335

A YOUNG MAN'S YEAR

A YOUNG MAN'S YEAR