Chapter I: Front Matter

GRAY YOUTH

OLIVER ONIONS

NOVELS BY OLIVER ONIONS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCE
THE DEBIT ACCOUNT
THE STORY OF LOUIE
GRAY YOUTH

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK

GRAY YOUTH

THE STORY OF A VERY MODERN COURTSHIP
AND A VERY MODERN MARRIAGE

BY

OLIVER ONIONS

Author of "In Accordance with the Evidence,"
"The Debit Account."

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK

_Publishers in America for Hodder & Stoughton_

Copyright, 1913,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1914,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

TO
MARY STEWART

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

Gray Youth is published in England in two volumes under the titles: The Two Kisses and A Crooked Mile.

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE: A VERY MODERN COURTSHIP--THE TWO KISSES

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE
ARGUMENT 11
I CHEYNE WALK 18
II THE SURPRISE PARTY 33
III THE FASHION STUDIO 52
IV THE MCGRATH 67
V POUNDS AND SHILLINGS 83
VI WOMAN'S WHOLE EXISTENCE 99
VII THE VOICE THAT BREATHED O'ER EDEN 120

PART II

I PENCE 142
II A DAMSEL ERRANT 160
III "BUSINESS AS USUAL" 176
IV "IL FAUT QU' UNE PORTE--" 191
V BOND AND FREE 215

PART III

I THE LEAGUE 243
II "BARRAGE" 263
III EPITHALAMIUM 287
ENTR' ACTE 314

BOOK TWO: A VERY MODERN MARRIAGE--A CROOKED MILE

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE WITAN 321
II THE POND-ROOM 337
III THE "NOVUM" 352
IV THE STONE WALL 369
V THREE SHIPS 393
VI POLICY 414

PART II

I THE PIGEON PAIR 435
II THE 'VERT 447
III THE IMPERIALISTS 463
IV THE OUTSIDERS 485
V "HOUSE FULL" 503
VI THE SOUL STORM 524

PART III

I LITMUS 553
II BY THE WAY 568
III DE TROP 588
IV GRAY YOUTH 598
V TAILPIECE 620