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Chapter 1 No.1
Chapter 2 No.2
Chapter 3 No.3
Chapter 4 No.4
Chapter 5 No.5
Chapter 6 No.6
Chapter 7 No.7
Chapter 8 No.8
Chapter 9 No.9
Chapter 10 No.10
Chapter 11 No.11
Chapter 12 THE KNIGHT OF THE CHIMNEY-PIECE
Chapter 13 THE ART OF CONVERSATION
Chapter 14 AFTERNOON SLEEP
Chapter 15 A TWICE TOLD TALE
Chapter 16 THE LITERARY ART
Chapter 17 MY SECRETARY
Chapter 18 THE TRUTH ABOUT HOME RAILS
Chapter 19 A CROWN OF SORROWS
Chapter 20 THE LUCKY MONTH
Chapter 21 THE RESCUE
Chapter 22 THE PORTUGUESE CIGAR
Chapter 23 A COLD WORLD
Chapter 24 A BREATH OF LIFE
Chapter 25 THE DOCTOR
Chapter 26 THE FINANCIER
Chapter 27 THE THINGS THAT MATTER
Chapter 28 THE MAKING OF A CHRISTMAS STORY
Chapter 29 A MATTER-OF-FACT FAIRY TALE
Chapter 30 THE SEASIDE NOVELETTE
Chapter 31 THE FIRST OF SPRING
Chapter 32 THE COMING OF THE CROCUS
Chapter 33 THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER
Chapter 34 PAT-BALL
Chapter 35 TEN AND EIGHT
Chapter 36 AN INLAND VOYAGE
Chapter 37 ONE OF OUR SUFFERERS
Chapter 38 CHUM
Chapter 39 UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT
Chapter 40 A FAREWELL TOUR
Chapter 41 PHYSICAL CULTURE
Chapter 42 AN INSURANCE ACT
Chapter 43 GETTING THE NEEDLE
Chapter 44 DRESSING UP
Chapter 45 THE COMPLETE KITCHEN
Chapter 46 AN INFORMAL EVENING
Chapter 47 A BILLIARD LESSON
Chapter 48 BACHELOR RELICS
Chapter 49 FAIR MISTRESS DOROTHY
Chapter 50 A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING
Chapter 51 MISS PRENDERGAST
Chapter 52 AT DEAD OF NIGHT
Chapter 53 THE LOST HEIRESS
Chapter 54 THE LITERARY LIFE
Chapter 55 THE SOLICITOR
Chapter 56 THE PAINTER
Chapter 57 THE BARRISTER
Chapter 58 THE CIVIL SERVANT
Chapter 59 THE ACTOR
Chapter 60 THE COLLECTOR
Chapter 61 THE STATESMAN
Chapter 62 THE MAGNATE
Chapter 63 THE ADVENTURER
Chapter 64 THE EXPLORER
Chapter 65 THE NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR
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Chapter 26 THE FINANCIER

This is how I became a West African mining magnate with a stake in the Empire.

During February I grew suddenly tired of waiting for the summer to begin. London in the summer is a pleasant place, and chiefly so because you can keep on buying evening papers to read the cricket news. In February life has no such excitements to offer. So I wrote to

            
            

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