The Four Feathers (Classic Reprint)

THE FOUR FEATHERS1CHAPTER IA crimean NIGHTLieutenant Sutch was the first of General Fever-sham's guests to reach Broad Place. He arrived about five o'clock on an afternoon of sunshine in mid June, and the old red-brick house, lodged on a southern slope of the Surrey hills, was glowing from a dark forest depth of pines with the warmth of a rare jewel. Lieutenant Sutch limped across the hall, where the portraits of the Fevershams rose one above the other to the ceiling, and went out on to the stone-flagged terrace at the back. There he found his host sitting erect like a boy, and gazing southward toward the Sussex Downs." How's the leg ? " asked General Feversham, as he rose briskly from his chair. He was a small wiry man, and, in spite of his white hairs, alert. But the alertness was of the body. A bony face, with a high narrow forehead and steel-blue inexpressive eyes, sug- • gested a barrenness of mind.1The character of Harry Feversham is developed from a short story byTable of Contents CONTENTS; CHAPTER PAGE; I A Crimean Night i; II Captain Trench and a Telegram 16; III The Last Ride Together 26; IV The Ball at Lennon House • 35; V The Pariah • 52; VI Harry Feversham's Plan • 58; VII The Last Reconnaissance 72; VIII Lieutenant Sutch is tempted to lie 83; IX At Glenalla • 92; X The Wells of Obak 105; XI Durrance hears News of Feversham 112; XII Durrance sharpens his Wits 121; XIII Durrance begins to see i4!; XIV Captain Willoughby reappears • 153; XV The Story of the First Feather 165; XVI Captain Willoughby retires i8r; XVII The Musoline Overture ? 194; XVIII The Answer to the Overture 202; XIX Mrs Adair interferes 216; XX West and East 229; XXI Ethne makes Another Slip • 238; vii; viit CONTENTS; CHAPTBR FACE; XXII Durrance lets his Cigar go out 250; XXIII Mrs Adair makes her Apology 261; XXIV On the Nile 271; XXV Lieuten