A Tragic Idyl

Bourget, Paul · 1935

CHAPTER I. Le "Tout Europe" II. The Cry of a Soul III. A Scruple IV. Lovers' Resolutions V. Afloat VI. Il Matrimonio Segreto VII. Olivier du Prat VIII. Friend and Mistress IX. Friend and Mistress--_continued_ X. A Vow XI. Between Two Tragedies XII. The Dénouement That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo. It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies. The gay madness that breaks out at Nice during the Ca…

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