Richard Carvel

Richard Carvel

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Title: Richard Carvel, Complete
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RICHARD CARVEL
By Winston Churchill

CONTENTS
Volume 1. I. Lionel Carvel, of Carvel Hall II. Some Memories of
Childhood III. Caught by the Tide IV. Grafton would heal an Old
Breach V. "If Ladies be but Young and Fair" VI. I first suffer for the
Cause VII. Grafton has his Chance
Volume 2. VIII. Over the Wall IX. Under False Colours X. The Red in
the Carvel Blood XI. A Festival and a Parting XII. News from a Far
Country
Volume 3. XIII. Mr. Allen shows his Hand XIV. The Volte Coupe XV.

Of which the Rector has the Worst XVI. In which Some Things are
made Clear XVII. South River XVIII. The Black Moll
Volume 4. XIX. A Man of Destiny XX. A Sad Home-coming XXI. The
Gardener's Cottage XXII. On the Road XXIII. London Town XXIV.
Castle Yard XXV. The Rescue
Volume 5. XXVI. The Part Horatio played XXVII. In which I am sore
tempted XXVIII. Arlington Street XXIX. I meet a very Great Young
Man XXX. A Conspiracy XXXI. "Upstairs into the World" XXXII.
Lady Tankerville's Drum-major XXXIII. Drury Lane
Volume 6. XXXIV. His Grace makes Advances XXXV. In which my
Lord Baltimore appears . XXXVI. A Glimpse of Mr. Garrick XXXVII.
The Serpentine XXXVIII. In which I am roundly brought to task
XXXIX. Holland House XL. Vauxhall XLI. The Wilderness
Volume 7. XLII. My Friends are proven XLIII. Annapolis once more
XLIV. Noblesse Oblige XLV. The House of Memories XLVI.
Gordon's Pride XLVII. Visitors XLVIII. Multum in Parvo XLIX.
Liberty loses a Friend
Volume 8. L. Farewell to Gordon's LI. How an Idle Prophecy came to
pass LII. How the Gardener's Son fought the Serapis LIII. In which I
make Some Discoveries LIV. More Discoveries. LV. The Love of a
Maid for a Man LVI. How Good came out of Evil LVII. I come to my
Own again

FOREWORD
My sons and daughters have tried to persuade me to remodel these
memoirs of my grandfather into a latter-day romance. But I have
thought it wiser to leave them as he wrote them. Albeit they contain
some details not of interest to the general public, to my notion it is such
imperfections as these which lend to them the reality they bear. Certain
it is, when reading them, I live his life over again.

Needless to say, Mr. Richard Carvel never intended them for
publication. His first apology would be for his Scotch, and his only
defence is that he was not a Scotchman.
The lively capital which once reflected the wit and fashion of Europe
has fallen into decay. The silent streets no more echo with the rumble
of coaches and gay chariots, and grass grows where busy merchants
trod. Stately ball-rooms, where beauty once reigned, are cold and
empty and mildewed, and halls, where laughter rang, are silent. Time
was when every wide-throated chimney poured forth its cloud of smoke,
when every andiron held a generous log,--andirons which are now gone
to decorate Mr. Centennial's home in New York or lie with a tag in the
window of some curio shop. The mantel, carved in delicate wreaths, is
boarded up, and an unsightly