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Phroso: A Romance
The story follows Lord Charley Wheatley, who has purchased the remote island of Neopalia, seeking solace away from the crowded world.
"Phroso: A Romance" by Anthony Hope is a novel. The story follows Lord Charley Wheatley, who has purchased the remote island of Neopalia, seeking solace away from the crowded world.
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I looked for a moment on the old man’s pale, clean-cut, aristocratic face; then I shook his attendant by the arm vigorously. She awoke with a start.
‘What does this mean?’ I demanded. ‘Who is he?’
‘Heaven help us! Who are you?’ she cried, leaping up in alarm. Indeed we four, with our eager fierce faces, must have looked disquieting enough.
‘I am Lord Wheatley; these are my friends,’ I answered in brisk sharp tones.
‘What, it is you, then—?’ A wondering gaze ended her question.
‘Yes, yes, it is I. I have bought the island. We came out for a walk and—’
‘But he will kill you if he finds you here.’
‘Ah, pardon, my lord! They will kill you, they—the people—the men of the island.’
I gazed at her sternly. She shrank back in confusion. And I spoke at a venture, yet in a well-grounded hazard:
‘You mean that Constantine Stefanopoulos will kill me?’
‘Ah, hush,’ she cried. ‘He may be here, he may be anywhere.’
‘He may thank his stars he’s not here,’ said I grimly, for my blood was up. ‘Attend, woman. Who is this?’
‘It is the lord of the island, my lord,’ she answered. ‘Alas, he is wounded, I fear, to death. And yet I fell asleep. But I was so weary.’
Her face suddenly became vacant and expressionless.
‘I do not know, my lord. It happened in the crowd. It was a mistake. My dear lord had yielded what they asked. Yet some one—no, by heaven, my lord, I do not know who—stabbed him. And he cannot live.’
Contents
- 01Phroso a Romance
- 02Contents
- 03List of Illustrations.
- 04Chapter I a Long Thing Ending in Poulos
- 05Chapter II a Conservative Country
- 06Chapter III the Fever of Neopalia
- 07Chapter IV a Raid and a Raider
- 08Chapter V the Cottage on the Hill
- 09Chapter VI the Poem of One-Eyed Alexander
- 10Chapter VII the Secret of the Stefanopouloi
- 11Chapter VIII a Knife at a Rope
- 12Chapter IX Hats Off to St Tryphon!
- 13Chapter X the Justice of the Island
- 14Chapter XI the Last Card
- 15Chapter XII Law and Order
- 16Chapter XIII the Smiles of Mouraki Pasha
- 17Chapter XIV a Stroke in the Game
- 18Chapter XV a Strange Escape
- 19Chapter XVI an Unfinished Letter
- 20Chapter XVII in the Jaws of the Trap
- 21Chapter XVIII the Unknown Friend
- 22Chapter XIX the Armenian Dog!
- 23Chapter XX a Public Promise
- 24Chapter XXI a Word of Various Meanings
- 25Chapter XXII One More Run
- 26Chapter XXIII the Island in a Calm
About this edition
- Author
- Anthony Hope
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 323 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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