F. Anstey
GREENHILL
SCIENCE FICTION
& FANTASY
This edition of Tourmalin's Time Cheques
first published 1986 by Greenhill Books,
Lionel Leventhal Limited, 3 Barnham Avenue, Elstree,
Hertfordshire WD6 3PW
This edition © Lionel Leventhal Limited, 1986
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Anstey, F.
Tourmalin's Time Cheques.—(Greenhill Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Rn: Thomas Anstey Guthrie
I. Title 823'.8[F] PR4729.G5
ISBN 0-947898-48-4
Publishing History
Tourmalin's Time Cheques was first published in 1885,
by J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol
and is reproduced now exactly as the original edition,
complete and unabridged.
Greenhill Books
welcome readers' suggestions for books
that might be added to this Series.
Please write to us if there are titles
which you would like to recommend.
Printed by Antony Rowe Limited,
Chippenham, Wiltshire.[iii]
| Page | |
| Prologue. | |
| On Deck—Curry and Culture—Alternative Distractions—APeriod of Probation—The Oath and theTalisman—Wavering—A Chronological Error—TheTime Bargain—Tourmalin Opens an Account | 1 |
| Chapter I. | |
| Tourmalin's First Cheque, and How he Took It. | |
| Fidelity Rewarded—Love's Catechism—Brain-fag—aTimely Recollection—The Experiment, and someStartling Results—Question Time—"Dear Friends"—ACompromise | 21 |
| Chapter II. | |
| The Second Cheque. | |
| Furnishing—A Cosy Corner—"Sitting Out"—FreshDiscoveries—Twice a Hero—Bewilderment and Bathos | 38 |
| Chapter III. | |
| The Third Cheque. | |
| Good Resolutions—Casuistry—A Farewell Visit—SmallProfit and a Quick Return | 52 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| The Fourth Cheque. | |
| A Blue Moon—Felicity in a Flat—Practical Astronomy—Temptationand a Relapse—The Difficulties of beingCompletely Candid—A Slight Misunderstanding—The Avenging Orange | 66 |
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