The Side of the Angels
A Novel
By BASIL KING
Author of "The Way Home," Etc.
With Frontispiece
ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers
The Side of the Angels
Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published February, 1916
"I'M CLAUDE. DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME?"
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
"My lord, I am on the side of the angels."—Disraeli.
CHAPTER I
The difficulty was, in the first place, one of date—not the date of amonth or a year, but of a generation or a century. Had Thorley Mastermanfound himself in love with Rosie Fay in 1760, or even in 1860, therewould have been little to adjust and nothing to gainsay. In 1860 theFays were still as good as the Thorleys, and almost as good as theMastermans. Going back as far as 1760, the Fays might have beenconsidered better than