The Project Gutenberg eBook, Cynthia's Chauffeur, by Louis Tracy, Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Cynthia's Chauffeur Author: Louis Tracy Release Date: March 2, 2010 [eBook #31472] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CYNTHIA'S CHAUFFEUR*** E-text prepared by D Alexander and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive See http://www.archive.org/details/cynthiaschauffeu00traciala Cynthia’s Chauffeur BY LOUIS TRACY AUTHOR OF THE WINGS OF THE MORNING, A SON OF THE IMMORTALS, ETC., ETC Illustrations by HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY EDWARD J CLODE Entered at Stationers’ Hall “There is no lovelier garden in England than at Wells Palace.” “There is no lovelier garden in England than at Wells Palace.” CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE HIRED CAR II THE FIRST DAY’S RUN 23 III SOME EMOTIONS—WITHOUT A MORAL 47 IV SHADOWS—WITH OCCASIONAL GLEAMS 72 V A FLURRY ON THE MENDIPS 94 VI A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S VAGARIES 119 WHEREIN CYNTHIA TAKES HER OWN VII 143 LINE VIII BREAKERS AHEAD 167 IX ON THE WYE 191 X THE HIDDEN FOUNTS OF EVIL 216 XI THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 239 XII MASQUES, ANCIENT AND MODERN 260 WHEREIN WRATH BEGUILES GOOD XIII 283 JUDGMENT —AND GOOD JUDGMENT YIELDS TO XIV 307 FOLLY XV THE OUTCOME 324 THE END OF ONE TOUR: THE XVI BEGINNING 344 OF ANOTHER CYNTHIA’S CHAUFFEUR CHAPTER I THE HIRED CAR Derby Day fell that year on the first Wednesday in June By a whim of the British climate, the weather was fine; in fact, no rain had fallen on southern England since the previous Sunday Wise after the event, the newspapers published cheerful “forecasts,” and certain daring “experts” discussed the probabilities of a heat wave So London, on that bright Wednesday morning, was agog with excitement over its annual holiday; and at such a time London is the gayest and liveliest city in the world And then, wholly independent of the weather, there was the Great Question From the hour when the first ’bus rumbled Citywards until some few seconds before three o’clock in the afternoon the mass of the people seemed to find delight in asking and answering it The Question was ever the same; but the answer varied In its way, the Question formed a tribute to the advance of democracy It caused strangers to exchange opinions and pleasantries in crowded trains and omnibuses It placed peers and commoners on an equality During some part of the day it completely eclipsed all other topics of conversation Thus, young Lord Medenham made no pretense of shirking it while he stood on the steps of his father’s mansion in Cavendish Square and watched his chauffeur stowing a luncheon basket beneath the front seat of the Mercury 38 “You know a bit about racing, Tomkinson,” he said, smiling at the elderly butler who had brought the basket out of the house “What’s going to win?” “The King’s horse, my lord,” replied Tomkinson, with the unctuous conviction of a prelate laying down a dogma “Is it as sure as all that?” “Yes, my lord.” “Well, I hope so You are on a sovereign—By gad, you really are, you know.” Tomkinson was far too keenly alive to the monetary side of the transaction to pay heed to the quip His portly figure curved in a superb bow “Thank you, my lord,” said he “Remind me this evening if you are right I shall not forget to damn you if you are wrong.” Tomkinson ignored the chance of error and its consequences “Your lordship will be home for dinner?” “Yes, I have no other engagement All ready, Dale?” for the chauffeur was in his seat, and the engine was purring with the placid hum of a machine in perfect tune Tomkinson moved grandly down the steps, ushered Viscount Medenham into the car, and watched its graceful swoop into Holles Street “Times have changed,” said he to himself “Twenty years ago, when I first came here, his lordship’s father would have given me a tip, and he wouldn’t have been coming home for dinner, neether.” By that last fatal word Tomkinson betrayed the cloven hoof At least, he was no prelate—and his assumption of the prophetic rôle would soon be put to the test But he had answered the Great Question The Mercury crossed Oxford Street and insinuated itself into the aristocratic narrowness of Mayfair It stopped in Curzon Street, opposite a house gay with flowers in window-boxes The Viscount looked at his watch “How far to Epsom?” he asked over Dale’s shoulder “About sixteen miles by the direct road, my lord, but it will be best to go round by Kingston and avoid the worst of the traffic We ought to allow an hour for the run.” “An hour!” “We are not in France now, my lord The police here would have spasms if they saw the car extended.” Lord Medenham sighed “We must reason with them,” he said “But not to-day Lady St Maur declares she is nervous Of course, she doesn’t know our Mercury After to-day’s experience it will be quite another matter when I take her to Brighton for lunch on Sunday.” Dale said nothing He had met his employer at Marseilles in October, when Lord Medenham landed from Africa; during the preceding twelve months his license had been indorsed three times for exceeding the speed limit on the Brighton Road, and he had paid £40 in fines and costs to various petty sessional courts in Surrey and Sussex Sunday, therefore, promised developments Medenham seemed to think that his aunt, Lady St Maur, would be waiting for him on the doorstep As no matronly figure materialized in that locality, he alighted, and obeyed a brass-lettered injunction to “knock and ring.” Then he disappeared inside the house, and remained there so long that Dale’s respect for the law began to weaken The chauffeur had been given a racing certainty for the first race; the hour was nearing twelve, and every road leading to Epsom Downs would surely be congested His lordship came out, alone, and it was clear that the unexpected had happened “Nice thing!” he said, with the closest semblance to a growl that his goodnatured drawl was capable of “The whole show is busted, Dale Her ladyship is in bed with her annual bilious attack—comes of eating forced strawberries, she says And she adores strawberries So I There’s pounds of ’em in that luncheon basket Who’s going to eat ’em?” Dale foresaw no difficulties in that respect, but he did realize at once that his master cared little about racing, and, so far as Epsom was concerned, would abandon the day’s excursion without a pang He grew desperate But, being something of a stoic, he kept his feelings in check, and played a card that could hardly fail “You will find plenty of youngsters on the hill who will be glad of them, my lord,” said he “You don’t tell me so! Kiddies at the Derby! Well, why not? It shows what a stranger I am in my own land that I should never have seen the blessed race Right ahead then, Dale; we must back the King’s horse and arrange a school treat But I’ll take the wheel Can you tuck your legs over that basket? 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Title: Cynthia's Chauffeur Author: Louis Tracy Release Date: March 2, 2010 [eBook #31472] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CYNTHIA'S CHAUFFEUR* **... Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive See http://www.archive.org/details/cynthiaschauffeu00traciala Cynthia’s Chauffeur BY LOUIS TRACY AUTHOR OF THE WINGS OF THE MORNING, A SON OF THE IMMORTALS, ETC.,... summing up car and chauffeur with careful eyes since Medenham first spoke “What do you think, Mrs Devar?” she said When he heard the name, Medenham was so amazed that the last vestige of chauffeurism vanished from his manner