The Bishop's Jaegers

BY

Thorne Smith

    PROLOGUE: DEALING IN DRAWERS
  1. AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION
  2. ON A PARK BENCH
  3. REVELATION OF THE LEGS
  4. RIDING TO A FALL
  5. LITTLE ARTHUR IN QUEST OF DRAWERS
  6. THE LOQUACIOUS CLOSET
  7. SIX CHARACTERS EMBARK IN A FOG
  8. A SHOT IN THE ARM
  9. BAD TALK AND WORSE WEATHER
  10. DINNER IS SERVED
  11. SIX CHARACTERS EMBARK IN MORE FOG
  12. FROM THE NOWHERE INTO THE UNKNOWN
  13. THE NAKED PHYSICIAN
  14. IN PURSUIT OF PRIVACY
  15. THE BISHOP INSISTS ON HIS DRAWERS
  16. THE ADVANTAGES OF NUDITY
  17. REACTIONS AND ROUTINE
  18. AN UNASSAULTED LADY
  19. SOUND AND FURY
  20. MAGISTRATE WAGGER HEARS A LOT
    EPILOGUE: A FAREWELL TO DRAWERS

Dedication:

FOR
FRANK C. REILLY
FROM
THE FOUR STRAY LAMBS IN FRANCE*

*The lambs being June, Marion, Celia,
and the author himself, no less.

This novel by Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was originally published in 1934 in the USA, and in 1939 in Britain. This e-text has been scanned from Methuen's eighteenth edition, published in 1949. To the best of my knowledge and belief all European copyright in this work, including editorial copyright in this edition, has now expired.

During the OCR process numerous spelling and grammatical errors were corrected, but some were probably missed. For scholastic purposes you are strongly advised to refer back to the original text.

Marcus L. Rowland, April 2005