A Book o' Nine Tales by Arlo Bates

CONTENTS

Tale the First:
A STRANGE IDYL

Interlude First:
AN EPISODE IN MASK

Tale the Second:
THE TUBEROSE

Interlude Second:
AN EVENING AT WHIST

Tale the Third:
SAUCY BETTY MORK

Interlude Third:
MRS. FRUFFLES IS AT HOME

Tale the Fourth:
JOHN VANTINE

Interlude Fourth:
THE RADIATOR

Tale the Fifth:
MÈRE MARCHETTE

Interlude Fifth:
“SUCH SWEET SORROW”

Tale the Sixth:
BARUM WEST’S EXTRAVAGANZA

Interlude Sixth:
A BUSINESS MEETING

Tale the Seventh:
A SKETCH IN UMBER

Interlude Seventh:
THIRTEEN

Tale the Eighth:
APRIL’S LADY

Interlude Eighth:
A CUBAN MORNING

Tale the Ninth:
DELIA GRIMWET