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_SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION_

TRILBY

A Novel

_By_

GEORGE DU  MAURIER

AUTHOR OF

"PETER IBBETSON" "THE MARTIAN"
"SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY THE AUTHOR

[Illustration: "_Aux nouvelles que j'apporte,
Vos beaux yeux vont pleurer!_"]

NEW YORK
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AND PUBLISHING COMPANY
1899

_This volume is issued for sale in
paper covers only._

Copyright, 1894, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

[Illustration: "_IT WAS TRILBY!_" [See page 317]]

    _"Hélas! Je sais un chant d'amour,
     Triste et gai, tour à tour!"_




ILLUSTRATIONS


                                                                    PAGE

"IT WAS TRILBY!"                                           _Frontispiece_

TAFFY, ALIAS TALBOT WYNNE                                              4

"THE LAIRD OF COCKPEN"                                                 5

"THE THIRD HE WAS 'LITTLE BILLEE'"                                     7

"IT DID ONE GOOD TO LOOK AT HIM"                                       9

AMONG THE OLD MASTERS                                                 13

"WISTFUL AND SWEET"                                                   17

THE "ROSEMONDE" OF SCHUBERT                                           21

TRILBY'S LEFT FOOT                                                    27

THE FLEXIBLE FLAGEOLET                                                31

THE BRIDGE OF ARTS                                                    34

"THREE MUSKETEERS OF THE BRUSH"                                       39

TAFFY MAKES THE SALAD                                                 43

"THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE"                                           47

TRILBY'S FOREBEARS                                                    52

TAIL-PIECE                                                            56

"AS BAD AS THEY MAKE 'EM"                                             59

"A VOICE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND"                                        63

"AND SO, NO MORE"                                                     67

"'TWO ENGLANDERS IN ONE DAY'"                                         70

"'HIMMEL! THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH'"                                    73

"'ÇA FERA UNE FAMEUSE CRAPULE DE MOINS!'"                             77

"'AV YOU SEEN MY FAHZER'S OLE SHOES?'"                                81

TAFFY À L'ÉCHELLE!                                                    85

"THE FOX AND THE CROW"                                                89

THE LATIN QUARTER                                                     92

CUISINE BOURGEOISE EN BOHÈME                                          95

"THE SOFT EYES"                                                       98

ILYSSUS                                                              101

"'VOILÀ L'ESPAYCE DE HOM KER JER SWEE!'"                             105

TIT FOR TAT                                                          111

THE HAPPY LIFE                                                       116

"'LET ME GO, TAFFY...'"                                              119

"'QU'EST CE QU'IL A DONC, CE LITREBILI?'"                            121

REPENTANCE                                                           125

CONFESSION                                                           129

"ALL AS IT USED TO BE"                                               133

"TWIN GRAY STARS"                                                    135

"AN INCUBUS"                                                         137

THE CAPITALIST AND THE SWELL                                         141

"'I WILL NOT! I WILL NOT!'"                                          151

DODOR IN HIS GLORY                                                   153

HÔTEL DE LA ROCHEMARTEL                                              155

CHRISTMAS EVE                                                        161

"'ALLONS GLYCÈRE! ROUGIS MON VERRE....'"                             163

SOUVENIR                                                             168

"MY SISTER DEAR"                                                     173

A DUCAL FRENCH FIGHTING-COCK                                         175

"'ANSWER ME, TRILBY!'"                                               179

A CARY_HAT_IDE                                                       180

"'LES GLOUGLOUX DU VIN À QUAT' SOUS....'"                            183

"'IS SHE A _LADY_, MR. WYNNE?'"                                      187

"'_FOND_ OF HIM? AREN'T _YOU_?'"                                     191

"SO LIKE LITTLE BILLEE"                                              195

"'I MUST TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS'"                                199

"'TRILBY! WHERE IS SHE?'"                                            203

LA SŒUR DE LITREBILI                                                 205

"HE FELL A-WEEPING, QUITE DESPERATELY"                               207

"THE SWEET MELODIC PHRASE"                                           211

"SORROWFULLY, ARM IN ARM"                                            215

DEMORALIZATION                                                       225

FRED WALKER                                                          227

_PLATONIC LOVE_                                                      230

"DARLINGS, OLD OR YOUNG"                                             235

"THE MOON-DIAL"                                                      237

THE CHAIRMAN                                                         239

A HAPPY DINNER                                                       245

"A-SMOKIN' THEIR POIPES AND CIGYARS"                                 247

"BONJOUR, SUZON!"                                                    253

A HUMAN NIGHTINGALE                                                  257

CUP-AND-BALL                                                         263

SWEET ALICE                                                          267

"MAY HEAVEN GO WITH HER!"                                            272

"'SO MUCH FOR ALICE, TRAY'"                                          277

"'YOU'RE A _THIEF_, SIR!'"                                           287

"AN ATMOSPHERE OF BANK-NOTES AND GOLD"                               293

"A LITTLE PICTURE OF THE THAMES"                                     296

"'AH! THE BEAUTIFUL INTERMENT, MESSIEURS!'"                          301

"PAUVRE TRILBY".                                                     303

"'JE PRONG!'"                                                        307

"'OON PAIR DE GONG BLONG'"                                           311

GECKO                                                                315

"AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE"                                                319

"OUVRE-MOI TA PORTE POUR L'AMOUR DE DIEU!"                           322

"MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T'EN GUERRE"                                      325

"AUX NOUVELLES QUE J'APPORTE, VOS BEAUX YEUX VONT PLEURER!".         329

UN IMPROMPTU DE CHOPIN                                               331

"AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM--HAND IN HAND"                          338

"'I BELIEVE YOU, MY BOY!'"                                           341

"MAMAN DUCHESSE"                                                     351

THE CUT DIRECT                                                       354

"PETIT ENFANT, J'AIMAIS D'UN AMOUR TENDRE...."                       358

"'VITE! VITE! UN COMMISSAIRE DE POLICE!'"                            363

"I SUPPOSE YOU DO ALL THIS KIND OF THING FOR MERE AMUSEMENT,
MR. WYNNE?"                                                          367

THE FIRST VIOLIN LOSES HIS TEMPER                                    373

"HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY?"                                  375

"'OH, DON'T YOU REMEMBER SWEET ALICE, BEN BOLT?'"                    377

"THE LAST THEY SAW OF SVENGALI"                                      383

"'THREE NICE CLEAN ENGLISHMEN'"                                      386

"PŒNA PEDE CLAUDO"                                                   389

"THE OLD STUDIO"                                                     391

"'ET MAINTENANT DORS, MA MIGNONNE!'"                                 395

"TAFFY WAS ALLOWED TO SEE GECKO"                                     400

A FAIR BLANCHISSEUSE DE FIN                                          403

A THRONE IN BOHEMIA                                                  407

"'OH, MY POOR GIRL! MY POOR GIRL!'"                                  410

"'AH, POOR MAMMA! SHE WAS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN THAT!'"         416

"'TO SING LIKE THAT IS _TO PRAY_!'"                                  422

"'THE REMEMBRANCE OF THAT PALM SUNDAY!'"                             425

FOR GECKO                                                            431

"OUT OF THE MYSTERIOUS EAST"                                         432

"'SVENGALI!... SVENGALI!... SVENGALI!...'"                           437

"TOUT VIENT À POINT, POUR QUI SAIT ATTENDRE!"                        439

"I, PETE COELESTES...."                                              441

"PETITS BONHEURS DE CONTREBANDE"                                     447

ENTER GECKO                                                          451

"'WE TOOK HER VOICE NOTE BY NOTE'"                                   455

THE NIGHTINGALE'S FIRST SONG                                         459

"'ICH HABE _GELIEBT UND GELEBET_!'"                                  461

TAIL-PIECE                                                           464




TRILBY

Part First

    "Mimi Pinson est une blonde,
       Une blonde que l'on connaît;
     Elle n'a qu'une robe au monde,
       Landérirette! et qu'un bonnet!"


It was a fine, sunny, showery day in April.

The big studio window was open at the top, and let in a pleasant breeze
from the northwest. Things were beginning to look shipshape at last. The
big piano, a semi-grand by Broadwood, had arrived from England by "the
Little Quickness" (_