THE DEFINITE OBJECT

A Romance of New York

by

JEFFERY FARNOL

Author of The Broad Highway, The Amateur Gentleman, The Honourable
Mr. Tawnish, Beltane the Smith

1917







CHAPTER

I Which Describes, among Other Things, a Pair of Whiskers
II Of a Mournful Millionaire Who Lacked an Object
III How Geoffrey Ravenslee Went Seeking an Object
IV Telling How He Came to Hell's Kitchen at Peep o' Day
V How Mrs. Trapes Acquired a New Lodger, Despite her Elbows
VI How Spike Initiated Mr. Ravenslee into the Gentle Art of Shopping
VII Concerning Ankles, Stairs, and Neighbourliness
VIII Of Candies and Confidences
IX Which Recounts the End of an Episode