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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Major Vigoureux](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnmgcy538s7wq752zbrm91z/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260921%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260921T221846Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=42db3c4cabbefc1a57bb118142006ca419f6d635faf61121b5ae0bf5e5774e83) ## About this work Major Vigoureux by Arthur Quiller-Couch — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside MAJOR VIGOUREUX By A. T. QUILLER-COUCH ("Q") CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1907 Copyright, 1907, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published September, 1907 CONTENTS CHAPTERPAGE In the Garrison Garden 1 Sergeant Archelaus is Re-Fitted12 The Commandant Finesses a Knave28 The Gun in the Great Fog44 The S.S. Milo56 How Vashti Came to the Islands71 Tribulations of Mrs. Pope and Miss Gabriel84 A Brief Revenge97 The Salving of S.S. Milo106 The Adventures of Four Shillings125 Plan of Campaign142 Saaron Island158 The Lady from the Sea174 After Service190 Brefar Church205 The Lord Proprietor's Audience221 The Lord Proprietor Receives a Double Shock232 Vashti Pleads for Saaron243 The Commandant's Conscience262 The Guitar and the Casement277 Suspicions293 Piper's Hole306 The Lord Proprietor Hears a Siren Song320 Linnet Sees a Mermaid337 Missing!344 The Search356 Enter the Commissioner373 The Finding387 Conclusion399 MAJOR VIGOUREUX CHAPTER I IN THE GARRISON GARDEN "Archelaus," said the Commandant, "where did you get those trousers?" Sergeant Archelaus, who, as he dug in the neglected garden, had been exposing a great quantity of back-view (for he was a long man), straightened himself up, faced about, and, grounding his long-handled spade as it were a musket, stood with palms crossed over the top of it. "Off the Lord Proprietor," he answered. The Commandant, seated on a bench under the veronica hedge, a few yards higher up the slope, laid down his book, took off his spectacles, wiped them, and replaced them very deliberately. "The Lord Proprietor? I do not understand—" His face had reddened a little, as it usually did at mention of the Lord Proprietor. "Made me a present of 'em," explained Sergeant Archelaus, curtly. "You don't mean to say you haven't noticed 'em till this minute?" The Commandant put the question aside. "The Lord Proprietor has no right to be offering presents to my… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmajor-vigoureux) The sample continues in the full work. 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