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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Marriage à la mode](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnm4jawhqyrt5ws9tc8cpp0/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=20260921T164833Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=ba23a1f9e80463d2e3663e9b2bce560301d8ef77cb274d78b0a983d65ffdd357) ## About this work Marriage à la mode by Humphry Mrs. Ward, Fred 1870-1937 \[Illustrator\] Pegram — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Marriage à la Mode BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD ILLUSTRATED BY FRED PEGRAM NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1909 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY MARY AUGUSTA WARD PUBLISHED, MAY, 1909 TO L. C. W. DAPHNE FLOYD NOTE THIS STORY APPEARED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE OF "DAPHNE." THE PUBLISHERS ARE INDEBTED TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE "PALL MALL MAGAZINE" FOR THEIR PERMISSION TO USE THE DRAWINGS BY MR. FRED PEGRAM. CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV PART II CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII PART III CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII BY THE SAME AUTHOR ILLUSTRATIONS Daphne Floyd "He caught the hand, he gathered its owner into a pair of strong arms, and bending over her, he kissed her" "In the dead of night Daphne sat up in bed, looking at the face and head of her husband beside her on the pillow" "Her whole being was seething with passionate and revengeful thought" Marriage à la Mode PART I CHAPTER I "A stifling hot day!" General Hobson lifted his hat and mopped his forehead indignantly. "What on earth this place can be like in June I can't conceive! The tenth of April, and I'll be bound the thermometer's somewhere near eighty in the shade. You never find the English climate playing you these tricks." Roger Barnes looked at his uncle with amusement. "Don't you like heat, Uncle Archie? Ah, but I forgot, it's American heat." "I like a climate you can depend on," said the General, quite conscious that he was talking absurdly, yet none the less determined to talk, by way of relief to some obscure annoyance. "Here we are sweltering in… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmarriage-a-la-mode) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fmarriage-a-la-mode) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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