The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals. Elizabeth Smart

      Elizabeth Smart

      The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals

       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2015

      Paperback previously published by Panther Books 1980 and Paladin 1991

      First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd in association with Polytantric Press 1978

      Copyright © the literary estate of Elizabeth Smart

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      Author photograph © Georgina Barker

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      Source ISBN: 9780008155742

      Ebook Edition © August 2015 ISBN: 9780008155759

      Version: 2015-07-10

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Part One: After the War

       This Is the Scene

       Part Two: Signed on for the Duration

       Part Three: Working

       Part Four: Bearing

       Part Five: The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals

      

       Part Six: Kinship Is Established

      

       Paving-Stones Play the Part of the Water Snakes in the Ancient Mariner

      

       Sometimes Pity Seeps in Even for the Self-Pitying

      

       A Publican’s Wife Tells Her Story

      

       Part Seven: Lament of a Maker

      

       Part Eight: Caught Up With the People and the Dangers They Have Passed

      

       A Bad Night in Soho

      

       At Grips With a Boss

      

       At Grips With a Vicar

      

       At Grips With a Psychologist

      

       Part Nine: The Story of Our Life

      

       Part Ten: Fear of Failing

      

       A Strange Dream

      

       A Forgotten Canadian Calls

      

       Part Eleven: On, on

      

       Trying to Write, Trying to Survive

      

       Part Twelve: Pacification

      

       Acknowledgments

      

       By the Same Author

      

       About the Publisher

       PART ONE

After the War

       THIS IS THE SCENE