TheGoldenAge

Table of Contents The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS A HOLIDAY. A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE. ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS. THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS. SAWDUST AND SIN. "YOUNG ADAM CUPID". THE BURGLARS. A HARVESTING. SNOWBOUND. WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. THE ARGONAUTS. THE ROMAN ROAD. THE SECRET DRAWER. "EXIT TYRANNUS" THE BLUE ROOM A FALLING OUT "LUSISTI SATIS" The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame Published: 1895 "'t is opportune to look back upon old time, and contemplate our forefathers. Great examples grow thin, and to be fetched from the passed world. Simplicity flies away, and iniquity comes at long strides upon us." —Sir Thomas Browne PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS Looking back to those days of old, ere the gate shut behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude of mind may be allowed. They treated us, indeed, with kindness enough as to the needs of the flesh, but after that with indifference (an indifference, as I recognise, the result of a certain stupidity), and therewith the commonpla......