Project Gutenberg 2022-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 191 Grant, James 1822 1887 44020553 The Queen's cadet, and other tales $aUnited Kingdom :$bGeorge Routledge and Sons,$c1874. The Queen's cadet -- The spectre hand -- The bombardier's story -- Kotah: a tale of the Indian mutiny -- The story of Raphael Velda -- La Belle Turque: the story of the Princess Cécile -- The Marquis de Fratteaux, captain of French horse -- Socivisca: the story of a Greek outlaw -- Paquette: an episode of the Franco-Prussian War -- Apparitions and wonders: Leaves from old London life, 1664-1705. The wild beast of Gévaudan. "There were giants in those days." Buried hearts. Phantasmagoria. A string of ghost stories. Al Haines "The Queen's Cadet" by James Grant is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The opening tale introduces us to Jack Arkley, a young officer and Queen's cadet, who narrates a haunting experience concerning his childhood and an encounter with a beautiful girl named Eve. The story weaves themes of love, loss, and the supernatural, reflecting the interplay between personal ambition and the spectral influences of the past. The opening of the story presents a nostalgic reflection on Arkley's life at Sandhurst military academy, where he reminisces about his upbringing in Wales and a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl during a mountain excursion. After saving her from a dangerous fall, he discovers she is his cousin, igniting a poignant bond between them. However, their budding affection is overshadowed by his subsequent army service in India, where he becomes entwined in a series of ghostly apparitions linked to her presence, suggesting deeper connections between love, fate, and the supernatural. This rich tapestry of romance and eerie occurrences invites readers to explore the themes of memory and emotional resonance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/02185409.2085.emory.edu 20221128131827grant 1874 GB Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction Short stories PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Romance 409147 2025-07-27T11:59:16.719183 text/html 411006 2022-12-08T00:04:31 text/html 294774 2025-07-27T11:59:21.639163 application/epub+zip 300466 2025-07-27T11:59:17.577197 application/epub+zip 231369 2025-07-27T11:59:17.106193 application/epub+zip 416579 2025-07-27T11:59:24.925205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401282 2025-07-27T11:59:21.297198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382975 2025-07-27T11:59:15.865236 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 382648 2022-12-08T00:04:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18459 2025-07-27T11:59:25.090157 application/rdf+xml 26106 2025-07-27T11:59:17.203201 image/jpeg 3998 2025-07-27T11:59:17.153201 image/jpeg 154017 2022-12-08T00:04:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 450267 2022-12-08T00:04:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 450608 2025-07-27T11:59:16.758212 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia