The Heiress of Wyvern Court

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E. SEARCHFIELD
AUTHOR OF “CLAIMED AT LAST”
ILLUSTRATED
CASSELL and COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
1900
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
“Well, little friend, and where do you hail from?”
The speaker was a merry-faced, brown-eyed boy of eleven, with curly brown hair—just the school-boy all over.
“I don’t quite know what you mean,” was the little girl’s reply—a sweet, refined way of speaking had she, and her eyes sparkled with shy merriment, although there was a startled look in them too.
“Well, where do you come from, my dear mademoiselle?” and now the merry speaker made a courtly bow.