A Perfect Fool: A Novel
Transcriber’s Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
A PERFECT FOOL.
A Novel,
FLORENCE WARDEN,
AUTHOR OF “A Wild Wooing,” “A Witch of the Hills,” “The House on the Marsh,” Etc.
IN ONE VOLUME.
LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1896.
PRINTED BY KELLY AND CO. LIMITED, 182, 183 AND 184, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C., AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
Florence Warden
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A PERFECT FOOL.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE GREAT MAN OF A LITTLE TOWN.
CHAPTER II. THE GREAT MAN’S HOUSE.
CHAPTER III. THE GREAT MAN’S SMILE.
CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT MAN FROWNS.
CHAPTER V. MASTER AND MAN.
CHAPTER VI. MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
CHAPTER VII. A PORTRAIT.
CHAPTER VIII. THE STRANGE FACE IN THE EAST WING.
CHAPTER IX. MR. BRADFIELD’S “SMART” RELATIONS.
CHAPTER X. MRS. GRAHAM-SHUTE MANŒUVRES.
CHAPTER XI. AMATEUR CHARITY.
CHAPTER XII. AN ALARM.
CHAPTER XIII. MR. RICHARD SURPRISES CHRIS.
CHAPTER XIV. STELFOX IS RETICENT.
CHAPTER XV. THE HANDSOME STRANGER.
CHAPTER XVI. MR. RICHARD’S MANIA.
CHAPTER XVII. A STRANGE MANIA.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BALL.
CHAPTER XIX. MR. BRADFIELD RECEIVES A SHOCK.
CHAPTER XX. MR. BRADFIELD WELCOMES AN OLD FRIEND.
CHAPTER XXI. MR. MARRABLE’S MERRY CHRISTMAS.
CHAPTER XXII. LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
CHAPTER XXIII. AN AWKWARD QUESTION.
CHAPTER XXIV. AN AWKWARD QUESTION.
CHAPTER XXV. AN APPEAL.
CHAPTER XXVI. A SECRET CORRESPONDENCE.
CHAPTER XXVII. A HOUSE-WARMING.
CHAPTER XXVIII. NIGHT ALARMS.
CHAPTER XXIX. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
CHAPTER XXX. MR. MARRABLE AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXXI. BLACKMAIL.
CHAPTER XXXII. A RESURRECTION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A LOVE SCENE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MASTER OF THE SITUATION.
CHAPTER XXXV. STELFOX IS RETICENT NO LONGER.
CHAPTER XXXVI. VICTORY.