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THE
TWELFTH HOUR

BY

ADA LEVERSON

LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL


Originally published 1907 by Grant Richards Ltd.
Reissued 1951 by arrangement with the Richards Press Ltd.
Printed by Brüder Rosenbaum, Vienna, Austria
Cat. No. 5090/4


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
IFELICITY[7]
IITHE TRIALS OF WOODVILLE[23]
IIIA LOVE SCENE[32]
IV"AUNT WILLIAM"[40]
VARTHUR MERVYN AT HOME[55]
VIAN AGREEABLE RATTLE[70]
VIITHE NIGHT OF THE PARTY[82]
VIIIFELICITY AND HER CLIENTS[100]
IXA DINNER AT WILLIS'S[112]
XTHE THIN END OF THE WEDGE[125]
XISAVILE AND SYLVIA[138]
XIIAT THE STUDIO[148]
XIIIAT MRS. OGILVIE'S[155]
XIVLORD CHETWODE[166]
XVMADAME TUSSAUD'S[175]
XVIA GOLDEN DAY[189]
XVIISAVILE TAKES A LINE[195]
XVIIIFELICITY'S ENGAGEMENTS[202]
XIXTHE VELVET CASE[216]
XXZERO, THE SOOTHSAYER[232]
XXI"THE OTHER GIRL"[246]
XXIISAVILE AND JASMYN[255]
XXIIISAVILE AND BERTIE[261]
XXIVTHE EXPLANATION[267]
XXVTHE QUARREL[274]
XXVIVERA'S ADVENTURE[282]
XXVIIAUNT WILLIAM'S DAY[292]
XXVIIITHE TWELFTH HOUR[302]

CHAPTER I