CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[ ix]
Prologue[ xiii]
CHAPTER I
How my Lady Kilcroney entered into Royal
Service under the Shadow of the Italian
Hat trimmed by Miss Pamela Pounce		[ 17]
CHAPTER II
In which Miss Pamela Pounce is Ordered to
Pack		[ 47]
CHAPTER III
In which Miss Pamela Pounce, the Milliner’s
Assistant, becomes Arbiter of Life and
Death in High Society		[ 58]
CHAPTER IV
Showing Storm Within and Without[ 79]
CHAPTER V
In which Miss Pamela Pounce demonstrates
the Value of Virtue to her Family and
her Friends		[ 106]
CHAPTER VI
In which my Lady Kilcroney Strikes a Match
and Miss Pounce throws Cold Water on
it		[ 131]
CHAPTER VII
In which is Manifest the Hand of the Sainted
Julia		[ 152]
CHAPTER VIII
In which a Wonderful Bit of Luck comes
out of Miss Pounce’s Bandbox for Somebody
Else		[ 162]
CHAPTER IX
In which Miss Pamela Pounce has done with
Love		[ 187]
CHAPTER X
In which Miss Pamela Pounce sets Three
Black Feathers for Tragedy		[ 202]
CHAPTER XI
In which there is a Prodigious Scandal about
Pink Flounces		[ 227]
CHAPTER XII
In which my Lady Kilcroney insists on the
Duty of Morality		[ 238]
CHAPTER XIII
In which my Lady Kilcroney makes an Indelicate
Fuss		[ 254]
CHAPTER XIV
In which Kitty is more Incomparable than
Ever		[ 274]
CHAPTER XV
In which the Mad Brat takes the Bit between
her Teeth, but Miss Pamela Pounce
Keeps Hold of the Reins		[ 285]
CHAPTER XVI
In which my Lady Kilcroney has the Last
Word		[ 313]