His Official Fiancée
His Official Fiancée
By Berta Ruck (Mrs. Oliver Onions)
TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS
1914
Printed in Great Britain
DEDICATED TO
THE TWO GRANNIES
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I.— | The Summons | [1] |
| II.— | The Proposal | [12] |
| III.— | Thinking It over—— | [21] |
| IV.— | Accepted! | [29] |
| V.— | The First Lunch together | [47] |
| VI.— | What They said | [67] |
| VII.— | Choosing the Ring | [77] |
| VIII.— | The Engagement is announced! | [88] |
| IX.— | The Lover Who came too late | [101] |
| X.— | “His” Mother’s Invitation | [118] |
| XI.— | Meeting “His” People | [130] |
| XII.— | The First Dinner | [140] |
| XIII.— | The First Tête-à-Tête | [149] |
| XIV.— | The First Quarrel | [160] |
| XV.— | “The Light of Other Days” | [177] |
| XVI.— | The Ordeal by Inspection | [189] |
| XVII.— | Theo sits up | [193] |
| XVIII.— | The First Kiss | [211] |
| XIX.— | The First Handshake | [222] |
| XX.— | Friends | [253] |
| XXI.— | The First Letters | [277] |
| XXII.— | The Wooden Woman | [287] |
| XXIII.— | “Many Waters——” | [305] |
| XXIV.— | That Girl | [317] |
| XXV.— | The First Avowal | [324] |
| XXVI.— | “All change here” | [330] |
| XXVII.— | Parting Company | [343] |
| XXVIII.— | The First Gleam | [362] |
| Postscript.—Full Moon | [381] |