The Mistress of Shenstone

by Florence L. Barclay

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THE MISTRESS

OF SHENSTONE

BY

FLORENCE L. BARCLAY

AUTHOR OF

THE ROSARY, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1910

BY

FLORENCE L. BARCLAY

The Rosary	The Following of the Star
The Mistress of Shenstone	The Broken Halo
Through the Postern Gate	The Wall of Partition
The Upas Tree	My Heart's Right There

This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers

G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York and London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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To

C. W. B.

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Contents

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	On the Terrace at Shenstone	[1]
II	The Forerunner	[8]
III	What Peter Knew	[23]
IV	In Safe Hands	[48]
V	Lady Ingleby’s Rest-Cure	[61]
VI	At The Moorhead Inn	[77]
VII	Mrs. O’Mara’s Correspondence	[82]
VIII	In Horseshoe Cove	[105]
IX	Jim Airth To The Rescue	[111]
X	“Yeo Ho, We Go!”	[114]
XI	’Twixt Sea And Sky	[129]
XII	Under The Morning Star	[152]
XIII	The Awakening	[159]
XIV	Golden Days	[170]
XV	“Where Is Lady Ingleby?”	[190]
XVI	Under The Beeches At Shenstone	[205]
XVII	“Surely You Knew?”	[214]
XVIII	What Billy Had To Tell	[220]
XIX	Jim Airth Decides	[231]
XX	A Better Point Of View	[250]
XXI	Michael Veritas	[260]
XXII	Lord Ingleby’s Wife	[271]
XXIII	What Billy Knew	[289]
XXIV	Mrs. Dalmain Reviews the Situation	[303]
XXV	The Test	[327]
XXVI	“What Shall We Write?”	[337]

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The Mistress of Shenstone