CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. [In the Lime Avenue ]9
CHAPTER II. ["Monsieur Blackie" ]16
CHAPTER III. ["King Canute" Comes Back ]24
CHAPTER IV. [The Ward Family at Home ]32
CHAPTER V. [Fairy Magnificent ]40
CHAPTER VI. [Queen Elizabeth's Wraith ]47
CHAPTER VII. [A Humourist and an Idealist ]55
CHAPTER VIII. [Mollie's Baby-House ]62
CHAPTER IX. [Rosalind and Celia ]71
CHAPTER X. ["It is the Voice of Sheila" ]79
CHAPTER XI. ["A Noticeable Man, with Large Grey Eyes" ]88
CHAPTER XII. [The Pansy-Room and Cosy Nook ]95
CHAPTER XIII. [Concerning Guardian Angels and Ithuriel's Spear ]102
CHAPTER XIV. [Thursdays at the Porch House ]109
CHAPTER XV. [Orlando to the Rescue ]116
CHAPTER XVI. [Sir Reynard and the Grapes ]124
CHAPTER XVII. ["Like Ships that Pass in the Night" ]131
CHAPTER XVIII. [Joanna Tangles Her Skein ]139
CHAPTER XIX. [A Check for the Black Prince ]146
CHAPTER XX. ["Dad's Little Betty" ]154
CHAPTER XXI. [A Child's Creed ]162
CHAPTER XXII. [Between the Acts ]169
CHAPTER XXIII. [Across the Golf Links ]177
CHAPTER XXIV. ["Lost, Stolen, or Strayed" ]184
CHAPTER XXV. [A Wet Night and a Difference of Opinion ]191
CHAPTER XXVI. [A White Vellum Pocket-Book ]198
CHAPTER XXVII. [An Idealist in Love ]205
CHAPTER XXVIII. ["But Yet the Pity of It!" ]212
CHAPTER XXIX. [Barmecide's Feast and a Brown Study ]218
CHAPTER XXX. [Suspense ]225
CHAPTER XXXI. [Down by the River ]233
CHAPTER XXXII. ["I Will Never be Faithless Again" ]240
CHAPTER XXXIII. [A Quixotic Resolution ]247
CHAPTER XXXIV. ["I Have Wanted My Old Sweetheart" ]254
CHAPTER XXXV. ["What am I to Say?" ]261
CHAPTER XXXVI. ["See the Conquering Hero Comes!" ]267
CHAPTER XXXVII. [A Devout Lover ]274
CHAPTER XXXVIII. [Mollie's Prince ]281
CHAPTER XXXIX. [Everard Yields the Point ]289
CHAPTER XL. [The Veiled Prophet ]296
CHAPTER XLI. [The True Story of Lady Betty ]302
CHAPTER XLII. ["Wooed, and Married, and A'" ]309