CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [THE HEROINE GOES TO MARKET]
II [INSIDE THE COTTAGE]
III [A MODERN CINDERELLA]
IV [LADIES OF FASHION]
V [A RETICENT GENTLEMAN—AND MISS BANCROFT]
VI [MISS BANCROFT BEARDS THE OGRE]
VII [A MAN OF "PRINCIPLES"]
VIII [THE FIRST NIGHT AT SCHOOL]
IX [A QUARREL]
X [THE OGRE REAPPEARS]
XI [ALMA MAKES COMPLICATIONS]
XII [ALMA IN A SCRAPE]
XIII [NANCY HAS A GREAT ADVENTURE]
XIV [PARADISE COTTAGE]
XV [THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE MR. PRESCOTT]