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BIRD OF PARADISE
BY
ADA LEVERSON

TO
ERNEST

Chapter		Page
I	EXCUSES	[9]
II	LADY KELLYNCH	[25]
III	NIGEL	[38]
IV	RUPERT AT RUMPELMEYER’S	[49]
V	A HAPPY HOME	[63]
VI	FUTURISM	[77]
VII	RUSSIAN BALLET	[90]
VIII	PERCY	[95]
IX	AN ANONYMOUS LETTER	[110]
X	MASTER CLIFFORD KELLYNCH	[120]
XI	A DISCOVERY	[129]
XII	A LOVE SCENE	[142]
XIII	RECONCILIATION	[150]
XIV	“TANGO”	[155]
XV	CLIFFORD’S HISTORICAL PLAY	[163]
XVI	A SECOND PROPOSAL	[167]
XVII	MORE ABOUT RUPERT	[172]
XVIII	“A SPECIAL FAVOUR”	[177]
XIX	A DEVOTED WIFE	[184]
XX	RUPERT AGAIN	[ 192]
XXI	THE HILLIERS’ ENTERTAINMENT	[196]
XXII	BERTHA AT HOME	[202]
XXIII	NIGEL’S LETTER	[205]
XXIV	LADY KELLYNCH AT HOME	[210]
XXV	MRS. PICKERING	[219]
XXVI	NEWS FROM VENICE	[227]
XXVII	ANOTHER ANONYMOUS LETTER	[232]
XXVIII	AN INTERVIEW	[237]
XXIX	NIGEL AND MARY	[245]
XXX	MISS BELVOIR	[256]
XXXI	MARY’S PLAN	[263]
XXXII	PRIVATE FIREWORKS AT THE PICKERINGS’	[267]
XXXIII	NIGEL ABROAD	[284]
XXXIV	MOONA	[289]
XXXV	TWO WOMEN	[300]
XXXVI	PLAIN SAILING	[313]