MRS. MAXON PROTESTS
BY ANTHONY HOPE
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1911
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | ["INKPAT!" ] | 1 |
| II. | [A CASE OF NECESSITY ] | 10 |
| III. | ['IN SOLUTION' ] | 20 |
| IV. | [KEEPING A PROMISE ] | 31 |
| V. | [THE GREAT ALLIES ] | 42 |
| VI. | [FRUIT OF THE TREE ] | 53 |
| VII. | [A CODE AND A THEORY ] | 64 |
| VIII. | [SUBVERSIVE ] | 74 |
| IX. | [NO PROCEEDINGS! ] | 85 |
| X. | [MAUVE ENVELOPES ] | 96 |
| XI. | [AN UNMENTIONED NAME ] | 107 |
| XII. | [CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE ] | 119 |
| XIII. | [CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH ] | 131 |
| XIV. | [A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION ] | 143 |
| XV. | [MRS. NOBODY ] | 155 |
| XVI. | [A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE ] | 167 |
| XVII. | [THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER ] | 180 |
| XVIII. | [NOTHING SERIOUS ] | 193 |
| XIX. | [A POINT OF HONOUR ] | 206 |
| XX. | [AN HEROIC OFFER ] | 219 |
| XXI. | [IS HE A BULLY? ] | 233 |
| XXII. | [JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY ] | 247 |
| XXIII. | [THE REGIMENT ] | 261 |
| XXIV. | [AN ENLIGHTENMENT ] | 274 |
| XXV. | ["PERHAPS!" ] | 286 |
| XXVI. | [A FRIEND DEPARTS ] | 300 |
| XXVII. | [A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT ] | 311 |
| XXVIII. | [THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE ] | 323 |
| XXIX. | [IN THE RESULT ] | 337 |