ANGEL
A SKETCH IN
INDIAN
INK
By B. M. CROKER
Author of "Beyond the Pale,"
"Infatuation," etc.
NEW YORK
Dodd, Mead & Company
1901
R
Copyright, 1901,
By Dodd, Mead & Company.
THE BURR PRINTING HOUSE,
NEW YORK.
DEDICATED TO
A. PERRIN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | PATIENCE ON A GATE, | [1] |
| II. | IN THE VERANDAH, | [10] |
| III. | AN EARLY VISIT, | [19] |
| IV. | ANGEL IN EXCELSIS, | [27] |
| V. | THE LUCKNOW ROAD, | [34] |
| VI. | LATE FOR MESS, | [42] |
| VII. | MRS. DAWSON'S DRESSES, | [48] |
| VIII. | THE PICNIC, | [58] |
| IX. | THE BEQUEST, | [66] |
| X. | A CHALLENGE, | [78] |
| XI. | WHO IS SHE? | [92] |
| XII. | ANGEL IMPARTS A SECRET, | [98] |
| XIII. | ANGEL'S WINGS ARE CLIPPED, | [105] |
| XIV. | PHILIP'S LOVE AFFAIR, | [115] |
| XV. | LOLA, | [126] |
| XVI. | GRANDMAMMA, | [134] |
| XVII. | THE UNEXPECTED, | [146] |
| XVIII. | DINNER FOR TWO, | [159] |
| XIX. | THE PARTING GUESTS, | [175] |
| XX. | A DESTROYING ANGEL, | [183] |
| XXI. | "THINK IT OVER," | [193] |
| XXII. | "A WHITE ELEPHANT AND A WHITE ROSE," | [209] |
| XXIII. | ANGEL DECLINES A PENNY FOR HER THOUGHTS, | [217] |
| XXIV. | THE SOOTHSAYER, | [228] |
| XXV. | THE CHITACHAR CLUB, | [239] |
| XXVI. | IN ANGEL'S TENT, | [255] |
| XXVII. | "THE SIN," | [266] |
| XXVIII. | MAKING FRIENDS, | [277] |
| XXIX. | LAST YEAR'S NEST, | [286] |
| XXX. | A WHITED SEPULCHRE, | [291] |
| XXXI. | FISHING FOR AN INVITATION, | [296] |
| XXXII. | BY PROXY, | [303] |
| XXXIII. | EXPLANATION, | [313] |
| XXXIV. | A REFUGEE, | [320] |
| XXXV. | A GOOD BILLET, | [330] |
| XXXVI. | JOINT HOSTESS, | [337] |
| XXXVII. | IN GARHWAL, | [344] |
| XXXVIII. | INTERLOPERS, | [355] |
| XXXIX. | TO DIE WITH YOU, | [365] |
| XL. | THE INTRUDER, | [375] |
ANGEL