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]

TO
CHARLES COPE,
MY STEPFATHER AND FRIEND.

E. S. T.,
Lindfield, Sydney.

[7]
]CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.[PICKING UP THREADS][9]
II.[SCHOOL TROUBLES][20]
III.[A PASSAGE AT ARMS][32]
IV.[A SUMMER’S DAY][42]
V.[BETWEEN A DREAM AND A DREAM][56]
VI.[TO-MORROW][69]
VII.[A LITTLE MAID-ERRANT][78]
VIII.[ONE PARTICULAR EVENING][88]
IX.[THAT MISCHIEVOUS CUPID][98]
X.[NEEDLES AND PINS][113]
XI.[A DAY IN SYDNEY][125]
XII.[THREE COURSES ONE SHILLING][137]
XIII.[PARNASSUS AND PUDDINGS][151]
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]XIV.		[MUSHROOMS][161]
XV.[THE GOVERNMENT OF MEG][172]
XVI.[MORE MUTINY][184]
XVII.[A DINNER PARTY][194]
XVIII.[“HOW GOOD YOU OUGHT TO BE!”][208]
XIX.[HEADACHE AND HEARTACHE][217]
XX.[MY LITTLE ONE DAUGHTER][228]
XXI.[THE SEVENTH DAY][238]
XXII.[AMARANTH OR ASPHODEL][245]
XXIII.[LITTLE FAITHFUL MEG][254]
XXIV.[“IN THE MIDNIGHT, IN THE SILENCE OF THE SLEEP TIME”[!-- TN: original has "SLEEP-TIME", altered to match chapter heading --][266]
XXV.[HERE ENDETH][274]

[9]
]THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.

CHAPTER I.
PICKING UP THREADS.