“‘Where have you been all day? You promised to drive me out—you know you did!’”

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General Bounce
or
The Lady and the Locusts

By
G. J. Whyte-Melville
Author of “Katerfelto,” “The Interpreter,” “Market Harborough,” etc.

Illustrated by Frances E. Ewan

London
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
New York and Melbourne


[PREFACE]

Where the rose blushes in the garden, there will the bee and the butterfly be found, humming and fluttering around. So is it in the world; the fair girl, whose sweetness is enhanced by the fictitious advantages of wealth and position, will ever have lovers and admirers enough and to spare.