CHRISTINA

BY

L. G. MOBERLY

Author of "Hope, My Wife," "That Preposterous Will," etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON, MELBOURNE & TORONTO
1912

Dedicated to
WINIFRED V. WALKER,
WITH MUCH LOVE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. ["THE LITTLE PRACTICAL JOKE"]
II. ["MUMMY'S BABA—DAT'S ALL"]
III. ["ONE OF THE BEST THINGS LEFT"]
IV. ["I SUPPOSE IT WAS AN HOUR"]
V. ["I KNOW THIS IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY"]
VI. ["BABA LOVES YOU VERY MUCH".]
VII. ["A VERY BEAUTIFUL PENDANT, WITH THE INITIALS 'A.V.C.'"]
VIII. ["IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH"]
IX. ["A VERY BEAUTIFUL LADY"]
X. ["IT IS ONLY HE WHO MATTERS!"]
XI. ["YOU CAN TRUST DR. FERGUSSON"]
XII. ["YOU ARE JUST 'ZACKLY LIKE THE PRINCE"]
XIII. ["YOU HAVE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME TO-DAY"]
XIV. ["I AM QUITE SURE YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID"]
XV. ["I DO TRUST, CICELY, YOU KEEP HER IN HER PLACE"]
XVI. ["MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME"]
XVII. ["WHO DO YOU MEAN BY SIR ARTHUR?"]
XVIII. ["YOU ARE MY OWN SISTER'S CHILD"]
XIX. ["PER INCERTAS, CERTA AMOR"]
XX. ["SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL"]
XXI. ["IF YOU GO ACROSS THE SEA!"]
XXII. ["I CAME TO-DAY TO TELL YOU SO"]
XXIII. ["THE KING OF MY KINGDOM"]