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CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[At Savin Hill]15
II.[A Slight Accident]43
III.["I Want to Ask You a Question"]59
IV.["I Really Ought to Have Been an Actress"]84
V.[Being a Chaperon]101
VI.[The Evening Before]114
VII.["A Blessed Chance"]128
VIII.[On Board the Scythia]140
IX.["Cold Porridge Hot Again"]150
X.[The Passenger List]169
XI.[A Knock-down Blow]178
XII.["Don't Be Cruel to Me"]186
XIII.[An Involuntary Bath]205
XIV.[A Bull Terrier]216
XV.["Too Much for Any Woman to Forgive"]230
XVI.[Tête-à-Tête]251
XVII.["Are you Going to Marry Lord Maxwell?"]261
XVIII.[Leander as a means]274
XIX.["I Shall Come Back"]289

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
["There was a little black shape sitting on
some luggage."]
Frontispiece
["'I bore you so,' she said."]119
["'Let me see it,' said Carolyn."]174
["Lawrence sprang to his feet."]235

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FRIENDSHIP AND FOLLY.