“And at any rate,” whispered saucy Cecily, “it’s easy to see they were old sweethearts, Gwen and papa. They are so taken up with each other, Angus, you and I might give them a lesson in self-control.”

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Transcriber’s Note

The List of Illustrations at the beginning of the book was created by the transcriber.

Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “whale-bone”/“whalebone” have been maintained.

Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

  1. [Page 156]: “upon which the three Misses Bendict” changed to “upon which the three Misses Benedict”.
  2. [Page 201]: “from what your mother writes, Lillian” changed to “from what your mother writes, Lilian”.
  3. [Page 234]: “grumbling inwardly, as he saw Kathleeen” changed to “grumbling inwardly, as he saw Kathleen”.