Transcribed from the 1920 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES

that is to say

THE FIRST COUNTESS OF WESSEX
BARBARA OF THE HOSE OF GREBE
THE MARCHIONESS OF STONEHENGE,
LADY MOTTIFONT SQUIRE PETRICK’S LADY
THE LADY ICENWAY ANNA, LADY BAXBY
THE LADY PENELOPE
THE DUCHESS OF HAMPTONSHIRE; and
THE HONOURABLE LAURA

by
THOMAS HARDY

‘. . . Store of Ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence.’—L’Allegro.

with a map of wessex

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1920