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  MOLLIE'S PRINCE

  A Novel.

  by

  ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY.

  Author of "_NELLIE'S MEMORIES_," "_THE MISTRESS OF BRAE FARM_,"_Etc._

  PhiladelphiaJ. B. Lippincott Company1899.

  Copyright, 1898,ByJ. B. Lippincott Company.

  CONTENTS

  PAGE

  CHAPTER I. IN THE LIME AVENUE 9

  CHAPTER II. "MONSIEUR BLACKIE" 16

  CHAPTER III. "KING CANUTE" COMES BACK 24

  CHAPTER IV. THE WARD FAMILY AT HOME 32

  CHAPTER V. FAIRY MAGNIFICENT 40

  CHAPTER VI. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S WRAITH 47

  CHAPTER VII. A HUMOURIST AND AN IDEALIST 55

  CHAPTER VIII. MOLLIE'S BABY-HOUSE 62

  CHAPTER IX. ROSALIND AND CELIA 71

  CHAPTER X. "IT IS THE VOICE OF SHEILA" 79

  CHAPTER XI. "A NOTICEABLE MAN, WITH LARGE GREY EYES" 88

  CHAPTER XII. THE PANSY-ROOM AND COSY NOOK 95

  CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING GUARDIAN ANGELS AND ITHURIEL'S SPEAR 102

  CHAPTER XIV. THURSDAYS AT THE PORCH HOUSE 109

  CHAPTER XV. ORLANDO TO THE RESCUE 116

  CHAPTER XVI. SIR REYNARD AND THE GRAPES 124

  CHAPTER XVII. "LIKE SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT" 131

  CHAPTER XVIII. JOANNA TANGLES HER SKEIN 139

  CHAPTER XIX. A CHECK FOR THE BLACK PRINCE 146

  CHAPTER XX. "DAD'S LITTLE BETTY" 154

  CHAPTER XXI. A CHILD'S CREED 162

  CHAPTER XXII. BETWEEN THE ACTS 169

  CHAPTER XXIII. ACROSS THE GOLF LINKS 177

  CHAPTER XXIV. "LOST, STOLEN, OR STRAYED" 184

  CHAPTER XXV. A WET NIGHT AND A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION 191

  CHAPTER XXVI. A WHITE VELLUM POCKET-BOOK 198

  CHAPTER XXVII. AN IDEALIST IN LOVE 205

  CHAPTER XXVIII. "BUT YET THE PITY OF IT!" 212

  CHAPTER XXIX. BARMECIDE'S FEAST AND A BROWN STUDY 218

  CHAPTER XXX. SUSPENSE 225

  CHAPTER XXXI. DOWN BY THE RIVER 233

  CHAPTER XXXII. "I WILL NEVER BE FAITHLESS AGAIN" 240

  CHAPTER XXXIII. A QUIXOTIC RESOLUTION 247

  CHAPTER XXXIV. "I HAVE WANTED MY OLD SWEETHEART" 254

  CHAPTER XXXV. "WHAT AM I TO SAY?" 261

  CHAPTER XXXVI. "SEE THE CONQUERING HERO COMES!" 267

  CHAPTER XXXVII. A DEVOUT LOVER 274

  CHAPTER XXXVIII. MOLLIE'S PRINCE 281

  CHAPTER XXXIX. EVERARD YIELDS THE POINT 289

  CHAPTER XL. THE VEILED PROPHET 296

  CHAPTER XLI. THE TRUE STORY OF LADY BETTY 302

  CHAPTER XLII. "WOOED, AND MARRIED, AND A'" 309

  MOLLIE'S PRINCE