Mollie's Prince: A Novel
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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