O'Higgins," said the manager, amusedly. Springing upon the box, he told the coachman to
make the best of his way to Saint Giles's. CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE
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LADY
II THE ADVENTURE OF ANNABEL
15
III ANNA? OR ANNABEL?
20
IV THE TEMPERAMENT OF AN
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ARTIST
V “ALCIDE”
31
VI A QUESTION OF
36
IDENTIFICATION
VII MISS PELLISSIER’S SUSPICIONS
41
VIII “WHITE’S”
45
IX BRENDON’S LUCK
54
X THE TRAGEDY OF AN
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APPETITE
XI THE PUZZLEMENT OF NIGEL
66
ENNISON
XII THE POSTER OF “ALCIDE”
70
XIII “HE WILL NOT FORGET!”
76
XIV “THIS IS MY WIFE”
81
XV A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
89
XVI THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR
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JOHN
XVII THE CHANGE IN “ALCIDE”
103
XVIII ANNABEL AND “ALCIDE”
109
XIX “THIS IS NOT THE END”
115
XX ANNA’S SURRENDER
121
XXI HER SISTER’S SECRET
126
XXII AN OLD FOOL
134
XXIII MONTAGUE HILL SEES LIGHT
AT LAST
XXIV A CASE FOR THE POLICE
XXV THE STEEL EDGE OF THE
TRUTH
XXVI ANNABEL IS WARNED
XXVII JOHN FERRINGHAM,
GENTLEMAN
XXVIII THE HISSING OF “ALCIDE”
XXIX MONTAGUE HILL PLAYS THE
GAME
XXX SIR JOHN’S NECKTIE
XXXI ANNA’S TEA PARTY
XXXII SIX MONTHS AFTER
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ANNA THE ADVENTURESS
Chapter I
THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE LADY
The girl paused and steadied herself for a moment against a field gate. Much more temperate; the discreet and joyless love of a
virtuous, reluctant, condescending wife. "
So saying, he closed the door. They sat down in a covered pavilion that housed a
grimy picnic table and a dingy fire pit. She had maintained
a B in each subject except History, which she occasionally
felt compelled to strive for A’s in, considering she had
lived through most of it. ”
“A—marriage certificate!” Annabel gasped. ”
He came towards her with that in his face which filled her with blind terror. Twelve years, then, have elapsed since the date of the occurrences detailed in the
preceding division of this history. The latter formed by far
the most knavish-looking and unprepossessing portion of the assemblage. ’
The lodgekeeper’s jaw fell open. But he didn’t marry her. . You
can’t do that sort of thing unless you do it over religion, and there’s no religion
in me—of that sort—worth a rap.
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