The stage manager came out
from the wings, and taking her hand led her off. He hesitated for a moment and
then he followed her. Perhaps
marriage hurt. Pig? By George, every one of them looks like the
other; and yet each one attacks the source of supply with a squeal and an oof
that's entirely different from his brothers' and sisters'. “It spreads
like wildfire. His scent
was like sweet perfume in her state, like the sweet smell of
infants. ”
He shook her hands off almost roughly. She
meditated long and carefully upon her letter to her father before she wrote it, and
gravely and deliberately again before she despatched it. CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE
7
LADY
II THE ADVENTURE OF ANNABEL
15
III ANNA? OR ANNABEL?
20
IV THE TEMPERAMENT OF AN
26
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
61
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
96
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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162
169
174
178
183
188
ANNA THE ADVENTURESS
Chapter I
THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE LADY
The girl paused and steadied herself for a moment against a field gate. I’m glad the old sore is assuaged. ”
“Will you tell me,” Sir John said ponderously, “by what right you call that young
lady—la petite Pellissier? I should be glad to know how you dare to allude to her
in a public place in such a disrespectful manner!”
Drummond looked at him and smiled. “I remember you now,” he said. “I want you so much, Lucy.
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