"Lord, no--though I tried all I could. And what the dickens made you
speak so loud--you, especially--I could not imagine. If I hadn't had to
keep dark behind the beastly bushes, I could have heard every word.
Anyhow I heard enough--and saw enough--to know what you were up to."

He paused.

"And I was mad with you both, Leo. Because, you see, it wasn't
Queensberry--however it's all right now."

"And it was you who told Maud?"

"Why, of course," said Val, simply.

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STAY-AT-HOMES.

MR. SMITH: A PART OF HIS LIFE.

THE BABY'S GRANDMOTHER.

COUSINS.

TROUBLESOME DAUGHTERS.

PAULINE.

DICK NETHERBY.

THE HISTORY OF A WEEK.

A STIFF-NECKED GENERATION.

CHARLOTTE.

THE INTRUDERS.

LEDDY MARGET.

IVA KILDARE: A MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM.

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THE ONE GOOD GUEST.

"PLOUGHED," AND OTHER STORIES.

THE MATCHMAKER.

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