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Title: The Limit

Author: Ada Leverson

Release Date: March 31, 2009 [EBook #28465]

Language: English

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THE LIMIT

=THE LIMIT=

BY

ADA LEVERSON

LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL

Originally published 1911 by Grant Richards Ltd.
Reissued 1950 by arrangement with the Richards Press Ltd.

Printed by Brueder Rosenbaum, Vienna, Austria
Cat. No. 5085/4

TO ROBERT ROSS

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I VALENTIA 11

II HARRY 24

III VAN BUREN 32

IV THE ELDER MRS. WYBURN 37

V ROMER 43

VI HARRY'S ENTERTAINMENT 47

VII DAPHNE 62

VIII IN FANCY DRESS 70

IX A CELEBRITY AT HOME 79

X MISCHIEF 87

XI THE FRIENDS 105

XII A HOME CHAT 115

XIII VALENTIA'S VISIT 123

XIV A SUGGESTION 131

XV MISS WALMER 137

XVI MRS. FOSTER 144

XVII ENGAGED 156

XVIII AT THE CARLTON 163

XIX AT MISS WESTBURY'S 170

XX A PROPOSAL 177

XXI HEREFORD VAUGHAN 183

XXII GILLIE INTERFERES 189

XXIII THE BALD-FACED STAG 196

XXIV THE GREEN GATE 203

XXV A SUNDAY AFTERNOON 211

XXVI IN THE ROSE GARDEN 223

XXVII SEEING THE SUN RISE 230

XXVIII "REPLY PAID" 235

XXIX GLA