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Title: The Love Affairs of Pixie

Author: Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23125]

Language: English

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The Love Affairs of Pixie, by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey.

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Here we have yet again the lovable Pixie, the youngest child of the
O'Shaughnessy family, who had all been brought up at Knock Castle, in
Ireland, and about whom two previous books have been written. None of
the family can quite get their minds round the fact that Pixie is now
old enough to have affairs, and even to marry, especially as they are
all aware how very plain she is.

But Pixie has other ideas. She becomes engaged to Stanor Vaughan, a
very good-looking young rising businessman, whose very rich but
disabled uncle is his guardian. The uncle suggests that Stanor should
go to America for a couple of years, to become a bit more mature.

Meanwhile there is very nasty and sudden accident to little Jack, an
angelic little boy, whom everybody adores. Will he survive?

Eventually Stanor returns to London. But things have sorted themselves
out rather better than we would have thought after the first few
chapters.

This book was printed in a very heavy type on thinnish paper. It was a
mistake to scan it on the default brightness setting, and it was very
difficult to clean out all the misreads. There may yet be a few, but
not many, I hope. These will be taken out eventually, I hope.

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THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF PIXIE, BY MRS GEORGE DE HORNE VAIZEY.

CHAPTER ONE.

THE QUESTION OF NOSES.

When Pixie O'Shaughnessy had reached her twentieth birthday it was borne
in upon her with the nature of a shock that she was not beautiful.
Hitherto a buoyant and innocent self-satisfaction, coupled with the
atmosphere of love and admiration by which she was surrounded in the
family circle, had succ