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Title: Lady Connie

Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward

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Language: English

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LADY CONNIE

by

MRS. HUMPHRY WARD

Author of "Eltham House," "Delia Blanchflower," etc.

Illustrated by Albert Sterner

1916

[Illustration: _There Connie found Nora's latest statement headed
"List of Liabilities"_]

[Illustration (decorative)]

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X

PART II

XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV

PART III

XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

There Connie found Nora's latest statement headed "List of
Liabilities" (Frontispiece)

Constance sat in the shadow of a plane-tree with Falloden at her
feet

The tea-party at Mrs. Hooper's

Lady Connie had stood entranced by the playing of Radowitz

Connie sat down beside Radowitz and they looked at each other
in silence

Lady Connie held in her horse, feeding her eyes upon Flood Castle
and its woods

Herr Schwarz was examining a picture with a magnifying glass when
Falloden entered

Douglas knelt, looking into his father's face, and Radowitz moved
farther away

PART I

CHAPTER I

"Well, now we've done all we can, and all I mean to do," said Alice
Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue. "Everything's perfectly
comfortable, and if she doesn't like it, we can't help it. I don't know
why we make such a fuss."

The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated