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Title: The Title Market

Author: Emily Post

Illustrator: J. H. Gardner Soper

Release Date: February 5, 2006 [EBook #17680]

Language: English

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_THE TITLE MARKET_

_By_
_Emily Post_

_Author of "The Flight of a Moth,"_
_"Woven in the Tapestry," etc._

_With Illustrations by_
_J. H. Gardner Soper_

_New York_
_Dodd, Mead and Company_
_1909_

Copyright, 1909, by
THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

Copyright, 1909, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

Published, September, 1909

[Illustration:

"'WE OF ITALY,' HE WAS SAYING, 'LIVE, ENDURE, DIE,
IF NEED BE--ALWAYS FOR THE SAME
REASON--WOMAN AND LOVE!'"

(Page 65)]

As though you did not know each page,
each paragraph, each word;
as though for months and months the Sanseveros,
Nina, John, and all the rest, had not been
your daily companions--
MADRE MIA,
this book is dedicated
to you.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I PRINCE SANSEVERO DIMINISHES THE FORTUNES OF HIS HOUSE 1

II THE PRINCESS PLANS TO RECEIVE THE AMERICAN HEIRESS 14

III NINA 25

IV THE DUKE SCORPA MAKES A DEAL 42

V DON GIOVANNI ARRIVES 48

VI LOVE, AND A GARDEN 64

VII ROME 72

VIII OPENING DAY AT THE TITLE MARKET 86

IX A DOOR IS OPENED THAT GIOVANNI PREFERS TO KEEP CLOSED 97

X MR. RANDOLPH SENDS FOR JOHN DERBY 107

XI ROME GOES TO THE OPERA