XIV A BANQUET IN THE HUT 149

XV AURELIE'S CHANCE 157

XVI GRANDFATHER'S INTERPRETER 166

XVII HARD QUESTIONS 175

XVIII SECRETARY TO M. VULFRAN 184

XIX SUSPICION AND CONFIDENCE 194

XX THE SCHEMERS 206

XXI LETTERS FROM DACCA 217

XXII A CABLE TO DACCA 227

XXIII GRANDFATHER'S COMPANION 238

XXIV GETTING AN EDUCATION 248

XXV MEDDLING RELATIVES 260

XXVI PAINFUL ARGUMENTS 269

XXVII THE BLIND MAN'S GRIEF 277

XXVIII AN UNRESPECTED FUNERAL 285

XXIX THE ANGEL OF REFORM 292

XXX GRANDFATHER FINDS PERRINE 302

XXXI THE GRATEFUL PEOPLE 307

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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"WHY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL," SAID PERRINE, SOFTLY.
(_See Page 86_) _Frontispiece_

SOMETHING WARM PASSING OVER HER FACE MADE
HER OPEN HER EYES 72

"WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW?" HE CRIED, ANGRILY 124

SHE HAD SOME TIME AGO DECIDED ON THE SHAPE 139

SHE TRIED TO DO AS SHE WAS TOLD, BUT HER EMOTION
INCREASED AS SHE READ 218

HE TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS LIKE A LITTLE
DAUGHTER TO HIM 270

INTRODUCTION

"Nobody's Girl," published in France under the title "En Famille",
follows "Nobody's Boy" as a companion juvenile story, and takes place
with it as one of the supreme juvenile stories of the world. Like
"Nobody's Boy" it was also crowned by the Academy, and that literary
judgment has also been verified by the test of time.

"Nobody's Girl" is not a human document, such as is "Nobody's Boy", because
it has more story plot, and the adventure is in a more restricted field,
but it discloses no less the nobility of a right-minded child, and how
loyalty wins the way to noble deeds and life. This is another beautiful
literary creation of Hector Malot which every one can recommend as an
ennobling book, of interest not only to childhood, page by page to the
thrilling conclusion, but