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Title: Lover or Friend

Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey

Release Date: May 22, 2009 [eBook #28925]

Language: English

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LOVER OR FRIEND

by

ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY

Author of 'Nellie's Memories,' 'Not Like Other Girls,' Etc.

MacMillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin's Street, London
1915

* * * * *

THE NOVELS OF

ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY

POPULAR EDITION

_Crown 8vo. Cloth extra. 3s. 6d. each._

NELLIE'S MEMORIES.
WEE WIFIE.
BARBARA HEATHCOTE'S TRIAL.
ROBERT ORD'S ATONEMENT.
WOOED AND MARRIED.
HERIOT'S CHOICE.
QUEENIE'S WHIM.
MARY ST. JOHN.
NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS.
FOR LILIAS.
UNCLE MAX.
ONLY THE GOVERNESS.
LOVER OR FRIEND?
BASIL LYNDHURST.
SIR GODFREY'S GRAND-DAUGHTERS.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
THE MISTRESS OF BRAE FARM.
MRS. ROMNEY AND "BUT MEN MUST WORK."
OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
HERB OF GRACE.
THE HIGHWAY OF FATE.
RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE.
A PASSAGE PERILOUS.
AT THE MOORINGS.
THE HOUSEHOLD OF PETER.
NO FRIEND LIKE A SISTER.
THE ANGEL OF FORGIVENESS.
THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE HILL.
THE KEY OF THE UNKNOWN.

MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.

* * * * *

LOVER OR FRIEND

MacMillan and Co., Limited
London . Bombay . Calcutta
Melbourne

The MacMillan Company
New York . Boston . Chicago
Dallas . San Francisco

The MacMillan Co. of Canada, Ltd.
Toronto

Copyright
_First Edition_ 1890
_Reprinted_ 1893, 1894, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1915

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

1. THE BLAKE FAMILY ARE DISCUSSED 1

2. AUDREY INTRODUCES HERSELF