The Hoyden. Duchess

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      NORA CREINA 2 vols.

      A MAD PRANK, ETC. 1 vol.

THE HOYDEN

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A NOVEL

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BY MRS. HUNGERFORD

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AUTHOR OF

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      "MOLLY BAWN," "PHYLLIS," "A CONQUERING HEROINE,"

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       COPYRIGHT EDITION.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

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VOL. I.

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LEIPZIG

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      BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ

      1894.

      OF VOLUME I.

      CHAPTER I.

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      How Diamond cut Diamond, and how the Sparks flew

      CHAPTER II.

      How Margaret pleads for the little Hoyden, and with what Ill-success

      CHAPTER III.

      How Lady Rylton says a few Things that would have been better left unsaid. How "The Scheme" is laid before Sir Maurice, and how he refuses to have anything to do with it

      CHAPTER IV.

      How the Heart of Maurice grew hot within him, and how he put the

       Question to the Touch, and how he neither lost nor won

      CHAPTER V.

      Showing how, when People do congregate together much Knowledge may be found, and how the little Hoyden has some kind Things said about her

      CHAPTER VI.

      How Games were played, "of Sorts"; and how Tita was much harried, but how she bore herself valiantly, and, how, not knowing of her Victories, she won all through

      CHAPTER VII.

      How the Argument grows higher; and how Marian loses her Temper, and how Margaret objects to the Ruin of one young Life

      CHAPTER VIII.

      How a Storm raged; and how, when a Man and Woman met Face to Face, the Victory—for a Wonder—went to the Man

      CHAPTER IX.

      How Maurice places his Life in the Hands of the Hoyden, and how she tells him many Things, and desires many Things of him

      CHAPTER X.

      How Maurice gives Way to Temper, and how Lady Rylton plants a Shaft or two. And how Margaret says a Word in Season, and how in return Colonel Neilson says a Word to her

      CHAPTER XI.

      How the last Day comes, and how some strange Words are said before the Marriage is accomplished; and how Marion Bethune scores a Point

      CHAPTER XII.

      How Tita comes back from her Honeymoon, and how her Husband's Mother tells her of certain Things that should have been left untold

      CHAPTER XIII.

      How a young and lovely Nature takes a Shock most cruelly administered. And how a Dowager takes a new Name as a direct Insult. And how Tita declines to promise anything

      CHAPTER XIV.

      How Tita comes to Oakdean, and is glad. And how Maurice calls to her, and she performs an Acrobatic Feat. And how a Discussion arises

      CHAPTER XV.

      How Tita tells of two strange Dreams, and of how they moved her. And how Maurice sets his Soul on asking a Guest to Oakdean; and how he gains his Desire

      CHAPTER XVI.

      How a dull Morning gives Birth to a strange Afternoon. And how

       Rylton's Eyes are widened by a Friend

      CHAPTER XVII.

      How Tita suggests a Game of Blind Man's Buff, and what comes of it

      CHAPTER XVIII.

      How Tita gets a Scolding, and how she rebels and accuses Sir Maurice of Breach of Contract

      CHAPTER XIX.

      How Rylton's Heart condemns him. And how, as he walks, a Serpent stings him. And how he is recovered of СКАЧАТЬ