Patricia Brent, Spinster

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Jenkins Herbert George. Patricia Brent, Spinster

WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT

CHAPTER I. PATRICIA'S INDISCRETION

CHAPTER II. THE BONSOR-TRIGGS' MENAGE

CHAPTER III. THE ADVENTURE AT THE QUADRANT GRILL-ROOM

CHAPTER IV. THE MADNESS OF LORD PETER BOWEN

CHAPTER V. PATRICIA'S REVENGE

CHAPTER VI. THE INTERVENTION OF AUNT ADELAIDE

CHAPTER VII. LORD PETER PROMISES A SOLUTION

CHAPTER VIII. LORD PETER'S S.O.S

CHAPTER IX. LADY TANAGRA TAKES A HAND

CHAPTER X. MISS BRENT'S STRATEGY

CHAPTER XI. THE DEFECTION OF MR. TRIGGS

CHAPTER XII. A BOMBSHELL

CHAPTER XIII. A TACTICAL BLUNDER

CHAPTER XIV. GALVIN HOUSE MEETS A LORD

CHAPTER XV. MR. TRIGGS TAKES TEA IN KENSINGTON GARDENS

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CHAPTER XVI. PATRICIA'S INCONSTANCY

CHAPTER XVII. LADY PEGGY MAKES A FRIEND

CHAPTER XVIII. THE AIR RAID

CHAPTER XIX. GALVIN HOUSE AFTER THE RAID

CHAPTER XX. A RACE WITH SPINSTERHOOD

CHAPTER XXI. THE GREATEST INDISCRETION

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"She never has anyone to take her out, and goes nowhere, and yet she can't be more than twenty-seven, and really she's not bad-looking."

"It's not looks that attract men," there was a note of finality in the voice; "it's something else." The speaker snapped off her words in a tone that marked extreme disapproval.

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"Brown," said Patricia.

"Is his knapsack number 99?" enquired Mr. Bolton.

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