In Brief Authority
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Anstey F.. In Brief Authority
AUTHOR'S NOTE
CHAPTER I "THE SKIRTS OF HAPPY CHANCE"
CHAPTER II. RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER III. FINE FEATHERS
CHAPTER IV. CROWNED HEADS
CHAPTER V. DIGNITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER VI. CARES OF STATE
CHAPTER VII. A GAME THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER VIII "A STEED THAT KNOWS HIS RIDER"
CHAPTER IX. THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE
CHAPTER X. THE BLONDE BEAST
CHAPTER XI. A WAY OUT
CHAPTER XII. UNWELCOME ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAPTER XIII. WHAT THE PIGEON SAID
CHAPTER XIV. BAG AND BAGGAGE
CHAPTER XV "RIVEN WITH VAIN ENDEAVOUR"
CHAPTER XVI "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH"
CHAPTER XVII. THE REWARD OF VALOUR
CHAPTER XVIII. A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XIX. SERVANTS OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XX. AT THE END OF HER TETHER
CHAPTER XXI "WHOSE LIGHTS ARE FLED, WHOSE GARLANDS DEAD"
CHAPTER XXII. SQUARING ACCOUNTS
EPILOGUE
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It may be as well to mention here that the whole of this book was planned, and at least three-fourths of it actually written, in those happy days, which now seem so pathetically distant, when we were still at peace – days when, to all but a very few, so hideous a calamity as a World-War seemed a danger that had passed for the present, and might never recur; when even those few could hardly have foreseen that England would be so soon compelled to fight for her very existence against the most efficient and deadly foe it has ever been her lot to encounter.
But, as the central idea of this story happens to be inseparably connected with certain characters and incidents of German origin, I have left them unaltered – partly because it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to substitute any others, but mainly because I cannot bring myself to believe that the nursery friends of our youth could ever be regarded as enemies.
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She was convinced that the pendant must be worth considerably more than thirty pounds, though she was no doubt right in telling Daphne that no jeweller would offer so much for an ornament that was quite out of fashion. "Besides," she said, "I don't like the idea of any governess of mine going about offering jewellery for sale. Have Edna or Ruby seen you wearing this thing?" she asked with apparent irrelevance.
It appeared they had not; Daphne had never worn it herself, and she had only remembered its existence that afternoon, and found it hidden away at the back of her wardrobe.
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