Patty's Perversities
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Bates Arlo. Patty's Perversities
CHAPTER I. MORNING
CHAPTER II "A BIRD IN THE BUSH."
CHAPTER III "A BIRD IN THE HAND."
CHAPTER IV. THE PICNIC
CHAPTER V. A MISHAP
CHAPTER VI. CHIT-CHAT
CHAPTER VII. A BUSINESS INTERVIEW
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE PIAZZA
CHAPTER IX. AN ARRIVAL
CHAPTER X. A CHANCE MEETING
CHAPTER XI. A BUNDLE OF PAPERS
CHAPTER XII. AN AFTERNOON RIDE
CHAPTER XIII. AT REHEARSAL
CHAPTER XIV. AN ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER XV. A CASTLE IN THE AIR
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHURCH AT SAMOSET
CHAPTER XVII. A CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER XVIII. A CHAPTER OF SHREDS AND PATCHES
CHAPTER XIX. TOXTETH SEEKS AN ALLY
CHAPTER XX. AN OUTBURST
CHAPTER XXI. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXII. A MISUNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXIII. NOTES AND SOUVENIRS
CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. SANFORD SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXV. CLARENCE SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXVI. MULLEN HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE RUSTIC ROAD
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE THEATRICALS
CHAPTER XXIX. NIGHT-SCENES
CHAPTER XXX. THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND
CHAPTER XXXI. AUNT JEFF REMONSTRATES
CHAPTER XXXII. HEADS AND TAILS
CHAPTER XXXIII "WHEN SHE WILL, SHE WILL."
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MASKERS
CHAPTER XXXV. PETER MIXON
CHAPTER XXXVI. MRS. SMITHERS
CHAPTER XXXVII. THANKSGIVING
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A TEST OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NIGHT-WATCH
CHAPTER XL. CLARENCE AGAIN
CHAPTER XLI. OLD MULLEN'S WILL
CHAPTER XLII. BOLD PLAY
CHAPTER XLIII. CLARENCE IS ANSWERED
CHAPTER XLIV. WILL AND EASE
CHAPTER XLV. A QUIET WEDDING
CHAPTER XLVI. CHRISTMAS
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It was while Patty was engaged in doing "the millinery of the cooking," that her first swain arrived. Social etiquette in Montfield was not rigid, and Patty was not at all surprised when the shadow of Burleigh Blood's broad shoulders fell upon the kitchen-floor, and that enamoured youth entered without the formality of knocking.
"Good-morning, Burleigh," she said, her eyes bright with the spark of merriment which always kindled when Mr. Blood appeared. "Can't shake hands with you without getting you all covered with flour."
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"What would you give to know?" laughed her cousin. "But Mr. Blood has come to invite you, at least: so you are provided for."
In such a situation what was a bashful man to do, particularly if, like Burleigh, he was not sure that he was offended at the turn affairs had taken? Patty was an old friend, indeed, in Montfield parlance a "flame" of the young man's; yet certainly the stranger cousin exercised over him a peculiar fascination. He left the house as the promised escort of Miss Plant, and went home, wondering whether Patty did not know he came to invite her, and whether he were glad or sorry things had turned out as they had.
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