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Charlotte O'Conor Eccles. The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore
The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. WHICH INTRODUCES MISS SEMAPHORE
CHAPTER II. A BOARDING-HOUSE EVENING, AND AN IMPORTANT LETTER
CHAPTER III. MISS SEMAPHORE RECEIVES AN ANSWER
CHAPTER IV. CASTLES IN THE AIR
CHAPTER V. THE WATER OF YOUTH
CHAPTER VI. AN ACCIDENT AND ITS RESULTS
CHAPTER VII. PRUDENCE RECEIVES A SHOCK
CHAPTER VIII. A CAREER OF DECEPTION
CHAPTER IX. A PROMISING ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH MISS PRUDENCE EXPLAINS MATTERS
CHAPTER XI. THE MEDICAL LADY INTERVENES
CHAPTER XII “GOOD MRS. BROWN.”
CHAPTER XIII. THE MEDICAL LADY BAFFLED
CHAPTER XIV. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
CHAPTER XV. PRUDENCE CALLS AT PLUMMER’S COTTAGES
CHAPTER XVI. MRS. DUMARESQ IN AN UNDIPLOMATIC CIRCLE
CHAPTER XVII. A SENSATION IN “THE STAR.”
CHAPTER XVIII. A DETECTIVE ON THE TRACK
CHAPTER XIX. A COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER XX. NOTICE TO QUIT
CHAPTER XXI. AT THE ARROW STREET POLICE COURT
CHAPTER XXII. A SCENE IN COURT
CHAPTER XXIII. CONCLUSION
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Charlotte O'Conor Eccles
A Farcical Novel
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“I can assure you,” said Mrs. Dumaresq, assuming a grand air, and slightly raising her voice, as she always did when she meant to impress her hearers, “I can assure you that in diplomatic circles, a lady shopping without an escort, or at any rate without a maid, is unheard of.”
In every boarding-house throughout the British Islands there is to be found a person who is the intimate friend of the Prince of Wales. At 37, Beaconsfield Gardens, Mrs. Dumaresq was that person.
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