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Herbert George Jenkins. Patricia Brent, Spinster
Patricia Brent, Spinster
Table of Contents
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
I
II
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
I
II
III
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Herbert George Jenkins
Published by Good Press, 2021
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With great deliberation Patricia selected a black charmeuse costume that Miss Wangle had already confided to the whole of Galvin House was at least two and a half inches too short; but as Patricia had explained to Mrs. Hamilton, if you possess exquisitely fitting patent boots that come high up the leg, it's a sin for the skirt to be too long. She selected a black velvet hat with a large white water-lily on the upper brim.
"You look bad enough for a vicar's daughter," she said, surveying herself in the glass as she fastened a bunch of red carnations in her belt. "White at the wrists and on the hat, yes, it looks most improper. I wonder what the major-man will think?"
