Patty's Friends

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Wells Carolyn. Patty's Friends

CHAPTER I. AN AFTERNOON TEA

CHAPTER II. RIDDLES AND GAMES

CHAPTER III. THE WHITE LADY

CHAPTER IV. A FLORAL OFFERING

CHAPTER V. MISS YANKEE DOODLE

CHAPTER VI. HERENDEN HALL

CHAPTER VII. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

CHAPTER VIII. THE EARL OF RUTHVEN

CHAPTER IX. AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT

CHAPTER X. A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XI. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

CHAPTER XII. SUMMER PLANS

CHAPTER XIII. CROMARTY MANOR

CHAPTER XIV. UNCLE MARMADUKE

CHAPTER XV. PUZZLING RHYMES

CHAPTER XVI. THE CROQUET PARTY

CHAPTER XVII. THE GRIFFIN AND THE ROSE

CHAPTER XVIII. THE OLD CHIMNEY-PIECE

CHAPTER XIX. THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XX. GOOD-BYES

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Much to Patty’s satisfaction Mabel Hartley was in the habit of dining with her elders and was not condemned to “schoolroom tea.”

The family was not large, consisting only of Mrs. Hartley, her mother, Mrs. Cromarty, her two sons, and Mabel. The sons, Sinclair and Robert, were big, stalwart fellows, a few years older than Mabel.

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Her hearers looked utterly blank at this, and, suddenly realising that they were not very familiar with American coins, Patty explained the joke. They saw it, of course, but seemed to think it not very good, and Sinclair whimsically insisted on calling it, “a shilling to Bob,” which he said was equally nonsensical.

“Give us one of your poetry ones, Grandy,” said Bob to Mrs. Cromarty, who sat by, quietly enjoying the young people’s fun.

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