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Title: Mistress Anne

Author: Temple Bailey

Illustrator: F. Vaux Wilson

Release Date: October 30, 2007 [EBook #23246]

Language: English

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MISTRESS ANNE

BY
TEMPLE BAILEY

AUTHOR OF
CONTRARY MARY, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY
F. VAUX WILSON

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

[Illustration: SHE SHOWED HIM HER SCHOOL]

COPYRIGHT
1917 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

_Made in U. S. A._

Mistress Anne

_To_

P. V. B.

_who sees the sunsets_

Contents

I. IN WHICH THINGS ARE SAID OF DIOGENES
AND OF A LADY WITH A LANTERN 11

II. IN WHICH A PRINCESS SERVING FINDS THAT THE
MOTTO OF KINGS IS MEANINGLESS 21

III. IN WHICH THE CROWN PRINCE ENTERS UPON HIS
OWN 36

IV. IN WHICH THREE KINGS COME TO CROSSROADS 51

V. IN WHICH PEGGY TAKES THE CENTER OF THE
STAGE 62

VI. IN WHICH A GRAY PLUSH PUSSY CAT SUPPLIES
A THEME 77

VII. IN WHICH GEOFFREY WRITES OF SOLDIERS AND
THEIR SOULS 91

VIII. IN WHICH A GREEN-EYED MONSTER GRIPS EVE 111

IX. IN WHICH ANNE, PASSING A SHOP, TURNS IN 136

X. IN WHICH A BLIND BEGGAR AND A BUTTERFLY GO
TO A BALL 149

XI. IN WHICH BRINSLEY SPEAKS OF THE WAY TO WIN A
WOMAN 160

XII. IN WHICH EVE USURPS AN ANCIENT MASCULINE
PRIVILEGE 178

XIII. IN WHICH GEOFFREY PLAYS CAVE MAN 196

XIV. IN WHICH THERE IS MUCH SAID OF MARRIAGE AND
OF GIVING IN MARRIAGE 210

XV. IN WHICH ANNE ASKS AND JIMMIE ANSWERS 226