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Title: That Stick

Author: Charlotte M. Yonge

Release Date: January 9, 2007 [eBook #20323]

Language: English

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THAT STICK

BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
AUTHOR OF 'THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE', 'UNKNOWN TO HISTORY', ETC.

[Picture: She was a little brown mouse of a woman, with soft dark eyes,
smooth hair, and a clear olive complexion]

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK

1892

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1 HONOURS 1
2 HONOURS REFLECTED 9
3 WHAT IS HONOUR? 20
4 HONOURS WANING 25
5 THE PEER 29
6 THE WEIGHT OF HONOURS 36
7 MORTONS AND MANNERS 41
8 SECOND THOUGHTS 49
9 THE HEIR-PRESUMPTUOUS 53
10 COMING HONOURS 64
11 POSSESSION 70
12 THE BURTHEN OF HONOURS 77
13 THE DOWER HOUSE 81
14 WESTHAVEN VERSIONS OF 88
HONOURS
15 THE PIED ROOK 99
16 WHAT IS REST? 107
17 ON THE SURFACE 114
18 DESDICHADO 120
19 THE DOLOMITES 129
20 RATZES 137
21 THE HEIR-APPARENT 143
22 OUT OF JOINT 147
23 VELVET 155
24 THE REVENGE OF SORDID 163
SPIRITS
25 THE LOVE 169
26 IDA'S WARNING