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Title: The Honorable Miss
A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town

Author: L. T. Meade

Illustrator: F. Earl Christy

Release Date: May 7, 2005 [EBook #15778]

Language: English

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THE HONORABLE MISS

A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town

BY

L.T. MEADE

AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG MUTINEER," "WORLD OF GIRLS,"
"A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL," "SWEET GIRL GRADUATE," ETC.

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THE HONORABLE MISS.

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CHAPTER I.

BEATRICE WILL FIT.

"So," continued Mrs. Meadowsweet, settling herself in a lazy, fat sort
of a way in her easy chair, and looking full at her visitor with a
complacent smile, "so I called her Beatrice. I thought under the
circumstances it was the best name I could give--it seemed to fit all
round, you k