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Title: Bird of Paradise

Author: Ada Leverson

Release Date: November 24, 2008 [eBook #27323]

Language: English

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BIRD OF PARADISE

by

ADA LEVERSON

Grant Richards Ltd. 1914

TO ERNEST

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I EXCUSES 9

II LADY KELLYNCH 25

III NIGEL 38

IV RUPERT AT RUMPELMEYER'S 49

V A HAPPY HOME 63

VI FUTURISM 77

VII RUSSIAN BALLET 90

VIII PERCY 95

IX AN ANONYMOUS LETTER 110

X MASTER CLIFFORD KELLYNCH 120

XI A DISCOVERY 129

XII A LOVE SCENE 142

XIII RECONCILIATION 150

XIV "TANGO" 155

XV CLIFFORD'S HISTORICAL PLAY 163

XVI A SECOND PROPOSAL 167

XVII MORE ABOUT RUPERT 172

XVIII "A SPECIAL FAVOUR" 177

XIX A DEVOTED WIFE 184

XX RUPERT AGAIN 192

XXI THE HILLIERS' ENTERTAINMENT 196

XXII BERTHA AT HOME 202

XXIII NIGEL'S LETTER 205

XXIV LADY KELLYNCH AT HOME 210

XXV MRS. PICKERING 219

XXVI NEWS FROM VENICE 227

XXVII ANOTHER ANONYMOUS LETTER 232