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Title: Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)

Author: Arnold Bennett

Release Date: June 29, 2004 [EBook #12779]

Language: English

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_NOVELS_

A MAN FROM THE NORTH
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
LEONORA
A GREAT MAN
SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED
BURIED ALIVE
THE OLD WIVES' TALE
THE GLIMPSE
HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
CLAYHANGER
THE CARD
HILDA LESSWAYS
THE REGENT
THE PRICE OF LOVE

_FANTASIAS_

THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL
THE GATES OF WRATH
TERESA OF WATLING STREET
THE LOOT OF CITIES
HUGO
THE GHOST
THE CITY OF PLEASURE

_SHORT STORIES_

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS

_BELLES-LETTRES_

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN
FAME AND FICTION
HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
THE REASONABLE LIFE
HOW TO LIVE ON 24 HOURS A DAY
THE HUMAN MACHINE
LITERARY TASTE
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
THOSE UNITED STATES
THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE
PARIS NIGHTS
THE AUTHOR'S CRAFT
LIBERTY

_DRAMA_

POLITE FARCES
CUPID AND COMMON SENSE
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
THE HONEYMOON
THE GREAT ADVENTURE

(_In collaboration with Eden Phillpotts_)

THE SINEWS OF WAR: A Romance
THE STATUE: A Romance

(_In collaboration with Edward Knoblauch_)

MILESTONES

HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND

_IDYLLIC DIVERSION_

BY ARNOLD BENNETT

AUTHOR OF "THE OLD WIVES TALE," ETC.

_A NEW EDITION_

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

1915

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I BEGINNING OF THE IDYLL

II AN AFFAIR OF THE SEVENTIES

III MARRYING OFF A MOTHER

IV INVITATION TO TEA

V A SALUTATION

VI MRS. BUTT'S DEPARTURE

VII THE NEW CO