Our Elizabeth: A Humour Novel
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- OUR ELIZABETH
- A HUMOUR NOVEL
- ILLUSTRATED BY ERNEST FORBES
- THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LIMITED 62 ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. 2
- TO CIS
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Our Elizabeth . . . . . . Frontispiece Henry and I looked at the Cookery Book The Kid A Bad Sign Marion dropped fifteen stitches Our Friend William 'Wot's 'orrible about it?' 'Oh, must I, Mama?' ''E was starin' at it wild-like.' 'Do you mean the boiler one?' I asked. 'I suppose I'm shocking you terribly.' A slight lowering of the left eye-lid. Henry, being a Scotsman, likes argument. 'A fair razzle-dazzle.' She dashed from the room in a spasm of mirth. 'Am I not a suitable wife for Henry?' 'Carn't you get rid of 'er?' 'Stop, William!' Marion said. 'Oo ses the Signs is wrong?' ''Ere's to us, all of us!'
- OUR ELIZABETH
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- [Illustration: Henry and I looked at the Cookery Book.]
- CHAPTER III
- [Illustration: The Kid.]
- CHAPTER IV
- [Illustration: A Bad Sign.]
- CHAPTER V
- [Illustration: Marion dropped fifteen stitches.]
- CHAPTER VI
- [Illustration: Our Friend William.]
- CHAPTER VII
- [Illustration: 'Wot's 'orrible about it?']
- CHAPTER VIII
- [Illustration: 'Oh, must I, Mama?']
- CHAPTER IX
- [Illustration: ''E was starin' at it wild-like.']
- CHAPTER X
- [Illustration: 'Do you mean the boiler one?' I asked.]
- CHAPTER XI
- [Illustration: 'I suppose I'm shocking you terribly.']
- CHAPTER XII
- [Illustration: A slight lowering of the left eyelid.]
- CHAPTER XIII
- [Illustration: Henry, being a Scotsman, likes argument.]
- CHAPTER XIV
- [Illustration: 'A fair razzle-dazzle.']
- CHAPTER XV
- [Illustration: She dashed from the room in a spasm of mirth.]
- CHAPTER XVI
- [Illustration: 'Am I not a suitable wife for Henry?']
- CHAPTER XVII
- [Illustration: 'Carn't you get rid of 'er?']
- CHAPTER XVIII
- [Illustration: 'Stop, William!' Marion cried.]
- CHAPTER XIX
- [Illustration: 'Oo ses the Signs is wrong?']
- CHAPTER XX
- [Illustration: 'Ere's to us, all of us!']
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