Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
Gentian. A Girl and Her Ways Frontispiece
A GIRL AND HER WAYS
BY
AMY LE FEUVRE
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
MADE IN ENGLAND
Printed In Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I AN INVASION
II THE YOUNG GUEST
III THE HOUSE THAT WAS WAITING
IV JIM PAGET
V AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE
VI A FRESH PROPOSITION
VII A PRIVATE CHAUFFEUR
VIII THE DAY IN THE NEW FOREST
IX DARK CLOUDS
X LEFT ALONE
XI A VISIT TO CORNWALL
XII THOROLD'S SECRET
XIII A NEW FRIEND
XIV "I WANT YOU"
XV THEIR GOLDEN TIME
A GIRL AND HER WAYS
CHAPTER I
AN INVASION
HE sat back in his easy chair, pipe in mouth, and newspaper on his knee. The lashing wind and rain outside added to his sense of comfort. He was unassailable, he knew, from all unpleasant elements. A bright wood fire burned on the open hearth. His room was lined with books, for he was a book lover. Everything around him was for use and not for ornament. Some oil portraits hung on the walls, members of the Holt family; but there was no china, no flowers, and no signs of a woman's hand and taste in his room.
