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I NEVER SUSPECTED I'D END IN SUCH A LITTLE BLAZE

"I NEVER SUSPECTED I'D END IN SUCH A LITTLE BLAZE" (p. 48)

NO. 13

WASHINGTON

SQUARE

BY LEROY SCOTT

1914



CONTENTS

I. THE GREAT MRS. DE PEYSTER 1

II. ENTER AN AMIABLE YOUNG GENTLEMAN 18

III. MISTRESS OF HER HOUSE 32

IV. A SLIGHT PREDICAMENT 49

V. THE HONOR OF THE NAME 61

VI. BEHIND THE BLINDS 73

VII. NOT IN THE PLAN 85

VIII. THE HONEYMOONERS 95

IX. THE FLIGHT 114

X. PEACE—OF A SORT 126

XI. THE REVEREND MR. PYECROFT 133

XII. HOME AGAIN 146

XIII. THE HAPPY FAMILY 158

XIV. THE ATTIC ROOM 173

XV. DOMESTIC SCENES 183

XVI. THE MAN IN THE CELLULOID COLLAR 196

XVII. A QUESTION OF IDENTITY 211

XVIII. THE THIRD FLIGHT 225

XIX. A PLEASANT HERMITAGE 232

XX. MATILDA BREAKS IT GENTLY 242

XXI. THE VEILED LADY 251

XXII. A FAMILY REUNION 262

XXIII. MR. PYECROFT TAKES CHARGE 270

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