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THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES
BY ANGELA BRAZIL
"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=
A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. The Head Girl at the Gables. A Patriotic Schoolgirl. For the School Colours. The Madcap of the School. The Luckiest Girl in the School. The Jolliest Term on Record. The Girls of St. Cyprian's. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. The New Girl at St. Chad's. For the Sake of the School. The School by the Sea. The Leader of the Lower School. A Pair of Schoolgirls. A Fourth Form Friendship. The Manor House School. The Nicest Girl in the School. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
"OH, DO FIND OUT WHERE 'KILMENY' IS," BEGGED LORRAINE_Page 208_]
THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES
BY
ANGELA BRAZIL
Author of "For the School Colours" "The Madcap of the School" "A Patriotic Schoolgirl" &c. &c.
_Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
CHAP. Page
I. A MOMENTOUS DECISION 9
II. THE FIRST DAY OF TERM 22
III. NEW BROOMS 35
IV. GREETS CLAUDIA 48
V. A QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE 61
VI. THE SEA-NYMPHS' GROTTO 75
VII. KILMENY 89
VIII. VIVIEN MAKES TERMS 101
IX. WHITE ELEPHANTS 114
X. A SINISTER INCIDENT 128
XI. MADAME BERTIER 140
XII. THE SENSATION BUREAU 154
XIII. ROSEMARY'S SECRET 168
XIV. WHAT HAPPENED AT EASTER 181
XV. AN ACADEMY PICTURE 196
XVI. AN OPPORTUNITY 211
XVII. A MID-TERM BEANO 223
XVIII. AN ADVENTURE 235
XIX. MORLAND ON LEAVE 243
XX. SMUGGLERS' COVE 250
XXI. TROUBLE 266
XXII. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 280
Illustrations
Page
"OH, DO FIND OUT WHERE 'KILMENY' IS," BEGGED LORRAINE _Frontispiece_
LORRAINE 72
"EVERYTHING'S GONE WRONG!" DECLARED LORRAINE TRAGICALLY 144
"CLAUDIA! HOW _COULD_ YOU FORGET?" 192
CLAUDIA FLUNG HER ARMS ROUND ROSEMARY'S NECK AND HUGGED HER 216
SHE STOOD UP CAUTIOUSLY 240
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