Transcriber’s Notes.
Hyphenation has been standardised.
Other changes made are noted at the end of the book.
THE REAL LADY HILDA
A SKETCH
BY
B. M. CROKER
AUTHOR OF
“PRETTY MISS NEVILLE,” “DIANA BARRINGTON,” “MR. JERVIS,”
“PROPER PRIDE,” “PEGGY OF THE BARTONS,” “BEYOND THE PALE.”
“On souffre quelquefois plus de la mort d’une illusion que de la perte d’une réalité.”
NEW YORK
F. M. BUCKLES & COMPANY
11 East 16th Street
LONDON—CHATTO & WINDUS
1899
Copyright, 1899
BY
F. M. BUCKLES & COMPANY
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Waiting for the Lamp | 7 |
| II. | Retrospective | 21 |
| III. | A Question of Taste | 33 |
| IV. | Lady Hildegarde’s Photograph | 63 |
| V. | We get into Society | 83 |
| VI. | A Visit of Seven Minutes | 95 |
| VII. | Four in a Fly | 118 |
| VIII. | The Chalgrove Eyebrows | 137 |
| IX. | “We need not Ask if You have Enjoyed Yourself” | 158 |
| X. | “Who are these Chalgroves?” | 179 |
| XI. | Mrs. Mound’s Opinion | 193 |
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