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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Unexpected News
CHAPTER II.
A Country Visit
CHAPTER III.
Run Down
CHAPTER IV.
The Privateer's Rendezvous
CHAPTER V.
The British Cruisers
CHAPTER VI.
Home Again
CHAPTER VII.
A Commission
CHAPTER VIII.
Startling News
CHAPTER IX.
Mr. Tallboys' Visitor
CHAPTER X.
On Detachment
CHAPTER XI.
Still-Hunting
CHAPTER XII.
The Cave Among the Rocks
CHAPTER XIII.
More Startling News
CHAPTER XIV.
The New Housemaid
CHAPTER XV.
In Belgium
CHAPTER XVI.
Found at Last
CHAPTER XVII.
Quatre Bras
CHAPTER XVIII.
Waterloo
CHAPTER XIX.
The Rout
CHAPTER I.
UNEXPECTED NEWS.
"I have written to ask Ralph Conway to come and stay for a time with
me." The announcement was a simple one, but it fell like a bombshell
in the midst of the party at breakfast at Penfold Hall. The party
consisted only of the speaker, Herbert Penfold, and his two sisters.
The latter both exclaimed "Herbert!" in a tone of shocked surprise.
Mr. Penfold was evidently prepared for disapprobation; he had spoken
in a somewhat nervous tone, but with a decision quite unusual to him.
He had finished his last piece of toast and emptied his last cup of
tea before making the announcement, and he now pushed back his chair,
rose to his feet, and said: "Yes; I have been thinking of having him
here for some time, and I suppose that as master of this house I am at
liberty to ask whom I like; at any rate I would rather have no
discussion on the subject."
So saying, without giving his sisters time to reply, he walked hastily
to the door and went out. Miss Penfold and Miss Eleanor Penfold gazed
at each other in speechless astonishment. So accustomed were they to
settle everything that took place at Penfold Hall, that this sudden
assumption of authority on the part of their brother fairly staggered
them. Miss Penfold was the first to speak:
CHAPTER I.
Unexpected News
CHAPTER II.
A Country Visit
CHAPTER III.
Run Down
CHAPTER IV.
The Privateer's Rendezvous
CHAPTER V.
The British Cruisers
CHAPTER VI.
Home Again
CHAPTER VII.
A Commission
CHAPTER VIII.
Startling News
CHAPTER IX.
Mr. Tallboys' Visitor
CHAPTER X.
On Detachment
CHAPTER XI.
Still-Hunting
CHAPTER XII.
The Cave Among the Rocks
CHAPTER XIII.
More Startling News
CHAPTER XIV.
The New Housemaid
CHAPTER XV.
In Belgium
CHAPTER XVI.
Found at Last
CHAPTER XVII.
Quatre Bras
CHAPTER XVIII.
Waterloo
CHAPTER XIX.
The Rout
CHAPTER I.
UNEXPECTED NEWS.
"I have written to ask Ralph Conway to come and stay for a time with
me." The announcement was a simple one, but it fell like a bombshell
in the midst of the party at breakfast at Penfold Hall. The party
consisted only of the speaker, Herbert Penfold, and his two sisters.
The latter both exclaimed "Herbert!" in a tone of shocked surprise.
Mr. Penfold was evidently prepared for disapprobation; he had spoken
in a somewhat nervous tone, but with a decision quite unusual to him.
He had finished his last piece of toast and emptied his last cup of
tea before making the announcement, and he now pushed back his chair,
rose to his feet, and said: "Yes; I have been thinking of having him
here for some time, and I suppose that as master of this house I am at
liberty to ask whom I like; at any rate I would rather have no
discussion on the subject."
So saying, without giving his sisters time to reply, he walked hastily
to the door and went out. Miss Penfold and Miss Eleanor Penfold gazed
at each other in speechless astonishment. So accustomed were they to
settle everything that took place at Penfold Hall, that this sudden
assumption of authority on the part of their brother fairly staggered
them. Miss Penfold was the first to speak:
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