Chapter I: Front Matter

ARAMINTA

ARAMINTA

BY
J. C. SNAITH

AUTHOR OF “WILLIAM JORDAN, JUNIOR,” “BROKE
OF COVENDEN,” ETC.

NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
1909

COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1909, BY
THE FORUM PUBLISHING COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
NEW YORK

Published, February, 1909
Second Printing, March, 1909
Third Printing, May, 1909
Fourth Printing, July, 1909
Fifth Printing, August, 1909

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OLD WOMAN OF HILL STREET 1

II. THE IDEA WHICH CAME TO HER 9

III. LORD CHERITON LOOKS IN 22

IV. ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST CAUSE OF ALL ROMANCE 38

V. THE INSTINCT OF MR. MARCHBANKS BETRAYS HIM 48

VI. UNWARRANTABLE BEHAVIOR OF TOBIAS 66

VII. A THROWBACK 80

VIII. “CAROLINE CREWKERNE’S GAINSBOROUGH” 98

IX. IN WHICH CHERITON DROPS HIS UMBRELLA 108

X. JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE 119

XI. MISS PERRY IS THE SOUL OF DISCRETION 140

XII. JIM LASCELLES TAKES A DECISIVE STEP 151

XIII. HIGH REVEL IS HELD IN HILL STREET 161

XIV. UNGENTLEMANLIKE BEHAVIOR OF JIM LASCELLES 171

XV. DIPLOMACY IS CALLED FOR 193

XVI. HYDE PARK 200

XVII. DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEMALE US 213

XVIII. FASHION COMES TO THE ACACIAS 226

XIX. A SOCIAL TRIUMPH 243

XX. MISS PERRY HAS HER PALM CROSSED WITH SILVER 256

XXI. HIGH DIPLOMACY 267

XXII. A CONVERSATION AT WARD’S 281

XXIII. MUFFIN MAKES HER APPEARANCE AT PEN-Y-GROS CASTLE 292

XXIV. EPISODE OF A FRENCH NOVEL AND A RED UMBRELLA 304

XXV. PARIS ON MOUNT IDA 322

XXVI. JIM LASCELLES ADDS HEROISM TO HIS OTHER FINE QUALITIES 334

XXVII. REVEL IS HELD AT PEN-Y-GROS CASTLE 348

XXVIII. A THUNDERBOLT 365

XXIX. JIM LASCELLES WRITES HIS NAME IN THE VISITORS’ BOOK 375

XXX. GOOD-BY 383

XXXI. DISINTEGRATION 392

XXXII. BARNE MOOR 402

XXXIII. EVERYTHING FOR THE BEST IN THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE
WORLDS 410

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