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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Classic, Reprint, Fair, Barbarian

A Fair Barbarian (Classic Reprint)

CHAPTER I.
:MISS OCTAVIA BASSETT.
SLOWBRlDGE had IJcen shaken to its foun ..
(lations.
It lnay as ,yell be explained, however, a.t
the ontset, that it ~vou] d not take much of a.
sensation to give Slovbridge a great shock.
In the first place, Slo,vbridgc ,vas not used
to sensations, and ,vas used to going on the
even and respectable tenor of its way, regarding
the outsidB ,vorld ,vith private distrnst,
if not ,yith open disfavor. The ne,v
mills had been a trial to Slo"vbridge, - a sore
trial. On being told of the o'wncrs' plan of
building them, old Lady T"heobald, ,vho ,vas
the corner-stone of the social edifice of Slowbridge,
was said, by a spectator, to hn ve
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Table of Contents

OONTENTS; CHAPTÂ£R PAGE; I ~rTSS OCTAVIA BASS~TT â€¢ ;); II e, AN INVESTMENT, AXY,VAY" 14; III L' ARGENl'VILLE 24; IV IulDY THEOBALD 31; V LUCIA 42; VI ACCIDE~TAL 51; TII " I SHOULD LIKE TO enn: MonE OF SLOWRUIDOE; " 61; VIII SUAltES LOOKI~O UP â€¢ 69; IX VHITIt IIuSLIN 82; x ANNOUNCIXG MR HAROLD 90; XI A SLIGH!' IXDIscnETION Â· 101; XII AN INVITATION â€¢ 109; XIII I~TENTIONS â€¢ 118; XIV A CLERICAL VISIT â€¢ Â· 128; XV SUl'EIUOK AnVANTAOES , â€¢ Â· 134; XVI CROQUET 14'3; XVII ADVANTAOES Â· 152; XVIII CONTRA Sl' â€¢ â€¢ 166; XIX A~ EXPERUIENT â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ 172 XX PECUIlIA'R TO X~VADA â€¢ Â· 183; XXI LOHll LA:~l)OW~E â€¢ 197; XXII "You JIlL VE MADE IT LIVELIER" Â· 207; XXIII " ~IA y I GO?" â€¢ â€¢ Â· 221; XXIV 'rUE GAnDE~ PARTY Â· 230; XXV " SO~JEllODY ELSE" â€¢ â€¢ 241; XXVI 'l JACK" â€¢ Â· 251

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