[Illustration: "Am I doing it right?" asked the Sea Lady. (See page 150.)]

THE SEA LADY

BY H. G. WELLS

ILLUSTRATED

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NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published September, 1902

Copyright 1901 by H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE COMING OF THE SEA LADY 1

II. SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS 30

III. THE EPISODE OF THE VARIOUS JOURNALISTS 71

IV. THE QUALITY OF PARKER 90

V. THE ABSENCE AND RETURN OF MR. HARRY CHATTERIS 101

VI. SYMPTOMATIC 133

VII. THE CRISIS 204

VIII. MOONSHINE TRIUMPHANT 285

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