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Patty's Friends By: Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) |
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR PATTY FAIRFIELD
PATTY AT HOME
PATTY IN THE CITY
PATTY'S SUMMER DAYS
PATTY IN PARIS
PATTY'S FRIENDS [Illustration: "Patty was a comfort loving creature" (p. 33)] PATTY'S FRIENDS By
CAROLYN WELLS Author of "Patty Fairfield," "Patty in Paris," etc. NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1908 Copyright, 1908
By Dodd, Mead and Company Published, September, 1908 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE
I An Afternoon Tea 9
II Riddles and Games 23
III The White Lady 36
IV A Floral Offering 51
V Miss Yankee Doodle 65
VI Herenden Hall 79
VII For One Night Only 93
VIII The Earl of Ruthven 107
IX An Important Document 121
X A Momentous Interview 134
XI The Birthday Party 149
XII Summer Plans 162
XIII Cromarty Manor 175
XIV Uncle Marmaduke 190
XV Puzzling Rhymes 204
XVI The Croquet Party 218
XVII The Griffin and the Rose 231
XVIII The Old Chimney Piece 245
XIX The Discovery 258
XX Good Byes 272 ILLUSTRATIONS "Patty was a comfort loving creature" Frontispiece "Marie pinned it and sewed it" 95 "'How much pleasanter this is than squabbling'" 145 "Often she would spend a morning lying in a hammock
beneath the old trees" 175
PATTY'S FRIENDS CHAPTER I AN AFTERNOON TEA
"I wish I had a twin sister," said Patty; "no, that wouldn't do, either.
I wish I were twins, and could be both of them myself." "What a sensible wish!" commented Nan. "But why do you want to double
yourself up in that way?" "So I could go to two places at once. Here I have two lovely invitations
for this afternoon, and I don't know which I want to accept most. One is
a musicale at Mrs. Hastings', and the other is a picture exhibition at
the New Gallery." "They sound delightful. Can't you manage to go to both?" "No, they're too far apart; and they're both at four o'clock, anyway. I
think I'll choose the musicale, for I'll surely get another chance to see
the pictures." "Yes, of course you will," agreed Nan, a little absently, for she was
reading some newly arrived letters. The Fairfields were in London, and were comfortably established in the
Savoy Hotel. It was April, and though they intended to travel later in
the summer, their plans were as yet indefinite, and they were enjoying
the many and varied delights of the London season. To be sure, Nan and Mr. Fairfield were invited to many dinners and
elaborate entertainments which Patty was too young to attend, but her
time was pleasantly filled with afternoon garden parties or teas, while
mornings were often devoted to sight seeing. Patty was almost eighteen, and though not allowed quite the untrammelled
freedom she would have had in America, she was not kept so utterly
secluded as English girls of her age. Sometimes she would go all alone to
Westminster Abbey or to the National Gallery, and enjoy hugely a solitary
hour or two. At other times, Nan or her father, or some girl friend,
would go with her. The Fairfields had begun their stay in London with only a few friends,
but these had introduced others, until now their circle of acquaintances
was large, and the immediate result of this was a sheaf of invitations in
every mail... Continue reading book >>
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