Chapter I: Front Matter

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ANGEL

"A woman is a foreign land
Of which, though there he settle young,
A man will ne'er quite understand
The customs, politics, and tongue."
THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.

A SKETCH IN
INDIAN
INK

_By_ B. M. CROKER

_Author of_ "Beyond the Pale,"
"Infatuation," etc.

NEW YORK

Dodd, Mead & Company
1901
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]

Copyright, 1901,

By Dodd, Mead & Company.

THE BURR PRINTING HOUSE,
NEW YORK.

DEDICATED TO

A. PERRIN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PATIENCE ON A GATE, 1

II. IN THE VERANDAH, 10

III. AN EARLY VISIT, 19

IV. ANGEL IN EXCELSIS, 27

V. THE LUCKNOW ROAD, 34

VI. LATE FOR MESS, 42

VII. MRS. DAWSON'S DRESSES, 48

VIII. THE PICNIC, 58

IX. THE BEQUEST, 66

X. A CHALLENGE, 78

XI. WHO IS SHE? 92

XII. ANGEL IMPARTS A SECRET, 98

XIII. ANGEL'S WINGS ARE CLIPPED, 105

XIV. PHILIP'S LOVE AFFAIR, 115

XV. LOLA, 126

XVI. GRANDMAMMA, 134

XVII. THE UNEXPECTED, 146

XVIII. DINNER FOR TWO, 159

XIX. THE PARTING GUESTS, 175

XX. A DESTROYING ANGEL, 183

XXI. "THINK IT OVER," 193

XXII. "A WHITE ELEPHANT AND A WHITE ROSE," 209

XXIII. ANGEL DECLINES A PENNY FOR HER THOUGHTS, 217

XXIV. THE SOOTHSAYER, 228

XXV. THE CHITACHAR CLUB, 239

XXVI. IN ANGEL'S TENT, 255

XXVII. "THE SIN," 266

XXVIII. MAKING FRIENDS, 277

XXIX. LAST YEAR'S NEST, 286

XXX. A WHITED SEPULCHRE, 291

XXXI. FISHING FOR AN INVITATION, 296

XXXII. BY PROXY, 303

XXXIII. EXPLANATION, 313

XXXIV. A REFUGEE, 320

XXXV. A GOOD BILLET, 330

XXXVI. JOINT HOSTESS, 337

XXXVII. IN GARHWAL, 344

XXXVIII. INTERLOPERS, 355

XXXIX. TO DIE WITH YOU, 365

XL. THE INTRUDER, 375

ANGEL