Chapter I: Front Matter

OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY

A ROMANCE

BY

JEFFERY FARNOL

AUTHOR OF

"THE BROAD HIGHWAY" "THE MONEY MOON"
"THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN" "THE HON. MR. TAWNISH"
"THE CHRONICLES OF THE IMP" "BELTANE THE SMITH"
"THE DEFINITE OBJECT"

LONDON & EDINBURGH

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO. LTD.

By the Same author.

Crown 8vo.

THE BROAD HIGHWAY
THE MONEY MOON
THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN

THE HONOURABLE MR. TAWNISH
Fcap, 4to. Illustrated in Colour by C. E. BROCK.

THE CHRONICLES OF THE IMP
BELTANE THE SMITH
THE DEFINITE OBJECT

LONDON & EDINBURGH
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND COMPANY LIMITED

TO

MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. CONCERNING THE MAJOR'S CHERRIES
II. INTRODUCING THE RAVISHER OF THE SAME
III. WHICH TELLS HOW THE MAJOR CLIMBED A WALL
IV. CONCERNING THE BUTTONS OF THE RAMILLIE COAT
V. HOW SERGEANT ZEBEDEE TRING BEGAN TO WONDER
VI. WHICH DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A POACHER
VII. WHICH RELATES HOW THE POACHER ESCAPED
VIII. OF PANCRAS, VISCOUNT MERIVALE
IX. WHICH IS A VERY BRIEF CHAPTER
X. INTRODUCING DIVERS FINE GENTLEMEN
XI. IN WHICH LADY BELINDA TALKS
XII. THE VISCOUNT DISCOURSES ON SARTORIAL ART
XIII. OF INDIGNATION, A WOOD, AND A GIPSY
XIV. SOME DESCRIPTION OF A KISS
XV. WHEREIN IS MUCH TALK BUT LITTLE ACTION
XVI. HOW MR. DALROYD SAW A GHOST AND THE SERGEANT AN APPARITION
XVII. HOW MY LADY BETTY WROTE A LETTER
XVIII. HOW MAJOR D'ARCY RECOVERED HIS YOUTH
XIX. HOW THE MAJOR LOST HIS YOUTH AGAIN
XX. HOW THE MAJOR RAN AWAY
XXI. OF CRIMINATIONS
XXII. WHICH RELATES HOW SERGEANT ZEBEDEE TRING QUELLED SCANDAL
WITH A PEWTER POT
XXIII. DESCRIBES A TRIUMPH AND A DEFEAT
XXIV. DEALS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WITH TREASONABLE MATTERS
XXV. IN WHICH THE GHOST IS LAID
XXVI. OF BACCHUS AND THE MUSES
XXVII. HOW THE SERGEANT RECOUNTED AN OLD STORY
XXVIII. THE MAJOR COMES TO A RESOLUTION
XXIX. TELLS HOW LADY BETTY DID THE SAME
XXX. CONCERNING CHARLES, EARL OF MEDHURST
XXXI. WHICH DESCRIBES SOMETHING OF MY LADY BETTY'S GRATITUDE
XXXII. FLINT AND STEEL
XXXIII. DESCRIBING SOMETHING OF COQUETRY AND A DAWN
XXXIV. HOW MR. DALROYD MADE A PLAN AND LOCKED HIS DOOR
XXXV. HOW THE SERGEANT TOOK WARNING OF A WITCH
XXXVI. HOW THEY RODE TO INCHBOURNE
XXXVII. OF ROGUES AND PLOTS
XXXVIII. HOW THE MAJOR MADE HIS WILL
XXXIX. WHICH IS A QUADRUPLE CHAPTER
XL. OF THE ONSET AT THE HAUNTED MILL
XLI. CONCERNING HIGHWAYMEN AND THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
XLII. WHICH DESCRIBES A DUEL
XLIII. HOW THEY DRANK A NEW TOAST
XLIV. SOME ACCOUNT OF A HIGHWAYMAN
XLV. CERTAIN ADVENTURES OF THE RAMILLIE COAT
XLVI. FURTHER INTIMATE ADVENTURES OF THE RAMILLIE COAT
XLVII. OF A FEMININE COUNCIL OF WAR
XLVIII. OF THE INSUBORDINATION OF SERGEANT ZEBEDEE TRING
XLIX. OF A JOURNEY BY NIGHT
L. WHICH TELLS OF ANOTHER DAWN

OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY