Chapter I: Front Matter

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|The book, "Ships That Pass in the Night", |
|by Beatrice Harraden, mentioned in the forenote, |
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THE DISAGREEABLE WOMAN.

A Social Mystery.

by

JULIAN STARR.

"Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." --_Fletcher._

New York: Copyright, 1895, by G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, Successor to G. W. Carleton & Co. MDCCCXCV.

[All Rights Reserved.]

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I. A Social Mystery 7

II. The Mystery Deepens 13

III. Prof. Poppendorf 19

IV. Prof. Poppendorf's Lecture 29

V. A Conversation with the Disagreeable Woman 41

VI. Count Penelli 50

VII. Macy's 61

VIII. The Professor in Love 71

IX. An Evening at the Boarding-House 82

X. A Rustic Admirer 93

XI. A Poor Patient 104

XII. The Disagreeable Woman in a New Light 112

XIII. Mrs. Wyman's Curiosity 117

XIV. The Quality of Mercy 122

XV. The Professor's Courtship 128

XVI. Sits the Wind in that Quarter? 139

XVII. My Rich Patient 150

XVIII. The Professor's Book 156

XIX. A Speech from the Throne 162

XX. A Startling Discovery 169

XXI. After Three Months 174

XXII. I Appeal to the Disagreeable Woman 181

XXIII. At Last 185

XXIV. The Light of Hope 189

TO MY READERS.

In reading Miss Harraden's charming idyl "Ships That Pass in the Night," it occurred to me that if there were Disagreeable Men there are also Disagreeable Women. Hence this story.

THE DISAGREEABLE WOMAN.