Chapter I: Front Matter

THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES

BY ANGELA BRAZIL

"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a
story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=

A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl.
The Head Girl at the Gables.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl.
For the School Colours.
The Madcap of the School.
The Luckiest Girl in the School.
The Jolliest Term on Record.
The Girls of St. Cyprian's.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth.
The New Girl at St. Chad's.
For the Sake of the School.
The School by the Sea.
The Leader of the Lower School.
A Pair of Schoolgirls.
A Fourth Form Friendship.
The Manor House School.
The Nicest Girl in the School.
The Third Class at Miss Kaye's.
The Fortunes of Philippa.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

THE HEAD GIRL
AT THE GABLES

BY

ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "For the School Colours"
"The Madcap of the School"
"A Patriotic Schoolgirl"
&c. &c.

_Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents

CHAP. Page

I. A MOMENTOUS DECISION 9

II. THE FIRST DAY OF TERM 22

III. NEW BROOMS 35

IV. GREETS CLAUDIA 48

V. A QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE 61

VI. THE SEA-NYMPHS' GROTTO 75

VII. KILMENY 89

VIII. VIVIEN MAKES TERMS 101

IX. WHITE ELEPHANTS 114

X. A SINISTER INCIDENT 128

XI. MADAME BERTIER 140

XII. THE SENSATION BUREAU 154

XIII. ROSEMARY'S SECRET 168

XIV. WHAT HAPPENED AT EASTER 181

XV. AN ACADEMY PICTURE 196

XVI. AN OPPORTUNITY 211

XVII. A MID-TERM BEANO 223

XVIII. AN ADVENTURE 235

XIX. MORLAND ON LEAVE 243

XX. SMUGGLERS' COVE 250

XXI. TROUBLE 266

XXII. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 280

Illustrations

Page

"OH, DO FIND OUT WHERE 'KILMENY' IS," BEGGED
LORRAINE _Frontispiece_

LORRAINE 72

"EVERYTHING'S GONE WRONG!" DECLARED LORRAINE
TRAGICALLY 144

"CLAUDIA! HOW _COULD_ YOU FORGET?" 192

CLAUDIA FLUNG HER ARMS ROUND ROSEMARY'S NECK
AND HUGGED HER 216

SHE STOOD UP CAUTIOUSLY 240

THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES