Chapter I: Front Matter

THE UNDESIRABLE GOVERNESS

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

THE UNDESIRABLE
GOVERNESS

BY

F. MARION CRAWFORD

AUTHOR OF “SARACINESCA,” “THE DIVA’S
RUBY,” “THE WHITE SISTER,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1910

_All rights reserved_

COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1910.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Used by permission of the _Pall Mall Magazine_

FACING PAGE

“They rode races bareback in the paddock” 3

“The last governess, a lovely creature with violet eyes” 11

“In dead silence they stood quietly” 16

“‘Ellen!’ he cried, ‘in Heaven’s name, what has happened?’” 43

“Such ringing laughter as the silent moor had never heard before” 64

“‘The truth is,’ answered Lady Jane, ‘it’s about your hair’” 81

“‘I don’t think Miss Scott at all dreadful,’ answered Lionel” 88

“‘You mark my words, miss. The Lord knoweth His own’” 109

“‘Where are the girls?’ she inquired, in a frigid tone” 119

“The huge black shadow of the balloon ran swiftly over it” 151

“‘We are awfully sorry to intrude on your privacy in this way,’ he said” 163

“A scene of indescribable panic followed” 184

“‘Miss Scott! Why, I saw her at King’s Follitt a month ago!’” 198

“‘You? The daughter of Sir Randolph? You’re mad!’” 221

THE UNDESIRABLE GOVERNESS