Chapter I: Front Matter

WILLIAM AGAIN

"UMPH!" REPLIED WILLIAM.

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME, DEAR?" SHE ASKED.

"PETER," SAID WILLIAM.]

WILLIAM AGAIN

BY

RICHMAL CROMPTON

ILLUSTRATED BY
THOMAS HENRY

LONDON
GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED
SOUTHAMPTON ST., STRAND, W.C.

_First Published_ _June 1923_
_Reprinted_ _September 1923_
_Reprinted_ _December 1923_
_Reprinted_ _February 1924_
_Reprinted_ _July 1924_
_Reprinted_ _November 1924_
_Reprinted_ _January 1925_
_Reprinted_ _July 1925_
_Reprinted_ _November 1925_
_Reprinted_ _February 1926_
_Reprinted_ _August 1926_
_Reprinted_ _December 1926_
_Reprinted_ _July 1927_
_Reprinted_ _January 1928_
_Reprinted_ _November 1928_
_Reprinted_ _October 1929_
_Reprinted_ _October 1930_
_Reprinted_ _October 1931_
_Reprinted_ _October 1932_
_Reprinted_ _November 1933_
_Reprinted_ _December 1934_
_Reprinted_ _August 1936_
_Reprinted_ _October 1937_
_Reprinted_ _May 1939_
_Reprinted_ _February 1940_

_Printed in Great Britain by
Wyman & Sons, Limited, London, Fakenham and Reading._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WHAT DELAYED THE GREAT MAN 11

II. THE CURE 29

III. THAT BOY 44

IV. WILLIAM THE REFORMER 58

V. NOT MUCH 74

VI. WILLIAM AND THE WHITE CAT 92

VII. WILLIAM'S SECRET SOCIETY 108

VIII. THE NATIVE PROTÉGÉ 133

IX. JUST WILLIAM'S LUCK 148

X. THE GREAT DETECTIVE 166

XI. THE CIRCUS 181

XII. WILLIAM SELLS THE TWINS 197

XIII. WILLIAM'S HELPING HAND 214

XIV. WILLIAM GETS WRECKED 233

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