“HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AT THE LAST WORDS AND SWEPT IT, WITHA FLOURISH, NEARLY TO THE GROUND.” (See page 217.)
THE
HOUSE OF ARDEN
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
BY
E. NESBIT
AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF THE AMULET,”
“THE TREASURE SEEKERS,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY H. R. MILLAR
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
Adelphi Terrace
1908
TO
JOHN BLAND
Dymchurch, 1908.
(All rights reserved.)
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CONTENTS
- PAGE
- CHAPTER I
- ARDEN’S LORD 13
- CHAPTER II
- THE MOULDIWARP 45
- CHAPTER III
- IN BONEY’S TIMES 76
- CHAPTER IV
- THE LANDING OF THE FRENCH 97
- CHAPTER V
- THE HIGHWAYMAN AND THE —— 112
- CHAPTER VI
- THE SECRET PANEL 136
- CHAPTER VII
- THE KEY OF THE PARLOUR 162
- CHAPTER VIII
- GUY FAWKES 184
- CHAPTER IX
- THE PRISONERS IN THE TOWER 214
- CHAPTER X
- WHITE WINGS AND A BROWNIE 238
- CHAPTER XI
- DEVELOPMENTS 262
- CHAPTER XII
- FILMS AND CLOUDS 291
- CHAPTER XIII
- MAY-BLOSSOM AND PEARLS 308
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE 327
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- “HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AT THE LAST WORDS AND SWEPT IT, WITH A FLOURISH, NEARLY TO THE GROUND”Frontispiece
- PAGE
- “THEY WENT SLOWLY UP THE RED-BRICK-PAVED SIDEWALK”25
- “‘AYE,’ HE SAID, ‘YOU’RE AN ARDEN, FOR SURE’”35
- “THEY WERE TURNING ITS PAGES WITH QUICK, ANXIOUS HANDS”41
- “THE CHILDREN WENT IN THE CARRIER’S CART”55 ...