Front matter

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AUNT OLIVE IN BOHEMIA

BY LESLIE MOORE

AUTHOR OF “THE CLOAK OF CONVENTION” AND “THE NOTCH IN THE STICK”

HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1913 By George H. Doran Company

TO MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Beginning of the Fairy Tale 11

II. Ancient History 19

III. The Lady of the Blue Dress 28

IV. The Courtyard 40

V. In Bohemia 51

VI. The Faun in the Garden 58

VII. The Six Artists of the Courtyard 63

VIII. A Man’s Conscience 71

IX. Visitors 85

X. The Casa di Corleone 93

XI. A Meeting 104

XII. Princess Pippa Awakes 118

XIII. At the World’s End 136

XIV. Various Matters 150

XV. A Question of Colour 161

XVI. The Lady of the Blue Dress Again 168

XVII. The Duchessa Enters a Kingdom 176

XVIII. Barnabas Schemes with Cupid 181

XIX. The Interference of a Fairy Godmother 188

XX. The Heart of Nature 204

XXI. The Ring of Eros 212

XXII. An Old Man in a Garden 218

XXIII. Andrew McAndrew 233

XXIV. The Cruelty of the Fates 238

XXV. In Yorkshire 250

XXVI. Pippa’s Mother 259

XXVII. Michael Makes Music 279

XXVIII. The Peace of the River 284

XXIX. Some Twisted Threads 287

XXX. Knots Untied 292

XXXI. The Tune of Love 299

XXXII. A Wedding Day 304

XXXIII. A Gift from the Dead 308

XXXIV. The Music of Two Courtyards 313

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