Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
Mr. Crosbie dropped into his arm-chair with a grunt of discomfort. Frontispiece.
BERYL AND PEARL.
BY
AGNES GIBERNE
AUTHOR OF "MISS CON," "ENID'S SILVER BOND," "KATHLEEN," "DECIMA'S PROMISE."
"Mine be the reverent listening love That waits all day on Thee, With the service of a watchful heart Which no one else can see— The faith that, in a hidden way No other eye may know, Finds all its daily work prepared, And loves to have it so." A. L. WARING.
FOURTH EDITION
London
JAMES NISBET & CO., LIMITED
21 BERNERS STREET
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. THREE SISTERS
II. THE FORDYCES
III. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
IV. DIANA'S NEW PET
V. MR. CROSBIE'S GRIEVANCES
VI. ABOUT THE VASE
VII. SCHOOL LIFE OVER
VIII. MILLICENT'S "BOYS"
IX. WHAT BERYL HAD TURNED OUT
X. MEETING AGAIN
XI. CONFIRMATION
XII. IN THE WOODS
XIII. UNEASINESS
XIV. ILL TIDINGS
XV. OVER THE WAY
XVI. PLAIN, YET BEAUTIFUL
XVII. THE WORST
XVIII. WHETHER OR NO
XIX. VARIETIES
XX. A HAPPY NEST
XXI. BRIGHT HOURS
XXII. DISAPPOINTMENT
XXIII. A PERPLEXING CONDITION
XXIV. DIANA'S TROUBLE
XXV. EXPLANATION
XXVI. IN THE MOUNTAINS
XXVII. LIFE-TRAINING
XXVIII. PEARL'S LETTER
XXIX. A LONELY DAY
XXX. WRONG ON BOTH SIDES
XXXI. WHICH WAY TO TURN?
XXXII. A DECISION
XXXIII. TOGETHER AGAIN
XXXIV. PAST AND FUTURE
XXXV. DIANA'S RETURN
BERYL AND PEARL.
