Front matter

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

Marigold vanished swiftly, and soon came back, eggs in hand. Frontispiece.

MARIGOLD'S DECISION

BY

AGNES GIBERNE

AUTHOR OF "MISS CON," "ST. AUSTIN'S LODGE," "DECIMA'S PROMISE," "THE ANDERSONS," ETC. ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. LANCE

London

JAMES NISBET & CO.

21 BERNERS STREET 1896

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE THEY WERE

II. SERVICE

III. WILD BEASTS

IV. A VISITOR

V. LATE AT NIGHT

VI. MARIGOLD'S LIKING

VII. MRS. PLUNKETT'S TROUBLE

VIII. A DECISIVE STEP

IX. NOT SO BAD

MARIGOLD'S DECISION.