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CHAPTER IX 208

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CHAPTER X 229

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CHAPTER XI 250

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CHAPTER XII 275

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EPILOGUE 285

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MISS MAPP By E. F. Benson, Author of “Queen Lucia.” “Dodo Wonders.” &c.

By E. F. Benson, Author of “Queen Lucia.” “Dodo Wonders.” &c.

McCLELLAND & STEWART, LTD., TORONTO

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PREFACE

I lingered at the window of the garden-room from which Miss Mapp so often and so ominously looked forth. To the left was the front of her house, straight ahead the steep cobbled way, with a glimpse of the High Street at the end, to the right the crooked chimney and the church.

I lingered

The street was populous with passengers, but search as I might, I could see none who ever so remotely resembled the objects of her vigilance.

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