E-text prepared by Al Haines

 

 

 

 LOVE AT PADDINGTON 

 

 By W. PETT RIDGE 

 

 THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN LEEDS, MELBOURNE, AND NEW YORK LEIPZIG: 35-37 Königstrasse. PARIS: 189, rue Saint-Jacques 

 

 NOVELS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. Mord Em'ly. Secretary to Bayne, M.P. A Son of the State. Lost Property. 'Erb. A Breaker of Laws. Mrs. Galer's Business. The Wickhamses. Name of Garland. Sixty-nine Birnam Road. Splendid Brother. Thanks to Sanderson. 

 

 First Published in 1912 

 

 

 LOVE AT PADDINGTON. 

 

 CHAPTER I. 

 Children had been sent off to Sunday school, and the more conscientious reached that destination; going in, after delivering awful threats and warnings to those who preferred freedom of thought and a stroll down Edgware Road in the direction of the Park. As a consequence, in the streets off the main thoroughfare leading to Paddington Station peace and silence existed, broken only by folk who, after the principal meal of the week, talked in their sleep. Praed Street was different. Praed Street plumed itself on 

  P 1/90 next