PETTICOAT RULE BY BARONESS ORCZY BARONESS ORCZY AUTHOR OF "THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL," "I WILL REPAY," "THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL," ETC. HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Copyright, 1909, By Baroness Orczy Copyright, 1910, By George H. Doran Company TO THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON THE KIND FRIEND WHOSE APPRECIATION HAS CHEERED ME, THE IDEALIST WHOSE WORK HAS GUIDED ME, THE BRILLIANT INTELLECT WHOSE PRAISE HAS ENCOURAGED ME This Book is Dedicated IN TOKEN OF ADMIRATION, REGARD, AND FRIENDSHIP This Book is Dedicated EMMUSKA ORCZY CONTENTS PART I THE GIRL THE GIRL [Pg 3] [Pg 3] PETTICOAT RULE CHAPTER I A FAREWELL BANQUET PETTICOAT RULE A FAREWELL BANQUET "D'Aumont!" "Eh? d'Aumont!"