A Pair of Schoolgirls: A Story of School Days
Angela Brazil
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A Pair of Schoolgirls
By ANGELA BRAZIL
"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=
My Own Schooldays.
Captain Peggie. Schoolgirl Kitty. The School in the South. Monitress Merle. Loyal to the School. A Fortunate Term. A Popular Schoolgirl. The Princess of the School. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. The Head Girl at the Gables. A Patriotic Schoolgirl. For the School Colours. The Madcap of the School. The Luckiest Girl in the School. The Jolliest Term on Record. The Girls of St. Cyprian's. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. The New Girl at St. Chad's. For the Sake of the School. The School by the Sea. The Leader of the Lower School. A Pair of Schoolgirls. A Fourth Form Friendship. The Manor House School. The Nicest Girl in the School. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
"'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON"]
A Pair of Schoolgirls
A Story of School Days
BY
ANGELA BRAZIL
Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "A Fourth Form Friendship" "The Manor House School" &c.
_ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL_
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
_Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_
Contents
CHAP. Page
I. A SCHOOL ELECTION 9
II. WHAT DOROTHY OVERHEARD 24
III. A RETROSPECT 39
IV. DOROTHY MAKES A FRIEND 55
V. A LITERATURE EXERCISE 68
VI. A PROMISE 84
VII. ALISON'S HOME 101
VIII. A SHORT CUT 120
IX. DOROTHY SCORES 132
X. MARTHA REMEMBERS 151
XI. ALISON'S UNCLE 169
XII. THE SUBTERRANEAN CAVERN 181
XIII. A SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY 199
XIV. WATER PLANTAIN 216
XV. A CONFESSION 229
XVI. THE WILLIAM SCOTT PRIZE 244
Illustrations
PAGE
"'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON" 110 _Frontispiece_
THE NEW GIRL 56
IN DISCREET HIDING 124
A LESSON IN GOLF 178
A NURSING EXPERIENCE 212
