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THE WHITE RIBAND
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F. TENNYSON JESSE
_By the Same Author_
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THE MILKY WAY
BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK
SECRET BREAD
THE SWORD OF DEBORAH
THE HAPPY BRIDE
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NEW YORK: GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
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THE WHITE RIBAND
OR
A YOUNG FEMALE'S FOLLY
BY
F. TENNYSON JESSE
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
1921
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TO STELLA,
A YOUNG FEMALE,
I DEDICATE THIS TALE,
In the hope that it will encourage her to persevere in that indifference
to personal adornment for which she is conspicuous at present
SHOULD IT FAIL IN THIS HIGH ENDEAVOUR,
NEVERTHELESS
THIS BOOK IS HERS IN ALL SISTERLY LOVE
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER
I IN WHICH THE READER IS TAKEN BACK A FEW WEEKS IN POINT
OF TIME, AND DOWN SEVERAL STEPS IN THE SOCIAL SCALE
II IN WHICH THE ONION-SELLER'S DAUGHTER FOR THE FIRST TIME
FEELS AS A WOMAN
III IN WHICH SHE FOR THE FIRST TIME FEELS AS A GIRL
IV IN WHICH THE ONION-SELLER'S DAUGHTER FEELS HERSELF A GODDESS
V IN WHICH LOVEDAY ESSAYS THE WHITE GOWN
VI IN WHICH LOVEDAY ESSAYS TO OBTAIN THE WHITE SATIN RIBAND
VII IN WHICH LOVEDAY STILL ESSAYS TO OBTAIN THE WHITE SATIN RIBAND
VIII IN WHICH LOVEDAY CONTINUES HER QUEST AND ACHIEVES TENPENCE
IX IN WHICH LOVEDAY SETS ONE MAGPIE
X IN WHICH LOVEDAY DOES NOT ATTEND A FUNERAL
XI IN WHICH LOVEDAY ATTENDS THE FLORA
XII IN WHICH LOVEDAY DANCES
EPILOGUE
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PROLOGUE
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THE WHITE RIBAND
OR
A YOUNG FEMALE'S FOLLY
Prologue
That was how they spoke of her story in the duchy's drawing-rooms;
for what had Loveday been, at the most charitable count, but a young
female--less humanly speaking, even a young person? And what was the
spring of her mad crimes but folly, mere weak, feminine folly? Even
an improper motive--one of those over-powering passions one reads
about rather surreptitiously in the delightful works of that dear,
naughty, departed Lord Byron--would have been somehow more .
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