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  THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES

  BY ANGELA BRAZIL

  "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=

  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.

  "OH, DO FIND OUT WHERE 'KILMENY' IS," BEGGED LORRAINE_Page 208_]

  THE HEAD GIRL AT THE GABLES

  BY

  ANGELA BRAZIL

  Author of "For the School Colours" "The Madcap of the School" "A Patriotic Schoolgirl" &c. &c.

  _Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_

  BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

  Contents

  CHAP. Page

  I. A MOMENTOUS DECISION 9

  II. THE FIRST DAY OF TERM 22

  III. NEW BROOMS 35

  IV. GREETS CLAUDIA 48

  V. A QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE 61

  VI. THE SEA-NYMPHS' GROTTO 75

  VII. KILMENY 89

  VIII. VIVIEN MAKES TERMS 101

  IX. WHITE ELEPHANTS 114

  X. A SINISTER INCIDENT 128

  XI. MADAME BERTIER 140

  XII. THE SENSATION BUREAU 154

  XIII. ROSEMARY'S SECRET 168

  XIV. WHAT HAPPENED AT EASTER 181

  XV. AN ACADEMY PICTURE 196

  XVI. AN OPPORTUNITY 211

  XVII. A MID-TERM BEANO 223

  XVIII. AN ADVENTURE 235

  XIX. MORLAND ON LEAVE 243

  XX. SMUGGLERS' COVE 250

  XXI. TROUBLE 266

  XXII. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 280

  Illustrations

  Page

  "OH, DO FIND OUT WHERE 'KILMENY' IS," BEGGED LORRAINE _Frontispiece_

  LORRAINE 72

  "EVERYTHING'S GONE WRONG!" DECLARED LORRAINE TRAGICALLY 144

  "CLAUDIA! HOW _COULD_ YOU FORGET?" 192

  CLAUDIA FLUNG HER ARMS ROUND ROSEMARY'S NECK AND HUGGED HER 216

  SHE STOOD UP CAUTIOUSLY 240