Books by Arthur Sherburne Hardy
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston and New York
MONSIEUR DE BALLOV HAS ASKED FOR YOUR HAND
Diane And her Friends
.... By .... Arthur Sherburne Hardy
With Illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green
Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge 1914
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, AND 1912, BY HARPER & BROS.
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY ARTHUR SHERBURNE HARDY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
I. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1
II. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23
III. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
48
IV. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
74
V. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
103
VI. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133
VII. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
161
VIII. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
191
IX. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
217
X. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
250
XI. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
275
ILLUSTRATIONS
"MONSIEUR DE BALLOY HAS ASKED FOR YOUR HAND" (Page 280)
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Frontispiece
"ONE ALWAYS HAS RELATIONS"
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114
MONREPOS
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122
"I AM ACCUSTOMED TO PRECIPICES"
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136
EXPOSED TO THE INCLEMENCY OF THE WEATHER
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188
A LITTLE CHILD PLAYING ABOUT THE GARDEN
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202
THE CURÉ OF SAINT-MÉDARD FOUND MONREPOS TO HIS LIKING
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2l8
DORANTE IN HER CONFIRMATION DRESS
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256
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