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قراءة كتاب Mrs. Maxon Protests
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MRS. MAXON PROTESTS
BY ANTHONY HOPE
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1911
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | "INKPAT!" | 1 |
| II. | A CASE OF NECESSITY | 10 |
| III. | 'IN SOLUTION' | 20 |
| IV. | KEEPING A PROMISE | 31 |
| V. | THE GREAT ALLIES | 42 |
| VI. | FRUIT OF THE TREE | 53 |
| VII. | A CODE AND A THEORY | 64 |
| VIII. | SUBVERSIVE | 74 |
| IX. | NO PROCEEDINGS! | 85 |
| X. | MAUVE ENVELOPES | 96 |
| XI. | AN UNMENTIONED NAME | 107 |
| XII. | CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE | 119 |
| XIII. | CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH | 131 |
| XIV. | A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION | 143 |
| XV. | MRS. NOBODY | 155 |
| XVI. | A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE | 167 |
| XVII. | THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER | 180 |
| XVIII. | NOTHING SERIOUS | 193 |
| XIX. | A POINT OF HONOUR | 206 |
| XX. | AN HEROIC OFFER | 219 |
| XXI. | IS HE A BULLY? | 233 |
| XXII. | JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY | 247 |
| XXIII. | THE REGIMENT | 261 |
| XXIV. | AN ENLIGHTENMENT | 274 |
| XXV. | "PERHAPS!" | 286 |
| XXVI. | A FRIEND DEPARTS | 300 |
| XXVII. | A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT | 311 |
| XXVIII. | THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE | 323 |
| XXIX. | IN THE RESULT | 337 |
MRS. MAXON PROTESTS
CHAPTER I
"INKPAT!"
"Inkpat!" She shot out the word in a bitter playfulness, making it serve for the climax of her complaints.
Hobart Gaynor repeated the word—if it could be called a word—after his companion in an interrogative tone.
"Yes, just hopeless inkpat, and there's an end of it!"
Mrs. Maxon leant back as far as the unaccommodating angles of the office chair allowed, looking at her friend and counsellor with a faint yet rather mischievous smile on her pretty face. In