MONICA'S CHOICE

CONTENTS

CHAP.

1. "I WISH CONRAD HAD NEVER LEFT HER WITH ME"

2. "SUCH A *DEAR* LITTLE MONKEY!"

3. "I'M MOVED UP!"

4. "I WISH YOU'D BE FRIENDS WITH ME"

5. "I WANT YOU A MINUTE"

6. "HE WEREN'T CALLED 'SEIZE-'ER,' FOR NOTHIN'"

7. "THIS IS MONICA BEAUCHAMP, MOTHER"

8. "MIND YOU ARE NOT LATE!"

9. "HAVE A RIDE, MONICA?"

10. "I LIKE FUSSIN' OVER PEOPLE"

11. "A NICE ENOUGH LITTLE DOG, AS DOGS GO"

12. "A HUNGRY FEELING IN MY BRAIN"

13. "A NICE SCRAPE SHE'LL GET INTO!"

14. "SUNDAY AGAIN ALREADY!"

15. "OH, MONICA, DON'T!"

16. "DO BE CAREFUL, GIRLS"

17. "DON'T PERSUADE ME NOT TO, ANY MORE"

18. "I EXPECT IT WILL BE RATHER SLOW AND--POKEY!"

19. "YOU TELL THEM, LOIS; I COULDN'T"

20. "KEEP IT UP, IT ANSWERS VERY WELL"

21. "I GUESS I'LL JUST WATCH *YOU* A BIT"

22. "I CANNOT SPARE YOU, MONICA!"

23. "IT'S ALL SURPRISES, NOWADAYS"

24. "I THINK MY MONICA DESERVES THE V.C."

25. "THE CHILD HAS CHOSEN WELL"

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE YOUNG CLERGYMAN CLIMBED CAREFULLY BUT QUICKLY DOWN TO THEM" (missing from book) . . . Frontispiece

"'YOU HIT HER EXPRESSION TO A T!'"

"'AH, YOU MAY LAUGH; MEBBE 'TIS NOTHIN' BUT SPORT TO YOUNG LEDDIES LIKE YOU'"