Diane and Her Friends

by Arthur Sherburne Hardy

 

 

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Books by Arthur Sherburne Hardy

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• DIANE AND HER FRIENDS. A Novel. Illustrated.
• HIS DAUGHTER FIRST. A Novel.
• THE WIND OF DESTINY. A Novel.
• BUT YET A WOMAN. A Novel.
• PASSE ROSE. A Novel.
• JOSEPH HARDY NEESIMA. A Biographical Sketch.
  ⁠With Portraits.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York

 

DIANE AND HER FRIENDS

 

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MONSIEUR DE BALLOV HAS ASKED FOR YOUR HAND

 

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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

 

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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

Published October 1914

 

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CONTENTS

1. I.

   The Defense of Diane ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

2. II.

   The Confession of the Countess Anne ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   23

3. III.

   The Way of Diane ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   48

4. IV.

   The Three Experiences of Le Vieux ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   74

5. V.

   The Twelve Green Russian Garnets ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   103

6. VI.

   Aurélie ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   133

7. VII.

   Célimène's Diamonds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   161

8. VIII.

   The Real Birthday of Dorante ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   191

9. IX.

   The Silver Pencil ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   217

10. X.

    How Dorante Crossed the Rubicon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    250

11. XI.

    The Ambassador ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    275

 

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ILLUSTRATIONS

1. "MONSIEUR DE BALLOY HAS ASKED FOR YOUR HAND" (Page 280) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Frontispiece

2. "ONE ALWAYS HAS RELATIONS" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   114

3. MONREPOS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   122

4. "I AM ACCUSTOMED TO PRECIPICES" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   136

5. EXPOSED TO THE INCLEMENCY OF THE WEATHER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   188

6. A LITTLE CHILD PLAYING ABOUT THE GARDEN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   202

7. THE CURÉ OF SAINT-MÉDARD FOUND MONREPOS TO HIS LIKING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   2l8

8. DORANTE IN HER CONFIRMATION DRESS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   256