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Emily Fox-Seton, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Title: Emily Fox-Seton Being The Making of a Marchioness and The Methods of Lady Walderhurst
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator: C.D. Williams
Release Date: December 5, 2005 [EBook #17226]
Language: English
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[Illustration: Emily Fox-Seton]
EMILY FOX-SETON
BEING "THE MAKING OF A MARCHIONESS" AND "THE METHODS OF LADY WALDERHURST"
By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ILLUSTRATED BY C.D. WILLIAMS
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1901, by The Century Company
Copyright, 1901, by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Copyright, 1901, by Frederick A. Stokes Company
September, 1909
[** Transcriber's note: I have corrected a few obvious printers' errors. Details are AFTER the text so as not to interrupt the flow of what was intended to be an enjoyable read and not a scholarly work. **]
Chapter One
When Miss Fox-Seton descended from the twopenny bus as it drew up, she gathered her