DAUGHTERS OF BELGRAVIA. DAUGHTERS OF BELGRAVIA BY MRS. ALEXANDER FRASER, Author of “THE LAST DRAWING-ROOM,” “A FATAL PASSION,” “THE MATCH OF THE SEASON,” “A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE,” “A PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY,” etc., etc., etc. “O! Daughters of dreams and of stories That life is not wearied of yet! Faustine! Fragoletta! Dolores! Fèlise and Yolande, Juliette!” _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOLUME I. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 31, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND. 1887. PRINTED BY KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS, AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I.--A LEADER OF SOCIETY 1 II.--SANDILANDS 31 III.--AFTERNOON TEA 71 IV.--LORD DELAVAL 116 V.--CROSS PURPOSES 149 VI.--MISS FLORA FITZALLAN 189 * * * * * “SELECT” NOVELS. _Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each._ AT ALL BOOKSELLERS’ AND BOOKSTALLS. By FLORENCE MARRYAT. THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE. THE HEART OF JANE WARNER. UNDER THE LILIES AND ROSES. MY OWN CHILD. HER WORLD AGAINST A LIE. PEERESS AND PLAYER. FACING THE FOOTLIGHTS. MY SISTER THE ACTRESS. By ANNIE THOMAS (Mrs. Pender Cudlip). HER SUCCESS. KATE VALLIANT. JENIFER. FRIENDS AND LOVERS. By LADY CONSTANCE HOWARD. MATED WITH A CLOWN. ONLY A VILLAGE MAIDEN. MOLLIE DARLING. =By MRS. HOUSTOUN=, Author of “Recommended to Mercy.” BARBARA’S WARNING. By MRS. ALEXANDER FRASER. THE MATCH OF THE SEASON. A FATAL PASSION. A PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY. By IZA DUFFUS-HARDY. ONLY A LOVE STORY. NOT EASILY JEALOUS. LOVE, HONOUR AND OBEY. By JEAN MIDDLEMASS. POISONED ARROWS. By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON. IN A GRASS COUNTRY. A DEAD PAST. A NORTH COUNTRY MAID. By DORA RUSSELL. By LADY VIOLET GRENVILLE. OUT OF EDEN. KEITH’S WIFE. By NELLIE FORTESCUE HARRISON, Author of “So runs my Dream.” FOR ONE MAN’S PLEASURE. By EDMUND LEATHES. THE ACTOR’S WIFE. By HARRIETT JAY. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. * * * * * DAUGHTERS OF BELGRAVIA. CHAPTER I. A LEADER OF SOCIETY.