Produced by C.S. Beers, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) MY LITTLE SISTER _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ GEORGE MANDEVILLE'S HUSBAND THE NEW MOON THE OPEN QUESTION BELOW THE SALT THE MAGNETIC NORTH THE DARK LANTERN COME AND FIND ME (PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM HEINEMANN) THE CONVERT (METHUEN) VOTES FOR WOMEN: A Play in Three Acts (MILLS & BOON) THE FLORENTINE FRAME (JOHN MURRAY) WOMEN'S SECRET (WOMAN'S PRESS, LINCOLN'S INN HOUSE, KINGSWAY) WHY? (WOMAN'S PRESS, LINCOLN'S INN HOUSE, KINGSWAY) UNDER HIS ROOF (WOMAN WRITER'S LEAGUE, 12 HENRIETTA ST.) MY LITTLE SISTER BY ELIZABETH ROBINS [Decoration] NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1913 COPYRIGHT, 1912, 1913 BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JANUARY, 1913 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1 II LESSONS 6 III A THUNDER-STORM 13 IV NIMBUS 16 V THE MOTHER'S VOW 24 VI MARTHA'S GOING--YET REMAINING 33 VII A SHOCK 45 VIII ANNAN 51 IX ERIC 59 X THE BUNGALOW 68 XI AWAKENING 83 XII OUR FIRST BALL 94 XIII THE CLOUD AGAIN 108 XIV "WHERE IS BETTINA?" 120 XV MY SECRET 137 XVI THE YACHTING PARTY 150 XVII THE EMERALD PENDANT 161 XVIII RANNY 169 XIX ANOTHER GIRL 178 XX TWO INVITATIONS AND A CRISIS 186 XXI AUNT JOSEPHINE'S LETTER 198 XXII PLANTING THYME 209 XXIII ERIC'S SECRET 215 XXIV MADAME AURORE 224 XXV GOING TO LONDON 244 XXVI AUNT JOSEPHINE 253 XXVII THE DINNER PARTY 266 XXVIII THE GREY HAWK 287 XXIX WHERE? 303