Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreader Team. [Illustration: Cover] THE HONORABLE MISS A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town BY L.T. MEADE AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG MUTINEER," "WORLD OF GIRLS," "A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL," "SWEET GIRL GRADUATE," ETC. NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS ======================================================================= L.T. MEADE SERIES UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME By MRS. L.T. MEADE Bunch of Cherries, A. Merry Girls of England. Daddy's Girl. Miss Nonentity. Dr. Rumsey's Patient. Palace Beautiful. Francis Kane's Fortune. Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl. Gay Charmer, A. Rebels of the School. Girl in Ten Thousand, A. Sweet Girl Graduate, A. Girls of St. Wodes, The. Their Little Mother. Girl of the People, A. Time of Roses, The. Girls of the True Blue. Very Naughty Girl, A. Heart of Gold, The. Wild Kitty. Honorable Miss, The. World of Girls. How It All Came About. Young Mutineers, The. Little Princess of Tower Hill. _Price, postpaid, 50¢ each, or any three books for $1.25_ HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK ======================================================================= THE HONORABLE MISS. * * * * * CHAPTER I. BEATRICE WILL FIT. "So," continued Mrs. Meadowsweet, settling herself in a lazy, fat sort of a way in her easy chair, and looking full at her visitor with a complacent smile, "so I called her Beatrice. I thought under the circumstances it was the best name I could give--it seemed to fit all round, you know, and as _he_ had no objection, being very easy-going, poor man, I gave her the name." "Yes?" interrogated Mrs. Bertram, in a softly surprised, and but slightly interested voice; "you called your daughter Beatrice? I don't quite understand your remark about the name fitting all round." Mrs. Meadowsweet raised one dimpled hand slowly and laid it on top of the other. Her smile grew broader.