Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: A CHANCE FOR RETALIATION] Transcriber's Note: This sentence is incomplete, as printed: "Where did you get it, Flossie?" enquired The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life By ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "A Fourth Form Friendship" "The Manor House School" "The Nicest Girl in the School" &c. _ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL_ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1912 Contents Chap. Page I. Honor Introduces Herself 9 II. Honor's Home 25 III. The Wearing of the Green 39 IV. Janie's Charge 57 V. A Riding Lesson 75 VI. The Lower Third 93 VII. St. Chad's Celebrates an Occasion 106 VIII. A Mysterious Happening 126 IX. Diamond cut Diamond 138 X. Honor Finds Favour 150 XI. A Relapse 166 XII. St. Kolgan's Abbey 182 XIII. Miss Maitland's Window 199 XIV. A Stolen Meeting 212 XV. Sent to Coventry 227 XVI. A Rash Step 243 XVII. Janie turns Detective 258 XVIII. The End of the Term 271 Illustrations Page A Chance for Retaliation _Frontispiece_ 146 Honor Concludes the Purchase of Firefly 33 An Interview With Miss Cavendish 54 The Liberation of Pete 96 An Unlucky Escapade 209 "Startled by the voices, she jumped up" 253 THE NEW GIRL AT ST. CHAD'S CHAPTER I Honor Introduces Herself "Any new girls?" It was Madge Summers who asked the question, seated on the right-hand corner of Maisie Talbot's bed, munching caramels. It was a very small bed, but at that moment it managed to accommodate no less than seven of Maisie's most particular friends, who were closely watching the progress of her unpacking, and discussing the latest school news, interspersed with remarks on her belongings. Maisie extricated herself from the depths of her box, and handed a pile of stockings to Lettice, her younger sister. "What's the use of asking me?" she replied. "Our cab only drove up half an hour ago. I feel almost new myself yet."