Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 61272-h.htm or 61272-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61272/61272-h/61272-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61272/61272-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/womaninbazaar00perriala Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capitals were replaced with ALL CAPITALS. THE WOMAN IN THE BAZAAR * * * * * * _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ The Happy Hunting Ground The Anglo-Indians The Charm Idolatry A Free Solitude The Waters of Destruction Red Records East of Suez Late in Life The Spell of the Jungle * * * * * * [Illustration: "Coventry guessed that this was 'the woman in the bazaar'" (_see page_ 194).] THE WOMAN IN THE BAZAAR by ALICE PERRIN With a Frontispiece by J. Dewar Mills Cassell and Company, Ltd London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne First Published in 1914 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1. THE VICAR'S DAUGHTER . . . . . . . . 1 2. IN THE GARDEN . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. SUCCESS . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4. MRS. GREAVES . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. THE LIE . . . . . . . . . . . 55 6. THE BACHELORS' BALL . . . . . . . . 76 7. TRIXIE . . . . . . . . . . . 95 8. INDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 116 9. DOUBT . . . . . . . . . . . 129 10. THE RIVER . . . . . . . . . . 143 11. THE JUNGLE . . . . . . . . . . 163 12. IN THE BAZAAR . . . . . . . . . 183 13. THE OUTCOME . . . . . . . . . . 202 THE WOMAN IN THE BAZAAR CHAPTER I THE VICAR'S DAUGHTER