A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION

(Being in the nature of A sequel to the experiences of “An American girl
in London”)

BY

SARA JEANNETTE DUNCAN (MRS. EVERARD COTES)

AUTHOR OF

A social departure, an American girl in London, A daughter of to-day, VERNON’s aunt, the story of Sonny sahib, his honour and A lady, etc.

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1898

Copyright, 1897, 1898,

By D. Appleton and company.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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“Jamais!” Frontispiece

Momma was enjoying herself 36

“I expect you’ve seen these before” 45

Breakfast with Dicky Dod 99

   “Are you paid to make faces?” 140

   We followed the monks 169

   Dicky shouted till the skeletons turned to listen 189

   We were sitting in a narrow balcony 194

   “I’m not a crowned head!” 208

   “Do you see?” 256

   Fervent apologies 265

   “Whom are you going to marry?” 322

A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION.

CHAPTER I.

It seems inexcusable to remind the public that one has written a book.  Poppa says I ought not to feel that way about it—­that he might just as well be shy about referring to the baking soda that he himself invented—­but I do, and it is with every apology that I mention it.  I once had such a good time in England that I printed my experiences, and at the very end of the volume it seemed necessary to admit that I was engaged to Mr. Arthur Greenleaf Page, of Yale College, Connecticut.  I remember thinking this was indiscreet at the time, but I felt compelled to bow to the requirements of fiction.  I was my own heroine, and I had to be disposed of.  There seemed to be no alternative.  I did not wish to marry Mr. Mafferton, even for literary