Man and Maid

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Man and Maid, by E. (Edith) Nesbit This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Man and Maid Author: E. (Edith) Nesbit Release Date: June 30, 2010 [EBook #33028] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAN AND MAID *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Rachael Schultz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) MAN AND MAID BY E. NESBIT LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN ADELPHI TERRACE MCMVI [All rights reserved.] TO ADA BREAKELL MY DEAREST AND OLDEST FRIEND MAN AND MAID By the same Author. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 6s. The Treasure Seekers. Five Children and It. Nine Unlikely Tales for Children. The Would-be- Goods. New Treasure Seekers. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN CONTENTS PAGE I. The Haunted Inheritance 1 II. The Power of Darkness 32 III. The Stranger who might have been Observed 60 IV. Rack and Thumbscrew 84 V. The Millionairess 103 VI. The Hermit of “The Yews” 134 VII. The Aunt and the Editor 158 VIII. Miss Mouse 178 IX. The Old Wife 201 X. The House of Silence 224 XI. The Girl at the Tobacconist’s 245 XII. While it is Yet Day 268 XIII.