Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land Rosa Praed Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land Table of Contents Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land.................................................................................................................1 Rosa Praed......................................................................................................................................................1 BOOK I. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MRS GILDEA...................................................................................2 CHAPTER 1..................................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER 2..................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 3..................................................................................................................................................7 CHAPTER 4..................................................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 5................................................................................................................................................14 CHAPTER 6................................................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 7................................................................................................................................................18 CHAPTER 8................................................................................................................................................22 CHAPTER 9................................................................................................................................................26 CHAPTER 10..............................................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER 11..............................................................................................................................................32 CHAPTER 12..............................................................................................................................................35 CHAPTER 13..............................................................................................................................................41 CHAPTER 14..............................................................................................................................................43 CHAPTER 15..............................................................................................................................................46 BOOK II. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LADY BRIDGET O'HARA...........................................................50 CHAPTER 1................................................................................................................................................50 CHAPTER 2................................................................................................................................................55 CHAPTER 3................................................................................................................................................61 CHAPTER 4................................................................................................................................................65 CHAPTER 5................................................................................................................................................70 CHAPTER 6................................................................................................................................................75 CHAPTER 7................................................................................................................................................80 CHAPTER 8................................................................................................................................................84 CHAPTER 9................................................................................................................................................88 CHAPTER 10..............................................................................................................................................92 CHAPTER 11..............................................................................................................................................95 CHAPTER 12..............................................................................................................................................98 CHAPTER 13............................................................................................................................................101 CHAPTER 14............................................................................................................................................107 CHAPTER 15............................................................................................................................................112 CHAPTER 16............................................................................................................................................115 BOOK III. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF COLIN MCKEITH AND OTHERS...........................................119 CHAPTER 1..............................................................................................................................................119 CHAPTER 2..............................................................................................................................................124 CHAPTER 3..............................................................................................................................................128 CHAPTER 4..............................................................................................................................................131 CHAPTER 5..............................................................................................................................................135 CHAPTER 6..............................................................................................................................................140 CHAPTER 7..............................................................................................................................................146 CHAPTER 8..............................................................................................................................................151 CHAPTER 9..............................................................................................................................................157 CHAPTER 10............................................................................................................................................161 CHAPTER 11............................................................................................................................................164 CHAPTER 12............................................................................................................................................168 i Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land Rosa Praed This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • BOOK I. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MRS GILDEA • CHAPTER 1 • CHAPTER 2 • CHAPTER 3 • CHAPTER 4 • CHAPTER 5 • CHAPTER 6 • CHAPTER 7 • CHAPTER 8 • CHAPTER 9 • CHAPTER 10 • CHAPTER 11 • CHAPTER 12 • CHAPTER 13 • CHAPTER 14 • CHAPTER 15 • BOOK II. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LADY BRIDGET O'HARA • CHAPTER 1 • CHAPTER 2 • CHAPTER 3 • CHAPTER 4 • CHAPTER 5 • CHAPTER 6 • CHAPTER 7 • CHAPTER 8 • CHAPTER 9 • CHAPTER 10 • CHAPTER 11 • CHAPTER 12 • CHAPTER 13 • CHAPTER 14 • CHAPTER 15 • CHAPTER 16 • BOOK III. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF COLIN MCKEITH AND OTHERS • CHAPTER 1 • CHAPTER 2 • CHAPTER 3 Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land 1 Lady Bridget in the Never−Never Land • CHAPTER 4 • CHAPTER 5 • CHAPTER 6 • CHAPTER 7 • CHAPTER 8 • CHAPTER 9 • CHAPTER 10 • CHAPTER 11 • CHAPTER 12 This etext was produced by Col Choat [email protected] This etext was first created as part of the BUILD−A−BOOK Initiative at the Celebration of Women Writers through the combined work of: Carmen Baxter, Brenda Lambey, Elizabeth Morton, Jessie Hudgins, Mary Crosson, Mary Nuzzo, Nick Rezmerski, Patricia Heil, Patsy Edmonds, Steve Callis, Tami Hutchinson, Velvet Van Bueren, and Mary Mark Ockerbloom. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html BOOK I. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MRS GILDEA CHAPTER 1 Mrs Gildea had settled early to her morning's work in what she called the veranda−study of her cottage in Leichardt's Town. It was a primitive cottage of the old style, standing in a garden and built on the cliffthe Emu Point sideoverlooking the broad Leichardt River. The veranda, quite twelve feet wide, ranAustralian fashionalong the front of the cottage, except for the two closed−in ends forming, one a bathroom and the other a kind of store closet. Being raised a few feet above the ground, the veranda was enclosed by a wooden railing, and this and the supporting posts were twined with creepers that must have been planted at least thirty years. One of these, a stephanotis, showed masses of white bloom, which Joan Gildea casually reflected