CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface ix
Prologue xiii
CHAPTER I
How my Lady Kilcroney entered into Royal
Service under the Shadow of the Italian
Hat trimmed by Miss Pamela Pounce		 17
CHAPTER II
In which Miss Pamela Pounce is Ordered to
Pack		 47
CHAPTER III
In which Miss Pamela Pounce, the Milliner’s
Assistant, becomes Arbiter of Life and
Death in High Society		 58
CHAPTER IV
Showing Storm Within and Without 79
CHAPTER V
In which Miss Pamela Pounce demonstrates
the Value of Virtue to her Family and
her Friends		 106
CHAPTER VI
In which my Lady Kilcroney Strikes a Match
and Miss Pounce throws Cold Water on
it		 131
CHAPTER VII
In which is Manifest the Hand of the Sainted
Julia		 152
CHAPTER VIII
In which a Wonderful Bit of Luck comes
out of Miss Pounce’s Bandbox for Somebody
Else		 162
CHAPTER IX
In which Miss Pamela Pounce has done with
Love		 187
CHAPTER X
In which Miss Pamela Pounce sets Three
Black Feathers for Tragedy		 202
CHAPTER XI
In which there is a Prodigious Scandal about
Pink Flounces		 227
CHAPTER XII
In which my Lady Kilcroney insists on the
Duty of Morality		 238
CHAPTER XIII
In which my Lady Kilcroney makes an Indelicate        
Fuss		 254
CHAPTER XIV
In which Kitty is more Incomparable than
Ever		 274
CHAPTER XV
In which the Mad Brat takes the Bit between
her Teeth, but Miss Pamela Pounce
Keeps Hold of the Reins		 285
CHAPTER XVI
In which my Lady Kilcroney has the Last
Word		 313