Goslings
New 6s. Novels
THE AMBASSADRESS. By WilliamWriothesley.
THE WEAKER VESSEL. By E. F. Benson, author of“Account Rendered,” etc.
“WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO...?” By ElizabethRobins, author of “The Magnetic North,” etc.
A RUNAWAY RING. By Mrs Henry Dudeney, author of“The Orchard Thief,” etc.
LU OF THE RANGES. By Eleanor Mordaunt, author of“The Cost of It,” etc.
THE STORY OF STEPHEN COMPTON. By J. E. Patterson,author of “Tillers of the Soil,” etc.
THE FRONTIERS OF THE HEART. By VictorMargueritte.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER (IV). Journey’s End. By RomainRolland, translated by Gilbert Cannan.
THE HIPPODROME. By Rachel Hayward.
GUTTER BABIES. By Dorothea Slade, illustrated byLady Stanley.
MINNA. By Karl Gjellerup, author of “ThePilgrim Kamanita.”
GROWING PAINS. By Ivy Low.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
William Heinemann
1913
BOOK I
THE NEW PLAGUE
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I—THE GOSLINGFAMILY
1
“Where’s the gels gone to?”asked Mr Gosling.
“Up the ’Igh Road to look at the shops.I’m expectin’ ’em in every minute.”
“Ho!” said Gosling. He leaned against thedresser; the kitchen was hot with steam, and he fumbled for ahandkerchief in the pocket of his black tail coat. He produced first al