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This Gutenberg Etext of "The Clever Woman of the Family" was scanned
and proofed by Sandra Laythorpe, slaythorpe@cwcom.net, from the 1880
edition published by MacMillan and Co., London. A Web Site for
Charlotte M. Yonge can be found at www.menorot.com/cmyonge.htm.







THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY

by Charlotte M. Yonge




CHAPTER I



IN SEARCH OF A MISSION