A Group of Noble Dames, by Thomas Hardy

Preface

Part I—Before Dinner

• Dame the First—the first Countess of Wessex By the Local Historian
• Dame the Second—barbara of the House of Grebe By the Old Surgeon
• Dame the Third—the Marchioness of Stonehenge By the Rural Dean
• Dame the Fourth—lady Mottisfont By the Sentimental Member

Part II—After Dinner

• Dame the Fifth—the Lady Icenway By the Churchwarden
• Dame the Sixth—squire Petrick’s Lady By the Crimson Maltster
• Dame the Seventh—anna, Lady Baxby By the Colonel
• Dame the Eighth—the Lady Penelope By the Man of Family
• Dame the Ninth—the Duchess of Hamptonshire By the Quiet Gentleman
• Dame the Tenth—the Honourable Laura By the Spark