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                           THE PERFECT WORLD
             A ROMANCE OF STRANGE PEOPLE AND STRANGE PLACES

                                   BY
                             ELLA SCRYMSOUR


                                 LONDON
                      EVELEIGH NASH & GRAYSON LTD.
                               148 STRAND




                      PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
  THE NORTHUMBERLAND PRESS LTD., THORNTON STREET, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE




                                   To
                            MY TWO DEAR ONES

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                                CONTENTS


                                 BOOK I

                             THE OLD WORLD

                           (_Before the War_)

              CHAPTER                                 PAGE
                   I. STRANGERS COME TO MARSH