The Chronicles of the Imp A Romance

Dick Brent, an author, is considered an unsuitable suitor for heiress Elizabeth (known as Lisbeth) by her guardian, Lady Warburton. Realising the couple are becoming too close Lady Warburton takes Lisbeth to the country away from temptation and to be close to a more suitable, wealthy, but pompous neighbour, Horace Selwyn. Also resident is Lisbeth’s nephew Reginald Augustus, known as the Imp. The Imp enjoys playing imaginative games involving knights, Robin Hood and the like. The enemy is the humourless Mr Selwyn. Dick follows Lisbeth to the country, stays at the local inn and goes fishing in the river close to Lady Warburton’s property, unbeknown to Lady Warburton. He meets the Imp, befriends him and joins in his games. Several chapters are devoted to the games in which any meetings between Lisbeth and Selwyn are disrupted by the Imp with the aid of our hero.