AUTHOR OF MY GUARDIAN

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1891

CONTENTS

I.[A DISTANT VIEW]
II.[A LONELY EYRIE]
III.[PREPARATIONS FOR FLIGHT]
IV.[DEPARTURE]
V.[ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP]
VI.[PAUL]
VII.[A MORNING WALK]
VIII.[AN INTRODUCTION TO MRS. GRUNDY]
IX.[MRS. AARONS]
X.[THE FIRST INVITATION]
XI.[DISAPPOINTMENT]
XII.[TRIUMPH]
XIII.[PATTY IN UNDRESS]
XIV.[IN THE WOMB OF FATE]
XV.[ELIZABETH FINDS A FRIEND]
XVI.["WE WERE NOT STRANGERS, AS TO US AND ALL IT SEEMED"]
XVII.[AFTERNOON TEA]
XVIII.[THE FAIRY GODMOTHER]
XIX.[A MORNING AT THE EXHIBITION]
XX.[CHINA v. THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY]
XXI.[THE "CUP"]
XXII.[CROSS PURPOSES]
XXIII.[MR. YELVERTON'S MISSION]
XXIV.[AN OLD STORY]
XXV.[OUT IN THE COLD]
XXVI.[WHAT PAUL COULD NOT KNOW]
XXVII.[SLIGHTED]
XXVIII.["WRITE ME AS ONE WHO LOVES HIS FELLOW-MEN"]
XXIX.[PATTY CONFESSES]
XXX.[THE OLD AND THE NEW]
XXXI.[IN RETREAT]
XXXII.[HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF]
XXXIII.[THE DRIVE HOME]
XXXIV.[SUSPENSE]
XXXV.[HOW ELIZABETH MADE UP HER MIND]
XXXVI.[INVESTIGATION]
XXXVII.[DISCOVERY]
XXXVIII.[THE TIME FOR ACTION]
XXXIX.[AN ASSIGNATION]
XL.[MRS. DUFF-SCOTT HAS TO BE RECKONED WITH]
XLI.[MR. YELVERTON STATES HIS INTENTIONS]
XLII.[HER LORD AND MASTER]
XLIII.[THE EVENING BEFORE THE WEDDING]
XLIV.[THE WEDDING DAY]
XLV.[IN SILK ATTIRE]
XLVI.[PATTY CHOOSES HER CAREER]
XLVII.[A FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOUR]
XLVIII.[PROBATION]
XLIX.[YELVERTON]
L.["THY PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE"]
LI.[PATIENCE REWARDED]
LII.[CONCLUSION]