CONTENTS

I. [THE SQUIRE OF ALLINGTON.]
II. [THE TWO PEARLS OF ALLINGTON.]
III. [THE WIDOW DALE OF ALLINGTON.]
IV. [MRS. ROPER'S BOARDING-HOUSE.]
V. [ABOUT L. D.]
VI. [BEAUTIFUL DAYS.]
VII. [THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES.]
VIII. [IT CANNOT BE.]
IX. [MRS. DALE'S LITTLE PARTY.]
X. [MRS. LUPEX AND AMELIA ROPER.]
XI. [SOCIAL LIFE.]
XII. [LILIAN DALE BECOMES A BUTTERFLY.]
XIII. [A VISIT TO GUESTWICK.]
XIV. [JOHN EAMES TAKES A WALK.]
XV. [THE LAST DAY.]
XVI. [MR. CROSBIE MEETS AN OLD CLERGYMAN
ON HIS WAY TO COURCY CASTLE.]
XVII. [COURCY CASTLE.]
XVIII. [LILY DALE'S FIRST LOVE-LETTER.]
XIX. [THE SQUIRE MAKES A VISIT TO THE
SMALL HOUSE.]
XX. [DR. CROFTS.]
XXI. [JOHN EAMES ENCOUNTERS TWO ADVENTURES,
AND DISPLAYS GREAT COURAGE IN BOTH.]
XXII. [LORD DE GUEST AT HOME.]
XXIII. [MR. PLANTAGENET PALLISER.]
XXIV. [A MOTHER-IN-LAW AND A FATHER-IN-LAW.]
XXV. [ADOLPHUS CROSBIE SPENDS AN EVENING
AT HIS CLUB.]
XXVI. [LORD DE COURCY IN THE BOSOM
OF HIS FAMILY.]
XXVII. ["ON MY HONOUR, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT."]
XXVIII. [THE BOARD.]
XXIX. [JOHN EAMES RETURNS TO BURTON CRESCENT.]
XXX. ["IS IT FROM HIM?"]
XXXI. [THE WOUNDED FAWN.]
XXXII. [PAWKINS'S IN JERMYN STREET.]
XXXIII. ["THE TIME WILL COME."]
XXXIV. [THE COMBAT.]
XXXV. [VÆ VICTIS.]
XXXVI. ["SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES."]
XXXVII. [AN OLD MAN'S COMPLAINT.]
XXXVIII. [DOCTOR CROFTS IS CALLED IN.]
XXXIX. [DOCTOR CROFTS IS TURNED OUT.]
XL. [PREPARATIONS FOR THE WEDDING.]
XLI. [DOMESTIC TROUBLES.]
XLII. [LILY'S BEDSIDE.]
XLIII. [FIE, FIE!]
XLIV. [VALENTINE'S DAY AT ALLINGTON.]
XLV. [VALENTINE'S DAY IN LONDON.]
XLVI. [JOHN EAMES AT HIS OFFICE.]
XLVII. [THE NEW PRIVATE SECRETARY.]
XLVIII. [NEMESIS.]
XLIX. [PREPARATIONS FOR GOING.]
L. [MRS. DALE IS THANKFUL FOR A GOOD THING.]
LI. [JOHN EAMES DOES THINGS WHICH HE OUGHT
NOT TO HAVE DONE.]
LII. [THE FIRST VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE.]
LIII. [LOQUITUR HOPKINS.]
LIV. [THE SECOND VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE.]
LV. [NOT VERY FIE FIE AFTER ALL.]
LVI. [SHOWING HOW MR. CROSBIE BECAME AGAIN
A HAPPY MAN.]
LVII. [LILIAN DALE VANQUISHES HER MOTHER.]
LVIII. [THE FATE OF THE SMALL HOUSE.]
LIX. [JOHN EAMES BECOMES A MAN.]
LX. [CONCLUSION.]