HOPES AND FEARS

or
SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A SPINSTER
by
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT GANDY

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
new york: the macmillan company
1899

All rights reserved

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

“She felt, rather than saw him watching her all the way from the garden-gate to the wood.” Frontispiece
“I find I can’t spare you, Honora; you had better stay at the Holt for good.” Page [11]
“He drew the paper before him. Lucilla started to her feet.” Page [296]

PART I