A Novel,

BY

EDMUND YATES,

AUTHOR OF "BLACK SHEEP," "KISSING THE ROD," ETC.
FORTITER--FIDELITER--FELICITER.
New Edition.

LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE.
NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET.
1867.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
TO

NICHOLAS HERBERT HARRINGTON,

OLD COMRADE AND TRIED FRIEND.

CONTENTS

CHAP.
[I.]NEWS.
[II.]MORE NEWS.
[III.]AT THE PARTHENIUM.
[IV.]IN THE SMOKING-ROOM.
[V.]GEORGIE.
[VI.]THE GRAYS.
[VII.]WHAT HAD DETAINED SIR CHARLES.
[VIII.]KISMET.
[IX.]MR. EFFINGHAM'S PROCEEDINGS.
[X.]SOUVENT FEMME VARIE.
[XI.]DOWN AT REDMOOR.
[XII.]DRAWING COVER.
[XIII.]SIR CHARLES'S VISIT.
[XIV.]IN THE TOILS.
[XV.]EGREMONT PRIORY.
[XVI.]CHECK.
[XVII.]COUNTERCHECK.
[XVIII.]IN THE DRAWING-ROOM.
[XIX.]DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
[XX.]CHECKMATE.
[XXI.]COLONEL ALSAGER'S COUNSEL.
[XXII.]KNOCKHOLT PARK.
[XXXIII.]LORD DOLLAMORE'S COUNSEL.
[XXIV.]MR. EFFINGHAM'S PROGRESS.
[XXV.]A CRISIS AT REDMOOR.
[XXVI.]MR. WUFF'S "NEW STAR."
[XXVII.]LOVE AND DUTY.
[XXVIII.]SIR LAURENCE'S LETTER.
[XXIX.]A "TERCEL GENTLE."
[XXX.]NATURE AND ART.
[XXXI.]AMONG THE SPRINGS.
[XXXII.]REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
[XXXIII.]LAST WORDS.