CONTENTS

I. [THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY.]
II. [A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK.]
III. [MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD.]
IV. [MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS.]
V. [CALF-LOVE.]
VI. [A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS.]
VII. [FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS.]
VIII. [DRIFTING INTO DANGER.]
IX. [THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW.]
X. [A CRISIS.]
XI. [MAKING FRIENDSHIP.]
XII. [PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING.]
XIII. [MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS.]
XIV. [MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED.]
XV. [THE NEW MAMMA.]
XVI. [THE BRIDE AT HOME.]
XVII. [TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL.]
XVIII. [MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET.]
XIX. [CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL.]
XX. [MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS.]
XXI. [THE HALF-SISTERS.]
XXII. [THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES.]
XXIII. [OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION.]
XXIV. [MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER.]
XXV. [HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE.]
XXVI. [A CHARITY BALL.]
XXVII. [FATHER AND SONS.]
XXVIII. [RIVALRY.]
XXIX. [BUSH-FIGHTING.]
XXX. [OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS.]
XXXI. [A PASSIVE COQUETTE.]
XXXII. [COMING EVENTS.]
XXXIII. [BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.]
XXXIV. [A LOVER'S MISTAKE.]
XXXV. [THE MOTHER'S MANŒUVRE.]
XXXVI. [DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY.]
XXXVII. [A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.]
XXXVIII. [MR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.]
XXXIX. [SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT.]
XL. [MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY.]
XLI. [GATHERING CLOUDS.]
XLII. [THE STORM BURSTS.]
XLIII. [CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION.]
XLIV. [MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE.]
XLV. [CONFIDENCES.]
XLVI. [HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS.]
XLVII. [SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS.]
XLVIII. [AN INNOCENT CULPRIT.]
XLIX. [MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION.]
L. [CYNTHIA AT BAY.]
LI. ["TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE."]
LII. [SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW.]
LIII. [UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS.]
LIV. [MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED.]
LV. [AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS.]
LVI. ["OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW."]
LVII. [BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX.]
LVIII. [REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.]
LIX. [MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL.]
LX. [ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION.]
[CONCLUDING REMARKS.] [By the Editor
of The Cornhill Magazine.]