1873


CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.—HOW PROFESSOR VALEYON LOSES HIS HANDKERCHIEF]
[CHAPTER II.—SIGNS OF A THUNDER-SHOWER]
[CHAPTER III.—SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT]
[CHAPTER IV.—A BUSINESS TRANSACTION]
[CHAPTER V.—BRESSANT PICKS A TEA-ROSE]
[CHAPTER VI.—CORNELIA BEGINS TO UNDO A KNOT]
[CHAPTER VII.—PROFESSOR VALEYON MAKES A CALL]
[CHAPTER VIII.—GREAT EXPECTATIONS]
[CHAPTER IX.—THE DAGUERREOTYPE]
[CHAPTER X.—ONLY FOR TO-NIGHT!]
[CHAPTER XI.—EVERY LITTLE COUNTS]
[CHAPTER XII.—DOLLY ACTS AN IMPORTANT PART]
[CHAPTER XIII.—A KEEPSAKE]
[CHAPTER XIV.—NURSING]
[CHAPTER XV.—AN UNTIMELY REMINISCENCE]
[CHAPTER XVI.—PARTING AN ANCHOR]
[CHAPTER XVII.—SOPHIE'S CONFESSION]
[CHAPTER XVIII.—A FLANK MOVEMENT]
[CHAPTER XIX.—AN INTERMISSION]
[CHAPTER XX.—BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN]
[CHAPTER XXI.—PUTTING ON THE ARMOR]
[CHAPTER XXII.—LOCKED UP]
[CHAPTER XXIII.—ARMED NEUTRALITY]
[CHAPTER XXIV.—A BIT OF INSPIRATION]
[CHAPTER XXV.—ANOTHER INTERMISSION]
[CHAPTER XXVI.—BRESSANT TAKES A VACATION]
[CHAPTER XXVII.—FACT AND FANCY]
[CHAPTER XXVIII.—A DISAPPOINTMENT]
[CHAPTER XXIX.—FOUND]
[CHAPTER XXX.—LOST]
[CHAPTER XXXI.—MOTHER AND SON]
[CHAPTER XXXII.—WHERE TWO ROADS MEET]
[CHAPTER XXXIII.—TILL THE ELEVENTH HOUR]
[CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE HOUR AND THE MAN]


CHAPTER I.