MRS. SEVERN. A NOVEL
BY MARY E. CARTER,
AUTHOR OF 'JULIET'
'SIN COMES TO US FIRST AS A TRAVELLER; IF
ADMITTED, IT WILL SOON BECOME A GUEST;
IMPORTUNATE TO RESIDE, AND IF ALLOWED SO FAR, WILL
SOON AND FINALLY BECOME MASTER OF THE HOUSE'
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON
STREET, PUBLISHERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN
MDCCCLXXXIX
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh
[CONTENTS]
| PART I | |
| [PROLOGUE] | |
| PAGE | |
| At Rocozanne, Jersey | 1 |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| Old Lafer | 19 |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| A Midsummer Evening | 39 |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| Borlase is Absent-minded | 55 |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| Joy and Sorrow join Hands | 70 |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| Over the Hills | 87 |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| Cynthia Marlowe | 108 |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| At the Mires | 133 |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| 'Sin the Traveller ' | 150 |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| Letters | 170 |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| Opinions at Lafer Hall | 190 |
| [CHAPTER XI] | |
| New Lights on old Subjects | 206 |
| [CHAPTER XII] | |
| Counter-Opinions at Old Lafer | 230 |
| [CHAPTER XIII] | |
| Scilla reasons with Hartas | 253 |
MRS. SEVERN
PART I
