CARITÀ

BY MRS. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF “WITHIN THE PRECINCTS,” ETC.
CHEAP EDITION
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1885
All Rights Reserved


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.] The Beresfords[1]
[II.] A Fright[10]
[III.] Honeymooning[18]
[IV.] The Three Charities[26]
[V.] Coming Home[35]
[VI.] The Consultation[44]
[VII.] The Catastrophe[53]
[VIII.] Consolation[62]
[IX.] The Hill[71]
[X.] The Square[80]
[XI.] Mrs. Meredith[88]
[XII.] The House next Door[98]
[XIII.] The Young People[107]
[XIV.] The Old People[117]
[XV.] Roger[126]
[XVI.] Sunday Evening[135]
[XVII.] Edward[145]
[XVIII.] Telling Tales[155]
[XIX.] The Holy Inquisition[164]
[XX.] The Perugino[173]
[XXI.] A Confidence[183]
[XXII.] Mystified[193]
[XXIII.] A Remonstrance[202]
[XXIV.] On the Other Side of the Wall[212]
[XXV.] An Idealist[222]
[XXVI.] In the ‘House’[231]
[XXVII.] The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing[241]
[XXVIII.] The Fireside[251]
[XXIX.] The Old Folk and the Young[261]
[XXX.] A Rebellious Heart[269]
[XXXI.] The House of Mourning[279]
[XXXII.] Taking up Dropt Stitches[288]
[XXXIII.] Little Emmy’s Visitors[297]
[XXXIV.] The Widow[308]
[XXXV.] Roger’s Fate[317]
[XXXVI.] Between the Two[326]
[XXXVII.] The Crisis Approaching[336]
[XXXVIII.] The Supreme Moment[346]
[XXXIX.] The Hand of Fate[355]
[XL.] Two—Parted[364]
[XLI.] Two—To be One?[373]
[XLII.] A Great Revolution[382]
[XLIII.] The Worst Scrape of All[393]
[XLIV.] Clearing Up[402]
[XLV.] Conclusion[412]