Sir Tom

by Mrs. Oliphant

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER [I].
HOW SIR TOM BECAME A GREAT PERSONAGE	1
CHAPTER [II].
HIS WIFE	9
CHAPTER [III].
OLD MR. TREVOR'S WILL	20
CHAPTER [IV].
YOUNG MR. TREVOR	29
CHAPTER [V].
CONSULTATIONS	39
CHAPTER [VI].
A SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS	48
CHAPTER [VII].
A WARNING	58
CHAPTER [VIII].
THE SHADOW OF DEATH	67
CHAPTER [IX].
A CHRISTMAS VISIT	77
CHAPTER [X].
LUCY'S ADVISERS	86
CHAPTER [XI].
AN INNOCENT CONSPIRACY	96
CHAPTER [XII].
THE FIRST STRUGGLE	105
CHAPTER [XIII].
AN IDLE MORNING	115
CHAPTER [XIV].
AN UNWILLING MARTYR	126
CHAPTER [XV].
ON BUSINESS	135
CHAPTER [XVI].
AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL	146
CHAPTER [XVII].
FOREWARNED	157
CHAPTER [XVIII].
THE VISITORS	167
CHAPTER [XIX].
THE OPENING OF THE DRAMA	179
CHAPTER [XX].
AN ANXIOUS CRITIC	189
CHAPTER [XXI].
AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER	200
CHAPTER [XXII].
A PAIR OF FRIENDS	211
CHAPTER [XXIII].
THE BREAKFAST TABLE	221
CHAPTER [XXIV].
THE ORACLE SPEAKS	230
CHAPTER [XXV].
THE CONTESSA'S BOUDOIR	242
CHAPTER [XXVI].
THE TWO STRANGERS	259
CHAPTER [XXVII].
AN ADVENTURESS	269
CHAPTER [XXVIII].
THE SERPENT AND THE DOVE	280
CHAPTER [XXIX].
THE CONTESSA'S TRIUMPH	291
CHAPTER [XXX].
DIFFERENT VIEWS	301
CHAPTER [XXXI].
TWO FRIENDS	311
CHAPTER [XXXII].
YOUTHFUL UNREST	321
CHAPTER [XXXIII].
THE CONTESSA PREPARES THE WAY	332
CHAPTER [XXXIV].
IN SUSPENSE	342
CHAPTER [XXXV].
THE DÉBUT	354
CHAPTER [XXXVI].
THE EVENING AFTER	366
CHAPTER [XXXVII].
THE CONTESSA'S TACTICS	377
CHAPTER [XXXVIII].
DISCOVERIES	388
CHAPTER [XXXIX].
LUCY'S DISCOVERY	397
CHAPTER [XL].
THE DOWAGER'S EXPLANATION	409
CHAPTER [XLI].
SEVERED	417
CHAPTER [XLII].
LADY RANDOLPH WINDS UP HER AFFAIRS	427
CHAPTER [XLIII].
THE LITTLE HOUSE IN MAYFAIR	437
CHAPTER [XLIV].
THE SIEGE OF LONDON	448
CHAPTER [XLV].
THE BALL	458
CHAPTER [XLVI].
THE BALL CONTINUED	469
CHAPTER [XLVII].
NEXT MORNING	480
CHAPTER [XLVIII].
THE LAST BLOW	491
CHAPTER [XLIX].
THE EXPERIENCES OF BICE	502
CHAPTER [L].
THE EVE OF SORROW	514
CHAPTER [LI].
THE LAST CRISIS	522
CHAPTER [LII].
THE END	538

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CHAPTER I.