CONTENTS

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I.Five-o’clock Tea. [7]
II.Dick objects to the Mountains. [14]
III.Mr. Mayne makes Himself Disagreeable. [22]
IV.Dick’s Fête. [28]
V.“I am Quite Sure of Him.” [35]
VI.Mr. Trinder’s Visit. [41]
VII.Phillis’s Catechism. [48]
VIII.“We should have to carry Parcels.” [55]
IX.A Long Day. [62]
X.The Friary. [68]
XI.“Tell us all about it, Nan.” [77]
XII.“Laddie” puts in an Appearance. [85]
XIII.“I must have Grace.” [91]
XIV.“You can dare to tell me These Things.” [99]
XV.A Van in the Braidwood Road. [108]
XVI.A Visit to the White House. [118]
XVII.“A Friend in Need.” [124]
XVIII.Dorothy brings in the Best China. [132]
XIX.Archie is in a Bad Humor. [139]
XX.“You are Romantic.” [147]
XXI.Breaking the Peace. [154]
XXII.“Trimmings, not Squails.” [162]
XXIII.“Bravo, Atalanta!” [167]
XXIV.Mothers are Mothers. [174]
XXV.Mattie’s New Dress. [181]
XXVI.“Oh, You are Proud!” [189]
XXVII.A Dark Hour. [196]
XXVIII.The Mysterious Stranger. [202]
XXIX.Mrs. Williams’s Lodger. [210]
XXX.“Now we understand Each Other.” [219]
XXXI.Dick thinks of the City. [226]
XXXII.“Dick is to be our Real Brother.” [232]
XXXIII.“This is Life and Death to Me.” [240]
XXXIV.Miss Mewlstone has an Interruption. [248]
XXXV.“Barby, don’t You recollect Me?” [255]
XXXVI.Motes in the Sunshine. [262]
XXXVII.“A Man has a Right to His Own Thoughts.” [268]
XXXVIII.About Nothing Particular. [277]
XXXIX.“How do you do, Aunt Catherine?” [283]
XL.Alcides. [292]
XLI.Sir Harry Bides his Time. [299]
XLII.“Come, now, I call that Hard.” [307]
XLIII.“I will write no such Letter.” [315]
XLIV.Mr. Mayne orders a Basin of Gruel. [321]
XLV.An Uninvited Guest. [328]
XLVI.A New Invasion of the Goths. [336]
XLVII.“It was so Good of You to ask me Here.” [343]
XLVIII.Mrs. Sparsit’s Poodle. [349]
XLIX.Mattie in a New Character. [356]
L.Phillis’s Favorite Month. [362]