1877

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CONTENTS

[ CHETWYND CALVERLEY. ]

[ INTRODUCTION.—THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER. ]

[ I. OUSELCROFT. ]

[ II. TERESA. ]

[ III. MR. CALVERLEY. ]

[ IV. FATHER AND SON. ]

[ V. THE OLD BUTLER. ]

[ VI. SELF-EXAMINATION. ]

[ VII. TERRIBLE SUSPICIONS. ]

[ VIII. DEATH OF MR. CALVERLEY. ]

[ BOOK THE FIRST—MILDRED. ]

[ I. SUITORS. ]

[ II. SIR BRIDGNORTH CHARLTON. ]

[ III. INQUIRIES. ]

[ IV. PORTRAITS. ]

[ V. THE POCKET-BOOK. ]

[ VI. BRACKLEY HEATH. ]

[ VII. CAPTAIN DANVERS. ]

[ VIII. BRACKLEY HALL. ]

[ IX. LADY BARFLEUR. ]

[ X. THE GALLERY. ]

[ XI. WHAT PASSED IN THE GARDEN. ]

[ XII. BRACKLEY MERE. ]

[ XIII. PURSUIT OF THE GIPSIES. ]

[ XIV. THE BLOODHOUND. ]

[ XV. THE DEERHOUNDS. ]

[ BOOK THE SECOND—THE HEIRESS OF BRACKLEY HALL. ]

[ I. THE LAST OF THE OLD CHESHIRE SQUIRES. ]

[ II. A CONSULTATION. ]

[ III. CHETWYND'S LETTER. ]

[ IV. HOW THE DIREFUL NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY MRS. CALVERLEY; AND HOW SIR BRIDGNORTH VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE INQUIRIES AS TO ITS TRUTH. ]

[ BOOK THE THIRD—WALTER LIDDEL. ]

[ I. ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. ]

[ II. THE HOUSE IN SPENCER'S KENTS. ]

[ III. INTRODUCES MR. TANKARD, MR. LAEKINS, AND MR. PLEDGER DAPP. ]

[ IV. SIGEBERT SMART. ]

[ V. ROMNEY. ]

[ VI. ROSE HARTLEY. ]

[ VII. TOM TANKARD. ]

[ VIII. AS A FOOTMAN. ]

[ IX. IN WHICH MISS CLOTILDE TRIPP AND MISS FLORA SICKLE-MORE MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE. ]

[ X. SUPPER. ]

[ BOOK THE FOURTH—PROBATION. ]

[ I. THE FIRST STEP. ]

[ II. THE SECOND ORDEAL. ]

[ III. THE RETURN TO OUSELCROFT. ]

[ IV. WHICH OF THE TWO? ]

[ V. HOW CAPTAIN DANVERS WAS THROWN OVER BY BOTH LADIES. ]

[ VI. MRS. CALVERLEY RENDERS CHETWYND AN IMPORTANT SERVICE. ]

[ VII. HOW CHETWYND AND EMMELINE PLIGHTED THEIR FAITH IN THE OLD CHAPEL. ]

[ VIII. THE HAUNTED BOOM. ]

[ IX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN CAPTAIN DANVERS AND MRS. CALVERLEY IN THE GARDEN. ]

[ X. AN INVITATION TO TOWN. ]

[ BOOK THE FIFTH—LADY THICKNESSE. ]

[ I. IN WHICH CHETWYND LEARNS HOW A QUARREL HAS TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN ROSE AND HARRY NETTERVILLE. ]

[ II. HARRY NETTERVILLE'S JEALOUS RAGE. ]

[ III. LORD COURLAND. ]

[ IV. A VIEW OF THE RING ROAD. ]

[ V. LORD COURLAND CONTINUES UNDECIDED. ]

[ VI. LADY THICKNESSE HAS A CONFERENCE WITH SCROPE. ]

[ VII. THE VISIT TO MRS. HARTLEY'S. ]

[ VIII. HOW HARRY NETTERVILLE FOUND ROMNEY. ]

[ IX. CAPTAIN DANVERS ARRIVES IN BELGRAVE SQUARE. ]

[ X. MRS. CALVERLEY MAKES AN IMPORTANT CONQUEST. ]

[ XI. LADY THICKNESSE CONSULTS SIR BRIDGNORTH. ]

[ XII. ANOTHER EXPLANATION. ]

[ XIII. A SOIREE DANSANTE. ]

[ XIV. AN UNPLEASANT INQUIRY. ]

[ XV. EVIDENCE IN CHETWYND's FAVOUR. ]

[ XVI. LORD COURLAND PROPOSES TO MRS. CALVERLEY. ]

[ BOOK THE SIXTH—THE CLAUSE IN MR. CALVERLEY'S WILL. ]

[ I. OLD NOBBIS QUESTIONS LAURA. ]

[ II. THE CABINET. ]

[ III. HOW THE WILL WAS FOUND. ]

[ IV. A LETTER PROM LORD COURLAND. ]

[ V. SHOWING WHAT MRS. CALVERLEY'S DRESSING-BOX CONTAINED. ]

[ VI. POISON IN THE CUP. ]

[ VII. PANGS OP REMORSE. ]

[ VIII. HARRY NETTERVILLE AND TOM TANKARD APPEAR AT OUSELCROFT. ]

[ IX. THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION. ]

[ X. HOW MILDRED RECOVERED. ]

[ XI. MORE LETTERS. ]

[ XII. LORD COURLAND ARRIVES AT OUSELCROFT. ]

[ XIII. A DANCE ON THE LAWN. ]

[ XIV. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY PASSED THE NIGHT. ]

[ XV. HOW DOCTOR SPENCER WAS SENT FOR. ]

[ XVI. CHETWYND MAKES COMMUNICATION TO SIR BRIDGNORTH. ]

[ XVII, DOCTOR SPENCER. ]

[ XVIII. DOCTOR SPENCER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHETWYND. ]

[ XIX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN LORD COURLAND AND MR. CARTERET. ]

[ XX. THE PARTING BETWEEN TERESA AND LORD COURLAND. ]

[ XXI. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY MADE HER WILL. ]

[ XXII. CHETWYND IS SUMMONED TO HIS SISTER'S ROOM, AND IS SENT BY HER TO TERESA.—THEIR INTERVIEW. ]

[ XXIII. SIR BRIDGNORTH PROPOSES TO LADY THICKNESSE, AND IS ACCEPTED. ]

[ XXIV. THE RACE BETWEEN ZEPHYRUS AND TOM TANKARD. ]

[ XXV. CAPTAIN DANVERS BRINGS DISTRESSING NEWS. ]

[ XXVI. TERESA'S CONFESSION. ]

[ XXVII. A MONTH LATER. ]

[ XXVIII. ALL IS SETTLED. ]

[ XXIX. CONCLUSION. ]