The Eldest Son

by Archibald Marshall

THE ELDEST SON

BY

ARCHIBALD MARSHALL

Author of "Exton Manor"

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1919

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
Published September, 1911

To
KATHLEEN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [The Squire Is Infernally Worried]
II [A Question of Matrimony]
III [Exit Miss Bird]
IV [The Dower-House]
V [Lady George]
VI [Blaythorn Rectory]
VII [The Squire Puts His Foot Down]
VIII [The Squire Feels Trouble Coming]
IX [Dick Pays a Sunday Visit]
X [The Meet at Apthorpe Common]
XI [Dick Leaves Kencote and Makes a Discovery]
XII [The House Party]
XIII [The Hunt Ball]
XIV [A Shoot]
XV [The Guns and the Ladies]
XVI [The Money Question]
XVII [Sunday and Monday]
XVIII [Mrs. Clinton Chooses a Governess]
XIX [Mrs. Clinton In Jermyn Street]
XX [Aunt Laura Intervenes]
XXI [An Engagement]
XXII [Dick Comes Home]
XXIII [Humphrey Counts His Chickens]
XXIV [Virginia Goes to Kencote]
XXV [A Lawn Meet]
XXVI [What Miss Phipp Saw]
XXVII [The Run of the Season]
XXVIII [Property]
XXIX [Brothers]
XXX [Miss Bird Hears All About It]