BOOK II.
| Chapter | |
| VIII. | [ HESTER ARRIVES.] |
| IX. | [ MR. SAMUEL'S POLICY.] |
| X. | [NUNCEY.] |
| XI. | [ HESTER IS ACCEPTED.] |
| XII. | [ THE OPENING DAY.] |
| XIII. | [ TOM TREVARTHEN INTERVENES.] |
| XIV. | [ MR. SAM IS MAGNANIMOUS.] |
| XV. | [ MYRA IN DISGRACE.] |
BOOK III.
| Chapter | |
| XVI. | [ AUNT BUTSON CLOSES SCHOOL.] |
| XVII. | [ PETER BENNEY'S DISMISSAL.] |
| XVIII. | [ RIGHT OF FERRY.] |
| XIX. | [ THE INTERCEDERS.] |
| XX. | [ AN OUTBURST.] |
| XXI. | [ MR. BENNY GETS PROMOTION.] |
| XXII. | [ CLEM IS LOST TO MYRA.] |
| XXIII. | [ HESTER WRITES A LOVE LETTER.] |
| XXIV. | [ THE RESCUE.] |
| XXV. | [ BUT TOM CAN WRITE.] |
| XXVI. | [ MESSENGERS.] |
| XXVII. | [ HOME.] |
CHAPTER I.
ROSEWARNE OF HALL.
John Rosewarne sat in his counting-house at Hall, dictating a letter to his confidential clerk. The letter ran—
"Dear Sir,—In answer to yours of the 6th inst., I beg to inform you that in consequence of an arrangement with the Swedish firms, by which barrel-staves will be trimmed and finished to three standard lengths before shipment, we are enabled to offer an additional discount of five per cent, for the coming season on orders of five thousand staves and upwards. Such orders, however, should reach us before the fishery begins, as we hold ourselves free to raise the price at any time after 1st July. A consignment is expected from the Baltic within the next fortnight."
"Dear Sir,—In answer to yours of the 6th inst., I beg to inform you that in consequence of an arrangement with the Swedish firms, by which barrel-staves will be trimmed and finished to three standard lengths before shipment, we are enabled to offer an additional discount of five per cent, for the coming season on orders of five thousand staves and upwards. Such orders, however, should reach us before the fishery begins, as we hold ourselves free to raise the price at any time after 1st July. A consignment is expected from the Baltic within the next fortnight."