| PAGE | |
| BEYOND THE TOP OF THE HILL | [1] |
| IN PLEASURE AND PAIN | [118] |
| AT HOME AND ABROAD | [192] |
| SOCIAL REMINISCENCES | [252] |
| A KNOCKING AT THE DOOR | [295] |
| WRITING THE GURNEY MEMOIRS | [337] |
| IN MANY PLACES | [393] |
| FAREWELL | [526] |
| INDEX:[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y],[Z] | [539] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. VI
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In order to ease the flow of reading, some of the illustrations have been moved to before or after the paragraph in which they appeared in the book. (note of etext transcriber) |
| CHARLOTTE LEYCESTER. (Photogravure) | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| THE DEANERY, BATTLE | [5] |
| L’ARICCIA | [10] |
| GALLERIA DI SOTTO, ALBANO | [11] |
| LAKE OF BOLSENA | [12] |
| S. DOMENICO, SIENA | [13] |
| MONTE OLIVETO | [14] |
| SENS | [15] |
| THE PARACLETE | [16] |
| THE PORCH, HOLMHURST | [27] |
| RIEZ | [36] |
| GRIGNAN | [37] |
| CLOISTER OF CAVAILLON | [38] |
| MONTMAJOUR | [40] |
| LES BAUX | [41] |
| LES S. MARIES DE LA CAMARGUE | [42] |
| LA SALETTE | [43] |
| DOMREMY, VILLAGE STREET | [45] |
| HOUSE OF JEANNE DARC | [46] |
| EMBRUN | [47] |
| CHÂTEAU DE VIZILLE | [49] |
| QUAYS OF GRENOBLE | [51] |
| SCOTNEY CASTLE | [55] |
| AT WESTMINSTER | [64] |
| THE GARDEN, HOLMHURST | [98] |
| THE MANOR WALK, HOLMHURST | [110] |
| ROSNY | [113] |
| ALNWICK CASTLE | [137] |
| HOLMHURST FROM THE SHRUBBERY | [140] |
| S. FLOUR, FROM THE SOUTH | [147] |
| CHÂTEAU DU ROI, S. EMILION | [148] |
| AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE, 1888. (Photogravure) | To face [150] |
| S. NECTAIRE | [151] |
| GATE OF LA GUERANDE | [153] |
| PONT S. LOUIS, MENTONE | [165] |
| IN S. FRANCESCO NEL DESERTO | [169] |
| THE ROCKY VALLEY, HOLMHURST | [171] |
| FROM THE WALKS, HOLMHURST | [174] |
| ST. MICHAEL’S MOUNT | [176] |
| CEMETERY OF PERA, CONSTANTINOPLE | [195] |
| THE BATHS, BROUSSA | [213] |
| OBER-AMMERGAU | [218] |
| TOMB OF LADY WATERFORD, FORD | [251] |
| THE OAK WALK, HOLMHURST | [254] |
| THE VENETIAN WELL, HOLMHURST | [255] |
| BISHOP’S BRIDGE, NORWICH | [260] |
| SASSO | [265] |
| AT BORDIGHERA | [266] |
| AT REBEKAH’S WELL, NEAR S. REMO | [267] |
| AT S. REMO | [268] |
| GLEN AT S. REMO | [269] |
| CLAUDIAN AQUEDUCT | [274] |
| REMAINS OF TEMPLE OF JUPITER LATIARIS, MONTE CAVI | [281] |
| VENETIAN POZZO | [292] |
| BROADHURST | [322] |
| GROOMBRIDGE PLACE | [323] |
| AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE (Photogravure) | To face [336] |
| EARLHAM HALL | [338] |
| MONT S. MICHEL | [344] |
| S. JEAN DU DOIGT | [345] |
| AT CARNAC | [346] |
| LES ROCHERS | [347] |
| QUEEN ANNE AT HOLMHURST | [349] |
| BELLA’S LOGHOUSE, ALDERLEY MERE | [352] |
| STOKESAY | [382] |
| PITCHFORD | [383] |
| IN THE WALKS, HOLMHURST | [395] |
| THE TERRACE DOOR, HOLMHURST | [426] |
| THE NAYLOR LANDING, HOLMHURST | [430] |
| THE ARSON STEPS, HOLMHURST | [450] |
| IN THE WALPOLE CORRIDOR, HOLMHURST | [469] |
| WARBLETON PRIORY, ON APPROACHING | [471] |
| WARBLETON PRIORY, SEEN FROM BEHIND | [472] |
| PORCH OF HOSPICE, HOLMHURST | [477] |
| THE AVE-VALE STEPS, HOLMHURST | [481] |
| IN THE CHURCHYARD, HURSTMONCEAUX | [489] |
| THE AVE-VALE GATE, HOLMHURST | [492] |
| IN THE UPPER CORRIDOR, HOLMHURST | [503] |
| THE PORCH, HOLMHURST | [511] |
XXIV
BEYOND THE TOP OF THE HILL
“Un jour tout sera bien, voilà notre espérance!
Tout est bien aujourd’hui, voilà l’illusion.
. . . . . . . . . .
Que tout soit mal ou bien, faisons que tout soit mieux.”
—Rousseau.
“Il faut travailler en ce monde, il faut souffrir el combattre. On aura bien le temps de se reposer toute l’érnité.
“Si nous comprenions bien notre bonheur, nous pourrions presque dire que nous sommes plus heureux que les saints dans le ciel. Ils vivent des leurs rentes; ils ne peuvent rien gagner; tandis que nous, nous pouvons à chaque instant augmenter notre trésor.”—Le Curé d’Ars.
“La debolezza umana piange, sorride l’imortale speranza.”—Epitaph at Pisa.