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CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.[— A Horrible Scandal] 1
II.[— At the Parsonage] 27
III.[— How they came Home] 51
IV.[— The Return of the Wanderer] 73
V.[— The Misses Sleek drop in] 94
VI.[— The Sleeks in Arcadia] 117
VII.[— Haggard comes into his own] 138
VIII.[— The Vicar tries Puffin] 167
IX.[— Mr. Puffin hunts a Butterfly] 190
X.[— A rather Shady Character] 213
XI.[— Esau was the Firstborn] 236
XII.[— In St. John's Wood] 276

THE PIT TOWN CORONET.

CHAPTER I.

A HORRIBLE SCANDAL.