My dear Erlanger,—Through the many anxieties which beset me while I was writing this story, your name was continually recurring, and always with some act of kindness, or some proof of affection. Let me, then, in simple gratitude dedicate to you a volume of which, in a measure, you stand sponsor, and say to the world at large what I have so often said to my own,
How sincerely and heartily I am
Your friend,
CHARLES LEVER. Trieste, February 20th, 1869.
CONTENTS
[ THAT BOY OF NORCOTT'S. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE TRIAL
[ CHAPTER II. ] WITH MY MOTHER
[ CHAPTER III. ] WITH MY FATHER
[ CHAPTER IV. ] THE VILLA MALIBRAN
[ CHAPTER V. ] A FIRST DINNER-PARTY
[ CHAPTER VI. ] HOW THE DAYS WENT OYER
[ CHAPTER VII. ] A PRIVATE AUDIENCE
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] A DARK-ROOM PICTURE
[ CHAPTER IX. ] MADAME CLEREMONT
[ CHAPTER X. ] PLANNING PLEASURE
[ CHAPTER XI. ] A BIRTHDAY DINNER
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE BALL
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] A NEXT MORNING
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] A GOOD-BYE
[ CHAPTER XV. ] A TERRIBLE SHOCK
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] FIUME
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] HANSERL OF THE YARD
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] THE SAIL ACROSS THE BAY
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] AT THE FÊTE
[ CHAPTER XX. ] OUR INNER LIFE
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] THE OFFICE
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] UNWISHED-FOR PROMOTION
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE MAN WHO TRAVELLED FOR OUR HOUSE
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] MY INSTRUCTIONS
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] "ON THE ROAD” IN CROATIA
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] IN HUNGARY
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] SCHLOSS HUNYADI
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE SALON
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] AN UNLOOKED-FOR MEETING
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] HASTY TIDINGS
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] IN SORROW
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] THE END