Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For

by Charlotte M. Yonge

Transcribed from the 1900 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

MODERN BROODS,
OR
DEVELOPMENTS UNLOOKED FOR

BY
CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE.

“Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school.”

—Tennyson.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1900

All rights reserved

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.

First Edition, October, 1900.
Reprinted, November, 1900.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
CHAPTER I
TORTOISES AND HARES	[1]
CHAPTER II
THE GOYLE	[16]
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST SUNDAY	[23]
CHAPTER IV
CYCLES	[34]
CHAPTER V
CLIPSTONE FRIENDS	[45]
CHAPTER VI
THE FRESCOES OF ST. KENELM’S	[57]
CHAPTER VII
SISTER AND SISTERS	[67]
CHAPTER VIII
SNOBBISHNESS	[75]
CHAPTER IX
GONE OVER TO THE ENEMY	[80]
CHAPTER X
FLOWN	[93]
CHAPTER XI
ADRIFT	[103]
CHAPTER XII
“THE KITTIWAKE”	[108]
CHAPTER XIII
CHIMERAS DIRE	[119]
CHAPTER XIV
PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED	[128]
CHAPTER XV
BROODS ASTRAY	[135]
CHAPTER XVI
THE REGIMENT OF WOMEN	[146]
CHAPTER XVII
FOXGLOVES AND FLIRTATIONS	[158]
CHAPTER XVIII
PALACES OR CHURCHES	[165]
CHAPTER XIX
TWO WEDDINGS	[179]
CHAPTER XX
FLEETING	[194]
CHAPTER XXI
THE ELECTRICIANS	[204]
CHAPTER XXII
ANGEL AND BEAR	[213]
CHAPTER XXIII
WILLOW WIDOWS	[224]
CHAPTER XXIV
CRUEL LAWYERS	[237]
CHAPTER XXV
BEAR AS ADVISER	[245]
CHAPTER XXVI
NEW PATHS	[258]
CHAPTER XXVII
A SENTENCE	[266]
CHAPTER XXVIII
SUMMONED	[274]
CHAPTER XXIX
SAFE	[284]
CHAPTER XXX
THE MAIDEN ROCKS	[293]
CHAPTER XXXI
THE WRECK	[300]
CHAPTER XXXII
ANCHORED	[306]
CHAPTER XXXIII
FAREWELL	[310]