University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Under the Trees[7]
II.Around the Fire[18]
III.A Foundation that brought Kat to grief[38]
IV.In Confidence[51]
V.One Day[65]
VI.A Stranger[80]
VII.Mr. Congreve surprises Himself and everybody else[97]
VIII.Odds and Ends[113]
IX.What Olive heard[128]
X.The little Black Trunk[148]
XI.Where is Ernestine?[ 168]
XII.The Story[188]
XIII.A Year later[202]
XIV.Study or Play?[221]
XV.Congreve Hall[240]
XVI.Under the shady green-wood Tree[257]
XVII.Several Things[284]
XVIII.At the Opera[306]
XIX.Coming Home[336]
XX.A Sad Story[355]
XXI.My Lady[368]
XXII.To Rear, To Love, and then to Lose[380]
XXIII.When God drew near, among His Own to choose[406]
XXIV.Two Secrets[420]
XXV.Merry Christmas to all, and to all aGood-Night—Five Years later[437]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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From Aunt Tremayne and Ralph[Frontispiece]
"O Ernestine, how Lovely!"[17]
Kat and Kit[49]
The Old Gentleman lifted Jean up on the Post[92]
"Now let's see what's in this Wonderful Trunk"[167]
"Why, how do you do, my Dear Child?"[244]
"What is the Matter? What has happened?"[267]
Mr. Congreve would come into the Gallery[314]