CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON ATLANTA
SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS
Copyright, 1896, 1917, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY | [1] |
| II. | SHOWING HOW THE FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM | [9] |
| III. | THE MAGIAN CONFLICT | [16] |
| IV. | ARSON | [21] |
| V. | ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK | [30] |
| VI. | JUVENILE STRATAGEMS | [35] |
| VII. | DAPHNE'S BOWER | [42] |
| VIII. | THE BITTER CUP | [47] |
| IX. | A FINE DISTINCTION | [55] |
| X. | RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL, AND IS THE OCCASION OF AN APHORISM | [60] |
| XI. | IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER | [67] |
| XII. | THE BLOSSOMING SEASON | [72] |
| XIII. | THE MAGNETIC AGE | [83] |
| XIV. | AN ATTRACTION | [92] |
| XV. | FERDINAND AND MIRANDA | [97] |
| XVI. | UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON | [106] |
| XVII. | GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD | [115] |
| XVIII. | THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA | [120] |
| XIX. | A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY WHISTLE | [124] |
| XX. | CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO | [127] |
| XXI. | RICHARD IS SUMMONED TO TOWN TO HEAR A SERMON | [145] |
| XXII. | INDICATES THE APPROACHES OF FEVER | [153] |
| XXIII. | CRISIS IN THE APPLE-DISEASE | [163] |
| XXIV. | OF THE SPRING PRIMROSE AND THE AUTUMNAL | [175] |
| XXV. | IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP | [180] |
| XXVI. | RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO | [199] |
| XXVII. | CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE | [213] |
| XXVIII. | RELATES HOW PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS | [216] |
| XXIX. | IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF THE COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST | [233] |
| XXX. | CELEBRATES THE BREAKFAST | [246] |
| XXXI. | THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON | [255] |
| XXXII. | PROCESSION OF THE CAKE | [262] |
| XXXIII. | NURSING THE DEVIL | [279] |
| XXXIV. | CONQUEST OF AN EPICURE | [290] |
| XXXV. | CLARE'S MARRIAGE | [310] |
| XXXVI. | A DINNER-PARTY AT RICHMOND | [325] |
| XXXVII. | MRS. BERRY ON MATRIMONY | [341] |
| XXXVIII. | AN ENCHANTRESS | [352] |
| XXXIX. | THE LITTLE BIRD AND THE FALCON: A BERRY TO THE RESCUE! | [376] |
| XL. | CLARE'S DIARY | [392] |
| XLI. | AUSTIN RETURNS | [409] |
| XLII. | NATURE SPEAKS | [420] |
| XLIII. | AGAIN THE MAGIAN CONFLICT | [429] |
| XLIV. | THE LAST SCENE | [437] |
| XLV. | LADY BLANDISH TO AUSTIN WENTWORTH | [454] |