D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

MCMXIII

TO MY MOTHER
We were happy, you and I, In the days so long gone by, When you gave me of the store Of rich legendary lore, Part saga, and part truth, Of the days of your own youth. Ah! The world was golden then! How we scorned the world of men In the days so long gone by! We were happy, you and I.

First published 1913

CONTENTS

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[A LITTLE PREFACE]vii
I.[FRANCIS OBLIGES]1
II.[THE CURATE MARRIES]9
III.[ST. WITHANS]19
IV.[FERN SQUARE]29
V.[HOSTILITIES]40
VI.[FREDERIC’S FRIENDS]50
VII.[YOUNG WOMEN]58
VIII.[SERGE]71
IX.[INTERIOR]83
X.[SUNDAY SUPPER]95
XI.[ART AND DRAMA]107
XII.[ANNETTE]119
XIII.[IMBROGLIO]131
XIV.[WHITE BEARD AND GREY]143
XV.[WALKING HOME]156
XVI.[MRS. FOLYAT DISSECTED]170
XVII.[FREDERIC SNARED]177
XVIII.[EXCURSION]186
XIX.[GERTRUDE]200
XX.[EDUCATION]210
XXI.[MRS. ENTWISTLE’S HEART]218
XXII.[LOVE]227
XXIII.[BENNETT TELLS HIS MOTHER]241
XXIV.[ANNETTE TELLS HER FATHER]247
XXV.[LAWRIEAN PHILOSOPHY]260
XXVI.[MINNA’S CHOICE]266
XXVII.[GERTRUDE MAKES THE BEST OF IT]274
XXVIII.[MOTHER AND DAUGHTER]280
XXIX.[DISCUSSION]288
XXX.[FREDERIC IN THE TOILS]295
XXXI.[NEWS FROM MINNA]309
XXXII.[THE CUTTING OF A KNOT]323
XXXIII.[THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER]334
XXXIV.[NUNC DIMITTIS]341

[A LITTLE PREFACE]

Care I for the limbs, the thews, the stature, bulk and bigassemblance of a man? Give me the spirit.
HENRY IV, Part II.