| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | Nan's Golden Mane | [1] | |
| II. | Crushed | [8] | |
| III. | Two Proverbs | [16] | |
| IV. | The Colts—Robin and Joe | [23] | |
| V. | Not Missed | [32] | |
| VI. | Friar's Wood | [42] | |
| VII. | The Story Book Lady | [53] | |
| VIII. | Alone in the Wood | [63] | |
| IX. | "I Broke My Word," said Annie | [70] | |
| X. | An Awfully Frivolous Girl | [79] | |
| XI. | The Diamond Ring | [88] | |
| XII. | The Land of Perhaps | [97] | |
| XIII. | The Fancy Ball | [113] | |
| XIV. | Poor Mrs. Myrtle | [124] | |
| XV. | "The Way of Transgressors" | [132] | |
| XVI. | Perhaps | [143] | |
| XVII. | Fairy and Brownie | [152] | |
| XVIII. | The Lorrimers of the Towers | [161] | |
| XIX. | Topsy-Turvey | [171] | |
| XX. | The New Owners | [179] | |
| XXI. | Hester Speaks Her Mind | [194] | |
| XXII. | Antonia's Gift | [207] | |
| XXIII. | Truth and Fidelity | [215] | |
| XXIV. | A Wet Sponge | [222] | |
| XXV. | Molly's Sorrow | [234] | |
| XXVI. | Plot Thickens | [245] | |
| XXVII. | Nell is in Trouble | [252] | |
| XXVIII. | The Lion and Mouse | [262] | |
| XXIX. | God Bless Antonia | [274] |
RED ROSE AND TIGER LILY
OR
IN A WIDER WORLD
CHAPTER I.
NAN'S GOLDEN MANE.
It was a perfect summer's evening. The sun had just set, and purple, gold, violet, rose colour still filled the sky in the west. There was a tender new moon, looking like a silver bow, also to be seen; before long the evening star would be visible.
Hester Thornton stepped out of the drawing-room at the Grange, and, walking a little way down the broad gravel sweep, began to listen intently. Hester was about seventeen—a slender girl for her age. Her eyes were dark, her eyebrows somewhat strongly marked, her abundant hair, of a much lighter shade of brown, was coiled in close folds round her well-shaped head. Her lips were slightly compressed, her chin showed determination. Hester had not been beautiful as a child, and she was not beautiful as a girl, but her face was pleasant to look at, very bright when animated, very steadfast and sweet when in repose. The air was like nectar to her cheeks. She was naturally a pale girl, but a faint rose colour was now discernible in her complexion, and the look of expectation in her dark eyes made them charming.