Contents

I.WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY.[245]
II.HOW THE DAUGHTER HAS A HEART; AND, WHAT IS COMMONER, A LOVER.[249]
III.PATERNAL AMIABILITIES.[252]
IV.EXCUSATORY.[257]
V.WHEREIN A WELL-MEANING MOTHER ACTS VERY FOOLISHLY.[260]
VI.PLEASANT BROTHER JOHN.[263]
VII.PROVIDENCE SEES FIT TO HELP VILLANY.[268]
VIII.THE ROGUE'S TRIUMPH.[273]
IX.FALSE-WITNESS KILLS A MOTHER, AND WOULD WILLINGLY STARVE A SISTER.[278]
X.HOW TO HELP ONE'S SELF.[283]
XI.FRAUD CUTS HIS FINGERS WITH HIS OWN EDGED TOOLS.[289]
XII.HEART'S CORE.[293]
XIII.HOPE'S BIRTH TO INNOCENCE, AND HOPE'S DEATH TO FRAUD.[296]
XIV.PROBABLE RECONCILIATION.[298]
XV.THE FATHER FINDS HIS HEART FOR EVER.[302]
XVI.A WORD ABOUT ORIGINALITY AND MOURNING.[306]
XVII.THE HOUSE OF FEASTING.[308]
XVIII.THE END OF THE HEARTLESS.[312]
XIX.WHEREIN MATTERS ARE CONCLUDED.[320]

HEART.

CHAPTER I.

WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY.

"Is he rich, ma'am? is he rich? ey? what—what? is he rich?"

Sir Thomas was a rapid little man, and quite an epicure in the use of that luscious monosyllable.