[CHAPTER I. BY THE SEA]
[CHAPTER II. WHO SAVED HER?]
[CHAPTER III. A SOCIAL DILEMMA]
[CHAPTER IV. DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME]
[CHAPTER V. AT THE REVIEW]
[CHAPTER VI. BUCEPHALUS]
[CHAPTER VII. FREDDY'S NEW SCHOOL]
[CHAPTER VIII. ENGLEFIELD GRANGE]
[CHAPTER IX. LOOKING BACK]
[CHAPTER X. HENRY HALFORD'S NEW STUDY]
[CHAPTER XI. OUR ANTIPODES]
[CHAPTER XII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS]
[CHAPTER XIII. A CHANGE OF OPINION]
[CHAPTER XIV. AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY]
[CHAPTER XV. A VISIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE COMMEMORATION WEEK]
[CHAPTER XVII. CHRISTCHURCH MEADOWS]
[CHAPTER XVIII. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER]
[CHAPTER XIX. HENRY HALFORD WRITES A LETTER]
[CHAPTER XX. HUSBAND AND WIFE]
[CHAPTER XXI. MOTHER AND SON]
[CHAPTER XXII. PARK LANE IN JUNE]
[CHAPTER XXIII. A DISCOVERY AND ITS RESULT]
[CHAPTER XXIV. NEW ARRIVALS]
[CHAPTER XXV. COUNTRY COUSINS]
[CHAPTER XXVI. AT THE STATION]
[CHAPTER XXVII. TEMPTED]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. COUSIN SARAH]
[CHAPTER XXIX. CONSCIENCE]
[CHAPTER XXX. UNCONSCIOUS RIVALS]
[CHAPTER XXXI. THE NEW CURATE]
[CHAPTER XXXII. AT GUY'S HOSPITAL]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. CHARLES HERBERT GIVES HIS OPINION]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. REPENTANCE]
[CHAPTER XXXV. A PANIC IN THE CITY]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. GIPSY DORA]
[CHAPTER XXXVII. AT MEADOW FARM]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE NEW RECTOR OF BRIARSLEIGH]
ENGLEFIELD GRANGE
CHAPTER I.
BY THE SEA.
The afternoon sun of early summer shone brightly on the arm of the sea which joins the Solent at West Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. A few boats were moored alongside the landing-place, but as the season had not yet commenced, the boatmen were standing about idle, scarcely hoping for a fare.
Presently three ladies and a little boy were observed descending the steps, and one of the men, with whom the ladies seemed acquainted, hastily advanced, and touching his cap, exclaimed—
"Want a boat, ma'am, to-day? splendid tide!"
The lady was about to reply, when her youngest daughter, a beautiful girl of about eighteen, touched her on the arm, and exclaimed—