AS A TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR'S RESPECT AND AFFECTION.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][MR. FORDE AT HOMEWOOD][1]
[II.][KLEINWORT AND CO. IN CONSULTATION][18]
[III][MR. DEAN AND HIS FUTURE RELATIVES][50]
[IV][PREVISION][70]
[V][MR. DEAN GLORIFIES HIMSELF][85]
[VI][MR. GIBBONS' OPINION ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS][107]
[VII][STRAWS][123]
[VIII][MR. SWANLAND STIRS HIS TEA][147]
[IX][IN THE 'TIMES'][169]
[X][MR. SWANLAND WISHES TO BE INFORMED][186]
[XI][MRS. MORTOMLEY'S FORTUNE][208]
[XII][LEAVING HOMEWOOD][223]
[XIII][DOLLY WRITES A LETTER][251]
[XIV][THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE][277]
[XV][MR. FORDE MAKES A MISTAKE][292]

MORTOMLEY'S ESTATE.

CHAPTER I.

MR. FORDE AT HOMEWOOD.

Said Mrs. Mortomley to Lenore,

"Run away, love, I do not want you here. I am busy."

"Shall I take her?" asked Rupert, seeing a little trouble in the child's eyes, a pucker about the corners of her mouth.