W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
A good old country lodge, half hid with blooms
Of honeyed green, and quaint with straggling rooms.
Leigh Hunt.
Give me simplicity, that I may know Thy ways,
Know them and practise them.
George Herbert.
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I. THE HOUSE IN THE LANE [7]
II. THE OLD LADY [23]
III. TWO JACINTHS [39]
IV. A LETTER AND A DISCUSSION [54]
V. AN OLD STORY [69]
VI. BESSIE'S MISGIVINGS [84]
VII. AN INVITATION [99]
VIII. DELICATE GROUND [116]
IX. THE INDIAN MAIL [135]
X. THE HARPERS' HOME [150]
XI. GREAT NEWS [164]
XII. '"CAMILLA" AND "MARGARET," YES' [181]
XIII. MAMMA [192]
XIV. A COURAGEOUS PLEADER [206]
XV. LADY MYRTLE'S INTENTIONS [224]
XVI. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT [239]
XVII. TWO DEGREES OF HONESTY [255]
XVIII. I WILL THINK IT OVER [270]
XIX. UNCLE MARMY'S GATES [281]