I N T R U S T
Ballantyne-Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

IN TRUST

THE STORY OF A LADY AND HER LOVER
BY
M. O. W. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF ‘THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD’ ETC.
NEW EDITION
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1883
All rights reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][Father and Daughter][1]
[II.][The Rest of the Family][11]
[III.][The ‘Game’][22]
[IV.][Under the Beeches][34]
[V.][Explanations][47]
[VI.][Good-bye][59]
[VII.][Cross-examination][70]
[VIII.][The Meadowlands’ Party][83]
[IX.][Cosmo][94]
[X.][Family Counsels][108]
[XI.][Projects of Marriage][121]
[XII.][Mistress and Maid][134]
[XIII.][Heathcote Mountford][146]
[XIV.][The Spectator’s View][160]
[XV.][Tampering with a Lawyer][171]
[XVI.][Good Advice][184]
[XVII.][The Absolute and the Comparative][198]
[XVIII.][Afterthoughts][211]
[XIX.][The Catastrophe][228]
[XX.][The Will][239]
[XXI.][When all was Over][252]
[XXII.][Sophistry][268]
[XXIII.][Heathcote’s Proposal][279]
[XXIV.][A Visitor][292]
[XXV.][Packing Up][307]
[XXVI.][Going Away][318]
[XXVII.][A New Beginning][331]
[XXVIII.][Heathcote’s Career][342]
[XXIX.][Charley Interferes][356]
[XXX.][The Rector Satisfied][370]
[XXXI.][Fallen from her High Estate][383]
[XXXII.][Rose on her Defence][397]
[XXXIII.][The Man of the Period][414]
[XXXIV.][The Heiress’s Trial][422]
[XXXV.][A Simple Woman][442]
[XXXVI.][The Last][456]

IN TRUST.

CHAPTER I.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.