Nelly

INNOCENT:
A TALE OF MODERN LIFE.

By Mrs. OLIPHANT,
AUTHOR OF “THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,” ETC., ETC.
FOURTH EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1874.
[All rights reserved.]
LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]—[The Old House][1]
[II.]—[The News, and how it was Received][8]
[III.]—[The Family][16]
[IV.]—[The Friends of the Family][23]
[V.]—[Frederick’s Way][32]
[VI.]—[Pisa][40]
[VII.]—[The Palazzo Scaramucci][48]
[VIII.]—[The Cousins][55]
[IX.]—[At Home][63]
[X.]—[The Arrival][70]
[XI.]—[At Home and not at Home][79]
[XII.]—[A Love Tale][87]
[XIII.]—[Consultations][94]
[XIV.]—[A Momentous Interview][101]
[XV.]—[A Sunday at Home][109]
[XVI.]—[Innocent’s First Adventure][117]
[XVII.]—[Frederick to the Rescue][124]
[XVIII.]—[Philosophy for Girls][132]
[XIX.]—[The Flower of Sterborne][140]
[XX.]—[What it is to be “in Love”][148]
[XXI.]—[A Family Dinner][156]
[XXII.]—[About another Marriage][164]
[XXIII.]—[Amanda][172]
[XXIV.]—[What the Family thought][180]
[XXV.]—[After a Year][188]
[XXVI.]—[A Proposal][195]
[XXVII.]—[Mrs. Frederick][202]
[XXVIII.]—[A New Complication][211]
[XXIX.]—[Innocent’s Outset in the World][217]
[XXX.]—[The High Lodge][224]
[XXXI.]—[The Minster and the Villa][231]
[XXXII.]—[The Moment of Fate][238]
[XXXIII.]—[Flight][247]
[XXXIV.]—[A Bereaved Husband][254]
[XXXV.]—[Mrs. Eastwood’s Investigation][261]
[XXXVI.]—[At Home][268]
[XXXVII.]—[Innocent’s Confession][275]
[XXXVIII.]—[Into further Deeps][283]
[XXXIX.]—[An Appeal][290]
[XL.]—[Family Opinions][298]
[XLI.]—[An Unpopular Wedding][304]
[XLII.]—[After the Wedding][311]
[XLIII.]—[The Gathering of the Storm][318]
[XLIV.]—[The Thunderbolt][325]
[XLV.]—[The First Deserter][333]
[XLVI.]—[The Evidence][340]
[XLVII.]—[The Trial][347]
[XLVIII.]—[The Second Day][363]
[XLIX.]—[Delivered][368]
[L.]—[Jenny’s Meditation][375]
[LI.]—[The Nunnery][380]
[LII.]—[What became of Lady Longueville][382]
[LIII.]—[Conclusion][391]