[ CHAPTER LXI. THE HUNT BALL.—MISS DE GLANCEY’S REFLECTIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXII. LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT.—CUPID’S SETTLING DAY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIII. A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. ]


PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION.

IT may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told, that the following story does not involve the complication of a plot. It is a mere continuous narrative of an almost everyday exaggeration, interspersed with sporting scenes and excellent illustrations by Leech.

March 31, 1858.