[ 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.