| CHAP. | PAGE |
| I. | A Flutter in the Dove-cot | [1] |
| II. | The "Coup de Grâce" | [20] |
| III. | The Heads of the House look Grave | [35] |
| IV. | The Crash | [54] |
| V. | Promotion | [72] |
| VI. | The Cloud Deepens | [81] |
| VII. | Rose goes West and Annie goes East | [106] |
| VIII. | Standing and Waiting | [122] |
| IX. | A Wilful Dog will have his Way | [136] |
| X. | Life in an Hospital Ward | [157] |
| XI. | Mrs. Jennings and her daughterHester | [182] |
| XII. | A Young Artist's Experience | [188] |
| XIII. | Mr. St. Foy's and the Misses Stone's | [196] |
| XIV. | The Old Town, with its Air stagnantyet troubled. Is May to becomea Scholar or a Shop-girl? | [214] |
| XV. | Tom Robinson taken into Counsel | [234] |
| XVI. | Rose's Folly and Annie's Wisdom | [257] |
| XVII. | May has to fight her own Battle | [288] |
| XVIII. | Dora is the next Messenger with badTidings | [316] |
| XIX. | The Unemployed—a Familiar Face | [322] |
| XX. | Redcross Again | [342] |
| XXI. | Miss Franklin's Mistake | [363] |
| XXII. | A Shred of Hope | [382] |
| XXIII. | Second Thoughts and Last Words | [392] |