A MERE CHANCE.

A NOVEL.

BY

ADA CAMBRIDGE,

AUTHOR OF "IN TWO YEARS TIME," &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,

Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1882. Right of Translation Reserved.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A Marshal Neil Rose 1

II. Family Counsels 30

III. Mr. Kingston's Question 50

IV. The Answer 85

V. So Soon! 111

VI. A Rash Promise 126

VII. Two Love Letters 146

VIII. How Rachel Met "Him" 166

IX. A Black Sheep 191

X. Outside the Pale 210

XI. Mr. Dalrymple has to Consult Gordon 250

XII. "Oh, if they had!" 288

A MERE CHANCE.