LADY BELL VOL. I.

LADY BELL

A Story of Last Century

BY THE AUTHOR OF “CITOYENNE JACQUELINE”

IN THREE VOLS.—I.

STRAHAN & CO.

56, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON

1873

LONDON:

PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND CO.,

CITY ROAD.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAP. PAGE

I. AN OLD QUEEN’S DRAWING-ROOM 1

II. ST. BEVIS’S AND SQUIRE GODWIN 17

III. MRS. KITTY 29

IV. MRS. DIE AND THE QUARTER SESSIONS 41

V. AN IMPRISONED PRINCESS 55

VI. FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS 69

VII. AN OLD SQUIRE’S WOOING 85

VIII. MARRIED IN A DAY 96

IX. LADY BELL TREVOR 107

X. THE SUNDONS AND THE WALSHES 123

XI. THE ELECTION AT PEASMARSH 141

XII. BETRAYAL 162

XIII. FLIGHT 177

XIV. ROYALTY AGAIN 195

XV. LIFE WITH THE PLAYERS 212

XVI. COMPANION TO MISS KINGSCOTE 228

XVII. MASTER CHARLES 243

XVIII. MRS. BARLOWE 256

XIX. AN OLD FRIEND 269