Front matter

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

MISS DEVEREUX, SPINSTER

BY

AGNES GIBERNE

AUTHOR OF "SUN, MOON AND STARS," "SWEETBRIAR," ETC.

"Take thou no thought for aught save right and truth, Life holds for finer souls no equal prize." L. MORRIS

NEW EDITION

LONDON

JAMES CLARKE & CO., 13 & 14 FLEET STREET

[All rights reserved]

CONTENTS

BOOK I.

IN CHILDHOOD'S HOUR.

CHAPTER

I. A MIDDLE-AGED YOUNG LADY

II. TAKING SHAPE

III. "DEAR AUNT"

IV. SEVERELY SMITTEN

V. QUITE TOO UTTERLY

VI. AN APPEAL AND ITS RESULTS

VII. PREPOSTEROUS

BOOK II.

AFTER SEVEN YEARS.

I. MRS. KENNEDY'S NOTIONS

II. MUD AND BRAMBLES

III. HUSBAND AND WIFE

IV. A STRIFE FOR THE MASTERY

V. IN THE GORGE AGAIN

VI. FRICTION

VII. AN UNWILLING WITNESS

VIII. ON THE MARSHES

IX. BROUGHT HOME

X. THE AFTER SMART

XI. NEW GROUND

XII. THE WIGGINSES AND MAIDENHAIR

BOOK III.

ACTION AND REACTION.

I. A ROUGH DIAMOND

II. OLD FATHER THAMES

III. AMATEUR CRITICISM

IV. THE PROCESS OF FORMATION

V. PROTECTOR AND PROTECTED

VI. "NOT IN MY SET"

VII. THE SOCIAL BOARD

VIII. DARK-EYED EMMIE

IX. COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE

X. CONFIDENTIAL WITH THE DOCTOR

XI. ON THE ROCKS

XII. TAKING COUNSEL

XIII. BOULEVERSEMENT

BOOK IV.

THE UPSHOT OF IT ALL.

I. DUTTON GOSSIP

II. THE "SPANISH GIPSY"

III. IF IT WERE TRUE

IV. ROUGH WINDS

V. SUCCEEDING CALM

MISS DEVEREUX, SPINSTER

BOOK I.

IN CHILDHOOD'S HOUR.

"A silent creature, thoughtful, grave, sincere." JEAN INGELOW.