ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

CONTENTS

I. THE SQUIRE OF ALLINGTON.

II. THE TWO PEARLS OF ALLINGTON.

III. THE WIDOW DALE OF ALLINGTON.

IV. MRS. ROPER'S BOARDING-HOUSE.

V. ABOUT L. D.

VI. BEAUTIFUL DAYS.

VII. THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES.

VIII. IT CANNOT BE.

IX. MRS. DALE'S LITTLE PARTY.

X. MRS. LUPEX AND AMELIA ROPER.

XI. SOCIAL LIFE.

XII. LILIAN DALE BECOMES A BUTTERFLY.

XIII. A VISIT TO GUESTWICK.

XIV. JOHN EAMES TAKES A WALK.

XV. THE LAST DAY.

XVI. MR. CROSBIE MEETS AN OLD CLERGYMAN ON HIS WAY TO COURCY CASTLE.

XVII. COURCY CASTLE.

XVIII. LILY DALE'S FIRST LOVE-LETTER.

XIX. THE SQUIRE MAKES A VISIT TO THE SMALL HOUSE.

XX. DR. CROFTS.

XXI. JOHN EAMES ENCOUNTERS TWO ADVENTURES, AND DISPLAYS GREAT COURAGE IN BOTH.

XXII. LORD DE GUEST AT HOME.

XXIII. MR. PLANTAGENET PALLISER.

XXIV. A MOTHER-IN-LAW AND A FATHER-IN-LAW.

XXV. ADOLPHUS CROSBIE SPENDS AN EVENING AT HIS CLUB.

XXVI. LORD DE COURCY IN THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY.

XXVII. "ON MY HONOUR, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT."

XXVIII. THE BOARD.

XXIX. JOHN EAMES RETURNS TO BURTON CRESCENT.

XXX. "IS IT FROM HIM?"

XXXI. THE WOUNDED FAWN.

XXXII. PAWKINS'S IN JERMYN STREET.

XXXIII. "THE TIME WILL COME."

XXXIV. THE COMBAT.

XXXV. VÆ VICTIS.

XXXVI. "SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES."

XXXVII. AN OLD MAN'S COMPLAINT.

XXXVIII. DOCTOR CROFTS IS CALLED IN.

XXXIX. DOCTOR CROFTS IS TURNED OUT.

XL. PREPARATIONS FOR THE WEDDING.

XLI. DOMESTIC TROUBLES.

XLII. LILY'S BEDSIDE.

XLIII. FIE, FIE!

XLIV. VALENTINE'S DAY AT ALLINGTON.

XLV. VALENTINE'S DAY IN LONDON.

XLVI. JOHN EAMES AT HIS OFFICE.

XLVII. THE NEW PRIVATE SECRETARY.

XLVIII. NEMESIS.

XLIX. PREPARATIONS FOR GOING.

L. MRS. DALE IS THANKFUL FOR A GOOD THING.

LI. JOHN EAMES DOES THINGS WHICH HE OUGHT NOT TO HAVE DONE.

LII. THE FIRST VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE.

LIII. LOQUITUR HOPKINS.

LIV. THE SECOND VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE.

LV. NOT VERY FIE FIE AFTER ALL.

LVI. SHOWING HOW MR. CROSBIE BECAME AGAIN A HAPPY MAN.

LVII. LILIAN DALE VANQUISHES HER MOTHER.

LVIII. THE FATE OF THE SMALL HOUSE.

LIX. JOHN EAMES BECOMES A MAN.

LX. CONCLUSION.

ILLUSTRATIONS

MR. PALLISER AND LADY DUMBELLO.[Chapter XXIII] FRONTISPIECE.

"PLEASE, MA'AM, CAN WE HAVE THE PEAS TO SHELL?" CHAPTER III.

"AND YOU LOVE ME?" SAID SHE. CHAPTER V.

"IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE NAUGHTY PARTRIDGES." CHAPTER VII.

"MR. CRADELL, YOUR HAND," SAID LUPEX. CHAPTER XI.

"WHY, IT'S YOUNG EAMES." CHAPTER XIV.

"HE IS OF THAT SORT THAT THEY MAKETHE ANGELS OF," SAID THE VERGER. CHAPTER XVI.

"AND HAVE I NOT REALLY LOVED YOU?" CHAPTER XXI.

"DEVOTEDLY ATTACHED TO THE YOUNG MAN!" CHAPTER XXVI.

THE BOARD. CHAPTER XXVIII.

"WON'T YOU TAKE SOME MORE WINE?" CHAPTER XXXII.

"AND YOU WENT IN AT HIM ON THE STATION?" CHAPTER XXXVI.

"LET ME BEG YOU TO THINK OVER THE MATTER AGAIN." CHAPTER XXXVIII.

"THAT MIGHT DO." CHAPTER XL.

"MAMMA," SHE SAID AT LAST, "IT IS OVER NOW, I'M SURE." CHAPTER XLIV.

"WHY, ON EARTH, ON SUNDAY?" CHAPTER XLVIII.

"BELL, HERE'S THE INKSTAND." CHAPTER XLIX.

"SHE HAS REFUSED ME, AND IT IS ALL OVER." CHAPTER LIV.