WRECKED IN PORT.
Reading edition
A Novel.
BY
EDMUND YATES,
AUTHOR OF "THE ROCK AHEAD," "BLACK SHEEP," "LAND AT LAST," ETC.
"All things that are Are more with spirit chased than enjoyed."
SHAKESPEARE.
LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL. NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. 1879.
TO
FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE
This Book
IS VERY CORDIALLY INSCRIBED.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. MORIBUND.
II. RETROSPECTIVE.
III. MARIAN.
IV. MARIAN'S CHOICE.
V. WOOLGREAVES.
VI. BREAD-SEEKING.
VII. A NEW FRIEND.
VIII. FLITTING.
IX. THE TENTH EARL.
X. AN INTERIOR.
XI. THE LOUT.
XII. A REMOVAL.
XIII. LIFE AT WESTHOPE.
XIV. LADY CAROLINE.
XV. "NEWS FROM THE HUMMING CITY."
XVI. "HE LOVES ME; HE LOVES ME NOT."
XVII. BECOMING INDISPENSABLE.
XVIII. THE RUBICON.
XIX. MARIAN'S REPLY.
XX. DURING THE INTERVAL.
XXI. SUCCESS ACHIEVED.
XXII. THE GIRLS THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM.
XXIII. WEDNESDAY'S POST.
XXIV. POOR PAPA'S SUCCESSOR.
XXV. CLOUDING OVER.
XXVI. IN HARNESS.
XXVII. RIDING AT ANCHOR.
XXVIII. THE OPPORTUNITY.
XXIX. CANVASSING.
XXX. BAFFLED.
XXXI. AN INCOMPLETE VICTORY.
XXXII. THE SHATTERING OF THE IDOL.
XXXIII. TOO LATE.
XXXIV. FOR ONCE GERTRUDE TAKES THE LEAD.
XXXV. LADY CAROLINE ADVISES ON A DELICATE SUBJECT.
XXXVI. NIGHT AND MORNING.
XXXVII. MARIAN'S RESOLVE.
XXXVIII. THE RESULT.