CONTENTS CHAP. I. THE ARTICLED PUPIL II. 'I AM GOING TO MARRY

THE GOLDEN CALF

CHAPTER I. THE ARTICLED PUPIL.

CHAPTER II. 'I AM GOING TO MARRY FOR MONEY.'

CHAPTER III. AT THE KNOLL.

CHAPTER IV. WENDOVER ABBEY.

CHAPTER V. DR. RYLANCE ASSERTS HIMSELF.

CHAPTER VI. A BIRTHDAY FEAST.

CHAPTER VII. IN THE RIVER-MEADOW.

CHAPTER VIII. AT THE LOCK-HOUSE.

CHAPTER IX. A SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT.

CHAPTER X. A BAD PENNY.

CHAPTER XI. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT A DISCOUNT.

CHAPTER XII. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

CHAPTER XIII. KINGTHORPE SOCIETY.

CHAPTER XIV. THE TRUE KNIGHT.

CHAPTER XV. MR. WENDOVER PLANS AN EXCURSION.

CHAPTER XVI. THICKER THAN WATER.

CHAPTER XVII. OUGHT SHE TO STAY?

CHAPTER XVIII AFTER A STORM COMES A CALM.

CHAPTER XIX. AFTER A CALM A STORM.

CHAPTER XX. WAS THIS THE MOTIVE?

CHAPTER XXI. TAKING LIFE QUIETLY.

CHAPTER XXII. LADY PALLISER STUDIES THE UPPER TEN.

CHAPTER XXIII. 'ALL OUR LIFE IS MIXED WITH DEATH.'

CHAPTER XXIV. 'FRUITS FAIL AND LOVE DIES AND TIME RANGES.'

CHAPTER XXV. 'MY SEED WAS YOUTH, MY CROP WAS ENDLESS CAKE.'

CHAPTER XXVI. 'AND, IF I DIE, NO SOUL WILL PITY ME.'

CHAPTER XXVII. JOHN JARDINE SOLVES THE MYSTERY.

CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.

CHAPTER XXIX. 'AS ONE DEAD IN THE BOTTOM OF A TOMB.'

CHAPTER XXX. A FIERY DAWN.

CHAPTER XXXI. 'SOLE PARTNER AND SOLE PART OF ALL THESE JOYS.'

Title: The Golden Calf

Author: M. E. Braddon

Language: English

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan and Distributed Proofreaders

THE GOLDEN CALF

A Novel

BY M.E. BRADDON

AUTHOR OF

'LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET,' 'AURORA FLOYD,' 'VIXEN,' 'ISHMAEL,' ETC., ETC.

[Illustration: "Ida stood with clasped hands, and lips moving dumbly in prayer."]