With Illustrations By Phiz,

In Two Volumes. Vol. I.

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. 1907.

To G. P. B. JAMES, Esq.

Dear James,—You, once upon a time, dedicated to me a tale of deep and thrilling interest Let me now inscribe to you this volume on the plea of that classic authority who, in the interchange of armour, “gave Brass for Gold.”

It is, however, far less to repay the obligation of a debt by giving you a “Roland”—not for your “Oliver,” but your “Stepmother”—than for the pleasure of recording one “Fact” in a bulky tome of Fiction, that I now write your name at the head of this page,—that fact being, the warm memory I cherish of all our pleasant hours of intercourse, and the sincere value I place upon the honor of your friendship.

Yours, in all esteem and affection,

CHARLES LEVER.

Palazzo Ximenes, Florence, Oct 20, 1849.

CONTENTS

PREFACE.
ROLAND CASHEL.
CHAPTER I. DON PEDRO'S GUESTS
CHAPTER II. A CHALLENGE—AND HOW IT ENDED
CHAPTER III. MR. SIMMS ON LIFE AT THE VILLA
CHAPTER IV. THE KENNYFECK HOUSEHOLD
CHAPTER V. HOW ROLAND BECAME ENTITLED TO THE GODFREY BROWNE PROPERTY
CHAPTER VI. A FRACAS IN THE BETTING-RING
CHAPTER VII. PEEPS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER VIII. LOVE v. LAW
CHAPTER IX. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE
CHAPTER X. THE COMING DINNER-PARTY DISCUSSED
CHAPTER XI. A DRIVE WITH THE LADIES
CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT KENNYFECK DINNER
CHAPTER XIII. TUBBER-BEG
CHAPTER XIV. MR. LINTON REVEALS HIS DESIGNS
CHAPTER XV. AT THE GAMING TABLE
CHAPTER XVI. WHAT ROLAND OVERHEARD AT THE MONEY LENDER'S
CHAPTER XVII. SCANNING THE POLITICAL HORIZON
CHAPTER XVIII. UNDER THE GREEN-WOOD TREE
CHAPTER XIX. THE DOMESTIC DETECTIVE CONSULTED
CHAPTER XX. HOW ENRIQUE'S LETTER WAS LOST AND FOUND
CHAPTER XXI. THE CONSPIRATORS DISTURBED
CHAPTER XXII. VISIT TO THE “CASHEL PICTURE GALLERY.”
CHAPTER XXIII. LINTON VISITS HIS ESTATE
CHAPTER XXIV. BREAKFAST WITH MR. CORRIGAN
CHAPTER XXV. TUBBERMORE TRANSFORMED
CHAPTER XXVI. BAD GENERALSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII. LIEUTENANT SICKLETON'S PATENT PUMP
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SPLIT IN THE KENNYFECK CABINET
CHAPTER XXIX. STORM AND WRECK
CHAPTER XXX. MISS LEICESTER'S DREAM AND ITS FULFILMENT
CHAPTER XXXI. THE GUESTS BEGIN TO ARRIVE
CHAPTER XXXII. HOW THE VISITORS FARED
CHAPTER XXXIII. ROLAND'S INTRODUCTION TO MR. CORRIGAN
CHAPTER XXXIV. ROLAND “HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE”
CHAPTER XXXV. MISS JEMIMA MEEK