CONTENTS CHAPTER I. ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE CHAPTER II. THROUGH THE VAGUE TO THE INFINITELY LITTLE CHAPTER III. OLD VEUVE CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND BOTTLE CHAPTER V. THE LONDON WALK WESTWARD CHAPTER VI. NATALY CHAPTER VII. BETWEEN A GENERAL MAN OF THIN WORLD AND A PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER VIII. SOME FAMILIAR GUESTS CHAPTER IX. AN INSPECTION OF LAKELANDS CHAPTER X. SKEPSEY IN MOTION CHAPTER XI. WHEREIN WE BEHOLD THE COUPLE JUSTIFIED OF LOVE HAVING SIGHT OF THEIR SCOURGE CHAPTER XII. TREATS OF THE DUMBNESS POSSIBLE WITH MEMBERS OF A HOUSEHOLD HAVING ONE HEART CHAPTER XIII. THE LATEST OF MRS. BURMAN CHAPTER XIV. DISCLOSES A STAGE ON THE DRIVE TO PARIS CHAPTER XV. A PATRIOT ABROAD CHAPTER XVI. ACCOUNTS FOR SKEPSEY’S MISCONDUCT, SHOWING HOW IT AFFECTED NATALY CHAPTER XVII. CHIEFLY UPON THE THEME OF A YOUNG MAID’S IMAGININGS CHAPTER XVIII. SUITORS FOR THE HAND OF NESTA VICTORIA CHAPTER XIX. TREATS OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE DISSENSION BETWEEN THEM CHAPTER XX. THE GREAT ASSEMBLY AT LAKELANDS CHAPTER XXI. DARTREY FENELLAN CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNS THE INTRUSION OF JARNIMAN CHAPTER XXIII. TREATS OF THE LADIES’ LAPDOG TASSO FOR AN INSTANCE OF MOMENTOUS EFFECTS PRODUCED BY VERY MINOR CAUSES CHAPTER XXIV. NESTA’S ENGAGEMENT CHAPTER XXV. NATALY IN ACTION CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH WE SEE A CONVENTIONAL GENTLEMAN ENDEAVOURING TO EXAMINE A SPECTRE OF HIMSELF CHAPTER XXVII. CONTAINS WHAT IS A SMALL THING OR A GREAT, AS THE SOUL OF THE CHIEF ACTOR MAY DECIDE CHAPTER XXVIII. MRS. MARSETT CHAPTER XXIX. SHOWS ONE OF THE SHADOWS OF THE WORLD CROSSING A VIRGIN’S MIND CHAPTER XXX. THE BURDEN UPON NESTA CHAPTER XXXI. SHOWS HOW THE SQUIRES IN A CONQUEROR’S SERVICE HAVE AT TIMES TO DO KNIGHTLY CONQUEST OF THEMSELVES CHAPTER XXXII. SHOWS HOW TEMPER MAY KINDLE TEMPER AND AN INDIGNANT WOMAN GET HER WEAPON CHAPTER XXXIII. A PAIR OF WOOERS CHAPTER XXXIV. CONTAINS DEEDS UNRELATED AND EXPOSITIONS OF FEELINGS CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH AGAIN WE MAKE USE OF THE OLD LAMPS FOR LIGHTING AN ABYSMAL DARKNESS CHAPTER XXXVI. NESTA AND HER FATHER CHAPTER XXXVII. THE MOTHER-THE DAUGHTER CHAPTER XXXVIII. NATALY, NESTA, AND DARTREY FENELLAN CHAPTER XXXIX. A CHAPTER IN THE SHADOW OF MRS. MARSETT CHAPTER XL. AN EXPIATION CHAPTER XLI. THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT UNDELIVERED SPEECH CHAPTER XLII. THE LAST