The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals

CONTENTS.

Chapter		PAGE
I.—	LOVE LIGHTS IN TWO HEARTS.	23
II.—	CLARA APPEALS TO HER STEPMOTHER.	30
III.—	LOVERS' QUARREL.	40
IV.—	THE ITALIAN TEACHER.	48
V.—	THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN OPPOSITION.	57
VI.—	SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES GET INTO A CONJUGAL DIFFICULTY.	68
VII.—	THE OPERATIC SUPPER.	77
VIII.—	BEHIND THE SCENES.	86
IX.—	THE FIRST PERFORMANCE.	91
X.—	THE TWO FOSTER-CHILDREN MEET.	96
XI.—	LADY CLARA QUARRELS WITH HER STEPMOTHER.	101
XII.—	THE OLD PRISONER.	107
XIII.—	THE OLD COUNTESS.	116
XIV.—	THE OLD COUNTESS AND HER SERVANT.	122
XV.—	THE EARL'S RETURN.	133
XVI.—	THE WIFE AND THE DAUGHTER.	143
XVII.—	HUSBAND AND WIFE.	152
XVIII.—	THE STORMY NIGHT AND SUNSHINY MORNING.	159
XIX.—	AFTER THE FAILURE.	167
XX.—	LORD HILTON TAKES SUPPER WITH OLYMPIA.	176
XXI.—	ON THE WAY TO HOUGHTON CASTLE.	184
XXII.—	THE OLD COUNTESS.	191
XXIII.—	EXPLANATIONS AND CONCESSIONS.	197
XXIV.—	DOWN BY THE BROOK AMONG THE FERNS.	203
XXV.—	HOW LADY CLARA GOT HER OWN WAY.	208
XXVI.—	THE QUARREL AND THE LETTER.	214
XXVII.—	MAGGIE CASEY MEETS HER OLD LOVER.	220
XXVIII.—	JUST FIFTY POUNDS.	224
XXIX.—	OLYMPIA'S DEFEAT.	232
XXX.—	THE FAMILY MEETING AT HOUGHTON.	240
XXXI.—	DOWN AMONG THE FERNS AGAIN.	247
XXXII.—	OUT AMONG THE TREES.	253
XXXIII.—	THE BALL AT HOUGHTON.	263
XXXIV.—	THE OLD WOMAN WANDERS BACK AGAIN.	269
XXXV.—	LADY HOPE IN THE CASTLE.	274
XXXVI.—	DEATH IN THE TOWER-CHAMBER.	280
XXXVII.—	THE NEMESIS.	289

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