CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAPTER I. TREASURES DROPPED AND PICKED UP.

CHAPTER II. AN UNEXPECTED INVITATION.

CHAPTER III. "WELCOME TO MITCHELHURST PLACE."

CHAPTER IV. DINNER AND A LITTLE MUSIC.

CHAPTER V. AN OLD LOVE STORY.

CHAPTER VI. REYNOLD'S RESOLUTION.

CHAPTER VII. A GAME AT CHESS.

CHAPTER VIII. BARBARA'S TUNE.

CHAPTER IX. OF MAGIC LANTERNS.

CHAPTER X. AN AFTER-DINNER DISCUSSION.

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Transcriber's note:

A Novel

BY

MARGARET VELEY

AUTHOR OF "FOR PERCIVAL"

"Que voulez-vous? HÉlas! notre mÈre Nature,
Comme toute autre mÈre, a ses enfants gÂtÉs,
Et pour les malvenus elle est avare et dure!"

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1884

The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.

Bungay:

CLAY AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.

TO
BARBARA'S BEST FRIEND

ELFRIDA IONIDES

HER STORY IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY
AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.