CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. A NURSERY PROSE.
CHAPTER II. SCHOOLROOM DAYS.
CHAPTER III. WIN AND SLOW.
CHAPTER IV. UBI LAPSUS, QUID FECI.
CHAPTER V. A HELPING HAND.
CHAPTER VI. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.
CHAPTER VII. THE INHERITANCE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD HOUSE.
CHAPTER IX. RATS.
CHAPTER X. OUR TUNEFUL CHOIR.
CHAPTER XI. 'THEY FORDYS.'
CHAPTER XII. MRS. SOPHIA'S FEUD.
CHAPTER XIII. A SCRAPE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE MULLION CHAMBER.
CHAPTER XV. RATIONAL THEORIES.
CHAPTER XVI. CAT LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SIEGE OF HILLSIDE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PORTRAIT.
CHAPTER XIX. THE WHITE FEATHER.
CHAPTER XX. VENI, VIDI, VICI.
CHAPTER XXI. THE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTSHIP.
CHAPTER XXII. BRISTOL DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER XXIII. QUICKSANDS.
CHAPTER XXIV. AFTER THE TEMPEST.
CHAPTER XXV. HOLIDAY-MAKING.
CHAPTER XXVI. C. MORBUS, ESQ.
CHAPTER XXVII. PETER'S THUNDERBOLT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SQUIRE OF DAMES.
CHAPTER XXIX. LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.
CHAPTER XXX. UNA OR DUESSA.
CHAPTER XXXI. FACILIS DESCENSUS.
CHAPTER XXXII. WALY, WALY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RIVER'S BANK.
CHAPTER XXXIV. NOT IN VAIN.
CHAPTER XXXV. GRIFF'S BIRD.
CHAPTER XXXVI. SLACK WATER.
CHAPTER XXXVII. OUTWARD BOUND.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. TOO LATE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. A PURPOSE.
CHAPTER XL. THE MIDNIGHT CHASE.
CHAPTER XLI. WILLS OLD AND NEW.
CHAPTER XLII. ON A SPREE.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE PRICE.
CHAPTER XLIV. PAYING THE COST.
CHAPTER XLV. ACHIEVED.
CHAPTER XLVI. RESTITUTION.
CHAPTER XLVII. THE FORDYCE STORY.
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE LAST DISCOVERY.
What I do remember, is my mother reading to me as I lay in my crib. p. 3
BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ ‘UNKNOWN TO HISTORY,’ ETC.
A feeble water-coloured drawing of the trio. p. 2
ILLUSTRATED BY W. J. HENNESSY
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