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CONTENTS

 

I.  

THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY.

II.  

A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK.

III.  

MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD.

IV.  

MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS.

V.  

CALF-LOVE.

VI.  

A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS.

VII.  

FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS.

VIII.  

DRIFTING INTO DANGER.

IX.  

THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW.

X.  

A CRISIS.

XI.  

MAKING FRIENDSHIP.

XII.  

PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING.

XIII.  

MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS.

XIV.  

MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED.

XV.  

THE NEW MAMMA.

XVI.  

THE BRIDE AT HOME.

XVII.  

TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL.

XVIII.  

MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET.

XIX.  

CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL.

XX.  

MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS.

XXI.  

THE HALF-SISTERS.

XXII.  

THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES.

XXIII.  

OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION.

XXIV.  

MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER.

XXV.  

HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE.

XXVI.  

A CHARITY BALL.

XXVII.  

FATHER AND SONS.

XXVIII.  

RIVALRY.

XXIX.  

BUSH-FIGHTING.

XXX.  

OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS.

XXXI.  

A PASSIVE COQUETTE.

XXXII.  

COMING EVENTS.

XXXIII.  

BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.

XXXIV.  

A LOVER'S MISTAKE.

XXXV.  

THE MOTHER'S MANŒUVRE.

XXXVI.  

DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY.

XXXVII.  

A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

XXXVIII.  

MR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.

XXXIX.  

SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT.

XL.  

MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY.

XLI.  

GATHERING CLOUDS.

XLII.  

THE STORM BURSTS.

XLIII.  

CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION.

XLIV.  

MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE.

XLV.  

CONFIDENCES.

XLVI.  

HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS.

XLVII.  

SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS.

XLVIII.  

AN INNOCENT CULPRIT.

XLIX.  

MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION.

L.  

CYNTHIA AT BAY.

LI.  

"TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE."

LII.  

SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW.

LIII.  

UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS.

LIV.  

MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED.

LV.  

AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS.

LVI.  

"OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW."

LVII.  

BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX.

LVIII.  

REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.

LIX.  

MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL.

LX.  

ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION.

 

CONCLUDING REMARKS. [By the Editor
of The Cornhill Magazine.]

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

MOLLY'S NEW BONNET.

FRONTISPIECE.

A LOVE LETTER.

CHAPTER V.

VÆ VICTIS!

CHAPTER VIII.

THE NEW MAMMA.

CHAPTER XI.

UNWELCOME ATTENTIONS.

CHAPTER XIV.

SHAKSPEARE AND THE
  MUSICAL GLASSES.

CHAPTER XVI.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

CHAPTER XIX.

ROGER IS INTRODUCED
  AND ENSLAVED.

CHAPTER XXI.

"TU T'EN REPENTIRAS, COLIN."

CHAPTER XXIV.

"WHY, OSBORNE, IS IT YOU?"

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE BURNING OF THE GORSE.

CHAPTER XXX.

THE LAST TURNING.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

"OH! IT IS NO WONDER!"

CHAPTER XXXIV.

"I TRUST THIS WILL NEVER
  OCCUR AGAIN, CYNTHIA!"

CHAPTER XXXVII.

THERE STOOD MR. PRESTON
  AND CYNTHIA.

CHAPTER XLII.

LADY HARRIET ASKS ONE
  OR TWO QUESTIONS.

CHAPTER XLIX.

"MAMAN, MAMAN!"

CHAPTER LIII.

"CYNTHIA'S LAST LOVER."

CHAPTER LVI.