CONTENTS.

Chap.

Page

I.  

Falling in Love

1

II.  

What she thinks of it

19

III.  

The Sister

31

IV.  

Preparation for Marriage

39

V.  

Wedding, and Wedding-trip

56

VI.  

Honey-moon, and after

63

VII.  

Will she like it?

74

VIII.  

Spindlewood

86

IX.  

A Crisis

92

X.  

Changes

104

XI.  

Newport; or, the Paradise of Nothing to do

112

XII.  

Home à la Pompadour

126

XIII.  

John’s Birthday

137

XIV.  

A Great Moral Conflict

152

XV.  

The Follingsbees arrive

161

XVI.  

Mrs. John Seymour’s Party, and what came of it

181

XVII.  

After the Battle

197

XVIII.  

A Brick turns up

213

XIX.  

The Castle of Indolence

228

XX.  

The Van Astrachans

243

XXI.  

Mrs. Follingsbee’s Party, and what came of it

250

XXII.  

The Spider-web broken

268

XXIII.  

Common-sense Arguments

281

XXIV.  

Sentiment v. Sensibility

284

XXV.  

Wedding Bells

291

XXVI.  

Motherhood

297

XXVII.  

Checkmate

304

XXVIII.  

After the Storm

321

XXIX.  

The New Lillie

326

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