CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY.—NUMBER ONE 1	1
CHAPTER II.
INTRODUCTORY.—NUMBER TWO	7
CHAPTER III.
LIFE AT MANOR CROSS	13
CHAPTER IV.
AT THE DEANERY	20
CHAPTER V.
MISS TALLOWAX IS SHOWN THE HOUSE	26
CHAPTER VI.
BAD TIDINGS	34
CHAPTER VII.
CROSS HALL GATE	41
CHAPTER VIII.
PUGSBY BROOK	47
CHAPTER IX.
MRS. HOUGHTON	52
CHAPTER X.
THE DEAN AS A SPORTING MAN	61
CHAPTER XI.
LORD AND LADY GEORGE GO UP TO TOWN	66
CHAPTER XII.
MISS MILDMAY AND JACK DE BARON	72
CHAPTER XIII.
MORE NEWS FROM ITALY	79
CHAPTER XIV.
"ARE WE TO CALL HIM POPENJOY?"	85
CHAPTER XV.
"DROP IT"	93
CHAPTER XVI.
ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO HIS NET	100
CHAPTER XVII.
THE DISABILITIES	106
CHAPTER XVIII.
LORD GEORGE UP IN LONDON	112
CHAPTER XIX.
RATHER "BOISTEROUS"	119
CHAPTER XX.
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS	126
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MARQUIS COMES HOME	132
CHAPTER XXII.
THE MARQUIS AMONG HIS FRIENDS	139
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE MARQUIS SEES HIS BROTHER	146
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE MARQUIS GOES INTO BROTHERTON	153
CHAPTER XXV.
LADY SUSANNA IN LONDON	159
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE DEAN RETURNS TO TOWN	166
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE BARONESS BANMANN AGAIN	173
CHAPTER XXVIII.
"WHAT MATTER IF SHE DOES?"	180
CHAPTER XXIX.
MR. HOUGHTON WANTS A GLASS OF SHERRY	186
CHAPTER XXX.
THE DEAN IS VERY BUSY	193
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE MARQUIS MIGRATES TO LONDON	198
CHAPTER XXXII.
LORD GEORGE IS TROUBLED	205
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CAPTAIN DE BARON	213
CHAPTER XXXIV.
A DREADFUL COMMUNICATION	220
CHAPTER XXXV.
"I DENY IT"	226
CHAPTER XXXVI.
POPENJOY IS POPENJOY	235
CHAPTER XXXVII.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE BALL	241
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE KAPPA-KAPPA	248
CHAPTER XXXIX.
REBELLION	254
CHAPTER XL.
AS TO BLUEBEARD	260
CHAPTER XLI.
SCUMBERG'S	268
CHAPTER XLII.
"NOT GO!"	276
CHAPTER XLIII.
REAL LOVE	284
CHAPTER XLIV.
WHAT THE BROTHERTON CLERGYMEN SAID ABOUT IT	288
CHAPTER XLV.
LADY GEORGE AT THE DEANERY	293
CHAPTER XLVI.
LADY SARAH'S MISSION	298
CHAPTER XLVII.
THAT YOUNG FELLOW IN THERE	307
CHAPTER XLVIII.
THE MARQUIS MAKES A PROPOSITION	312
CHAPTER XLIX.
"WOULDN'T YOU COME HERE;—FOR A WEEK?"	320
CHAPTER L.
RUDHAM PARK	325
CHAPTER LI.
GUSS MILDMAY'S SUCCESS	333
CHAPTER LII.
ANOTHER LOVER	341
CHAPTER LIII.
POOR POPENJOY!	346
CHAPTER LIV.
JACK DE BARON'S VIRTUE	352
CHAPTER LV.
HOW COULD HE HELP IT?	357
CHAPTER LVI.
SIR HENRY SAID IT WAS THE ONLY THING	365
CHAPTER LVII.
MR. KNOX HEARS AGAIN FROM THE MARQUIS	372
CHAPTER LVIII.
MRS. JONES' LETTER	378
CHAPTER LIX.
BACK IN LONDON	384
CHAPTER LX.
THE LAST OF THE BARONESS	391
CHAPTER LXI.
THE NEWS COMES HOME	397
CHAPTER LXII.
THE WILL	405
CHAPTER LXIII.
POPENJOY IS BORN AND CHRISTENED	410
CHAPTER LXIV.
CONCLUSION	418