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CONTENTS.

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

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• 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