_COPYRIGHT EDITION._
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1894.
CONTENTS
OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
How Minnie Hescott gives t.i.ta a Hint; and learns that Hints may be thrown away; and how Margaret"s Soul is grieved
CHAPTER II.
How t.i.ta commits a great Folly, though little is the Sin that lies therein. And how Margaret tries to make Peace, and what comes of it
CHAPTER III.
How Mr. Gower grows darkly mysterious; and how t.i.ta hears of the Arrival of another Guest
CHAPTER IV.
How t.i.ta"s Soul at last is stirred; and how her Happiness is threatened and herself set at naught; and how Minnie Hescott speaks
CHAPTER V.
How Miss Gower goes for a pleasant Row upon the Lake with her Nephew; and how she admires the Sky and Water; and how presently Fear falls on her; and how Death threatens her; and how by a mere Scratch of a Pen she regains Sh.o.r.e and Life
CHAPTER VI.
How all the House Party at Oakdean grow frivolous in the Absence of the Lord and Master; and how Mrs. Bethune encourages a Game of Hide-and-seek; and how, after many Escapes, t.i.ta is caught at last
CHAPTER VII.
How t.i.ta is "caught," but by one whom she did not expect; and how she played with Fire for a little Bit; and how finally she ran away
CHAPTER VIII.
How t.i.ta, having been repulsed, grows angry; and how a very pretty Battle is fought out; and how t.i.ta gains a Present; and how Sir Maurice loses his Temper
CHAPTER IX.
How Mrs. Bethune is brought before the Bar; and how she gives her Evidence against t.i.ta; and how Maurice"s Mother desires an Interview with Maurice"s Wife
CHAPTER X.
How "that Girl" was "seen" by the Dowager Lady Rylton; and how t.i.ta held her small Head very high, and fought a good Fight with the Enemy
CHAPTER XI.
How t.i.ta goes for a Walk with two sad Companions--Anger and Despair; and how she meets Sir Maurice; and how she introduces him to Anger
CHAPTER XII.
How t.i.ta, running from the Enemy, suddenly finds herself Face to Face with another Foe; and how she fights a second Battle, and comes off victorious
CHAPTER XIII.
How a little Sparring is done amongst the Guests at Oakdean; and how Tom Hescott tells a Story
CHAPTER XIV.
How t.i.ta flings herself upon Margaret"s Breast; and how Margaret comforts her; and how t.i.ta promises to be good; and how she has a Meeting "by Lamplight alone"
CHAPTER XV.
How Jealousy runs Riot in Oakdean; and how Margaret tries to throw Oil upon the Waters; and how a great Crash comes, with many Words and one Surprise
CHAPTER XVI.
How Maurice tells his Mother of the great Fiasco; and how she receives the News
CHAPTER XVII.
How Matters come to a Climax; and how t.i.ta tells Maurice many Things that sting him sharply; and how he lays Hands upon her; and how the last Adieux are said
CHAPTER XVIII.
How Margaret steps into the Breach, and learns that all Peacemakers are not blessed
CHAPTER XIX.