_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.