A Novel.
BY
JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF 'THE ROMANCE OF WAR,' ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1886.
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FROM THE SILENT PAST. By Mrs. HERBERT MARTIN. 2 Vols.
COWARD AND COQUETTE. By the Author of 'The Parish of Hilby.' 1 vol.
MIND, BODY, AND ESTATE. By the Author of 'Olive Varcoe.' 3 vols.
AT THE RED GLOVE. By KATHARINE S. MACQUOID. 3 vols.
WHERE TEMPESTS BLOW. By the Author of 'Miss Elvester's Girls.' 3 vols.
IN SIGHT OF LAND. By Lady DUFFUS HARDY. 3 vols.
AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS. By F. C. PHILIPS. 1 vol.
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In Loving Memory
OF
MY ELDEST SON,
JAMES SIMPSON GRANT,
Captain Cheshire Regiment,
I INSCRIBE
THIS MILITARY STORY.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER
II. WEDDED
III. THE SPURNED OFFER
V. DULCIE
VII. A FAREWELL
VIII. THE SILVER LOCKET
XI. SHAFTO IN CLOVER
XII. VIVIAN HAMMERSLEY
XIII. AMONG THE GROUSE
XIV. THE TWO FINELLAS
XVI. ''TIS BUT THE OLD, OLD STORY'
XVII. AT CRAIGENGOWAN
XVIII. AT THE BUFFALO RIVER
XIX. ELANDSBERGEN
XX. BAFFLED!
DULCIE CARLYON.
'This will end in a scene, Fettercairn, andyou know how I hate scenes.'
'So do I, they are such deuced bad form.'
'I shall need all my self-posse