CHAPTER I. "She Has No Settlement, Damn It"
CHAPTER II. On the Station Platform
CHAPTER III. Speculations
CHAPTER IV. A Dull Breakfast-Table
CHAPTER V. Old Playmates Meet
CHAPTER VI. A Revelation
CHAPTER VII. "I have Lost Something that I Never Had"
CHAPTER VIII. A Cat and Mouse Game
CHAPTER IX. "I'd Like to Have Things on a Sounder Basis"
CHAPTER X. The Third Case
CHAPTER XI. Dr. Craig's Wisdom
CHAPTER XII. The Photograph and the Original
CHAPTER XIII. "I am to Give You a Wide Berth, Always"
CHAPTER XIV. Paul Goes—and Returns
CHAPTER XV. "You've Broken my Heart, I Think"
CHAPTER XVI. Temptation
CHAPTER XVII. A Knight to the Rescue
CHAPTER XVIII. "A Turn of the Wheel"
CHAPTER XIX. Epilogue
By the Same Author
"She can't come."
"But, father——"
"She shan't come, then—if you like that better."
"But, father——"
"Aye, of course, it's 'But father'—I might have known it would be that.However, you may 'But father' me to the end of my time, you don't moveme. I tell you, Sukey, you're a fool. You know no more than an unhatchedchicken—and if you think I'm going to give in to their imposition—forit's nothing else—you are mistaken."
"I was only going to say——"
"Say what you will, say what you will; my mind's made up; and the sooneryou understand that, and Leonore understands that, the better. You canwrite and tell her so."
"What am I to tell her?"
"What I say. That she has made her own bed and must lie upon it."
"But you gave your consent to her marriage, and never till now——"
"I tell you, girl, you're a fool. Consent? Of course I gave my consent.I was cheated—swindled. I married my daughter to a rich man, and hedies and leaves her a pauper! Never knew such a trick in my life. Andyou to stand up for it!"
General Boldero and his eldest daughter were alone, as may have beengathered, and the latter held in her hand,