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Anthony Trollope. Rachel Ray
Rachel Ray
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE RAY FAMILY
CHAPTER II
THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE BREWERY
CHAPTER III
THE ARM IN THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER IV
WHAT SHALL BE DONE ABOUT IT?
CHAPTER V
MR. COMFORT GIVES HIS ADVICE
CHAPTER VI
PREPARATIONS FOR MRS. TAPPITT'S PARTY
CHAPTER VII
AN ACCOUNT OF MRS. TAPPITT'S BALL—COMMENCED
CHAPTER VIII
AN ACCOUNT OF MRS. TAPPITT'S BALL—CONCLUDED
CHAPTER IX
MR. PRONG AT HOME
CHAPTER X
LUKE ROWAN DECLARES HIS PLANS AS TO THE BREWERY
CHAPTER XI
LUKE ROWAN TAKES HIS TEA. QUITE LIKE A STEADY YOUNG MAN
CHAPTER XII
RACHEL RAY THINKS "SHE DOES LIKE HIM."
CHAPTER XIII
MR. TAPPITT IN HIS COUNTING-HOUSE
CHAPTER XIV
LUKE ROWAN PAYS A SECOND VISIT TO BRAGG'S END
CHAPTER XV
MATERNAL ELOQUENCE
END OF VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET. AND CHARING CROSS. RACHEL RAY
A Novel
By ANTHONY TROLLOPE,
AUTHOR OF "BARCHESTER TOWERS," "CASTLE RICHMOND," "ORLEY FARM," ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. Vol. II
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY. 1863 [The right of Translation is reserved.] LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET. AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS
RACHEL RAY
CHAPTER I
RACHEL RAY'S FIRST LOVE-LETTER
CHAPTER II
ELECTIONEERING
CHAPTER III
DR. HARFORD
CHAPTER IV
MR. COMFORT CALLS AT THE COTTAGE
CHAPTER V
SHOWING WHAT RACHEL RAY THOUGHT. WHEN SHE SAT ON THE STILE, AND HOW SHE WROTE HER LETTER AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER VI
MRS. RAY GOES TO EXETER, AND MEETS A FRIEND
CHAPTER VII
DOMESTIC POLITICS AT THE BREWERY
CHAPTER VIII
MRS. RAY'S PENITENCE
CHAPTER IX
THE ELECTION AT BASLEHURST
CHAPTER X
THE BASLEHURST GAZETTE
CHAPTER XI
CORNBURY GRANGE
CHAPTER XII
IN WHICH THE QUESTION OF THE BREWERY IS SETTLED
CHAPTER XIII
WHAT TOOK PLACE AT BRAGG'S END FARM
CHAPTER XIV
MRS. PRIME READS HER RECANTATION
CHAPTER XV
CONCLUSION
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Anthony Trollope
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"I dare say it is," said Mrs. Ray. Then Rachel had finished tying on her hat, and she walked forth.
For more than two hours after that the widow sat alone, thinking of her children. As regarded Mrs. Prime, there was at any rate no cause for trembling, timid thoughts. She might be regarded as being safe from the world's wicked allurements. She was founded like a strong rock, and was, with her stedfast earnestness, a staff on which her weaker mother might lean with security. But then she was so stern—and her very strength was so oppressive! Rachel was weaker, more worldly, given terribly to vain desires and thoughts that were almost wicked; but then it was so pleasant to live with her! And Rachel, though weak and worldly and almost wicked, was so very good and kind and sweet! As Mrs. Ray thought of this she began to doubt whether, after all, the world was so very bad a place, and whether the wickedness of tea and toast, and of other creature comforts, could be so very great. "I wonder what sort of a young man he is," she said to herself.
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