The Faith Doctor

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Eggleston Edward. The Faith Doctor

The Faith Doctor

Table of Contents

I. THE ORIGIN OF A MAN OF FASHION

II. THE EVOLUTION OF A SOCIETY MAN

III. A SPONTANEOUS PEDIGREE

IV. THE BANK OF MANHADOES

V. THE ARRIVAL OF THE HILBROUGHS

VI. PHILLIDA CALLENDER

VII. THE LION SOIRÉE

VIII. IN AVENUE C

IX. WASHINGTON SQUARE AND ELSEWHERE

X. BROKEN RESOLVES

XI. IN THE PARK

XII. PHILIP

XIII. MRS. FRANKLAND

XIV. MRS. FRANKLAND AND PHILLIDA

XV. TWO WAYS

XVI. A SÉANCE AT MRS. VAN HORNE'S

XVII. A FAITH CURE

XVIII. FAITH-DOCTOR AND LOVER

XIX. PROOF POSITIVE

XX. DIVISIONS

XXI. MRS. HILBROUGH'S INFORMATION

XXII. WINTER STRAWBERRIES

XXIII. A SHINING EXAMPLE

XXIV. THE PARTING

XXV. MRS. FRANKLAND'S REPENTANCE

XXVI. ELEANOR ARABELLA BOWYER

XXVII. A BAD CASE

XXVIII. DR. BESWICK'S OPINION

XXIX. MILLARD AND RUDOLPH

XXX. PHILLIDA AND PHILIP

XXXI. A CASE OF BELIEF IN DIPHTHERIA

XXXII. FACE TO FACE

XXXIII. A FAMOUS VICTORY

XXXIV. DOCTORS AND LOVERS

XXXV. PHILLIDA AND HER FRIENDS

XXXVI. MRS. BESWICK

XXXVII. DR. GUNSTONE'S DIAGNOSIS

XXXVIII. PHILIP'S CONFESSION

XXXIX. PHILIP IMPROVES AN OPPORTUNITY

XL. THE RESTORATION

XLI. AS YOU LIKE IT

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Edward Eggleston

A Story of New York

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There was one director, Meadows, whom Farnsworth lighted on as a convenient agent in his intrigue. Meadows had belonged to the old opposition which had resisted both the president and cashier. He was suspected of a desire to make a place for his brother, who had been cashier of a bank that had failed, and who had broken in nerve force when the bank broke. Farnsworth, who rode about in a coupé to save his breath for business and contention, drove up in front of Meadows's shop one morning at half-past nine, and made his way back among chandeliers of many patterns in incongruous juxtaposition, punctuated with wall burners and table argands. In the private office at the back he found Meadows opening his letters. He was a round-jawed man with blue eyes, an iron-oxide complexion, stiff, short, rusty hair, red-yellow side-whiskers, an upturned nose, and a shorn chin, habitually thrust forward. Once seated and his wind recovered, Farnsworth complained at some length that he found it hard to carry all the responsibility of the bank without adequate assistance.

"You ought to have an experienced assistant," said Meadows. This was the first occasion on which any officer of the bank had shown his good sense by consulting Meadows, and he was on that account the more disposed to encourage Farnsworth.

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