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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters
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ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY
CHAPTER II. A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK
CHAPTER III. MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER IV. MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS
CHAPTER V. CALF-LOVE
CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS
CHAPTER VII. FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS
CHAPTER VIII. DRIFTING INTO DANGER
CHAPTER IX. THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW
CHAPTER X. A CRISIS
CHAPTER XI. MAKING FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XII. PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XIII. MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIV. MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED
CHAPTER XV. THE NEW MAMMA
CHAPTER XVI. THE BRIDE AT HOME
CHAPTER XVII. TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET
CHAPTER XIX. CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XX. MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS
CHAPTER XXI. THE HALF-SISTERS
CHAPTER XXII. THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES
CHAPTER XXIII. OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION
CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER
CHAPTER XXV. HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE
CHAPTER XXVI. A CHARITY BALL
FATHER AND SONS
CHAPTER XXVIII. RIVALRY
CHAPTER XXIX. BUSH-FIGHTING
CHAPTER XXX. OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS
CHAPTER XXXI. A PASSIVE COQUETTE
CHAPTER XXXII. COMING EVENTS
CHAPTER XXXIII. BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
CHAPTER XXXIV. A LOVER'S MISTAKE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE MOTHER'S MANŒUVRE
CHAPTER XXXVI. DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXXVII. A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. MR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C
CHAPTER XXXIX. SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT
CHAPTER XL. MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY
CHAPTER XLI. GATHERING CLOUDS
CHAPTER XLII. THE STORM BURSTS
CHAPTER XLIII. CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XLIV. MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE
CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER XLVI. HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS
CHAPTER XLVII. SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS
AN INNOCENT CULPRIT
CHAPTER XLIX. MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION
CHAPTER L. CYNTHIA AT BAY
CHAPTER LI "TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE."
CHAPTER LII. SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW
CHAPTER LIII. UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS
CHAPTER LIV. MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED
CHAPTER LV. AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS
CHAPTER LVI "OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW."
CHAPTER LVII. BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX
CHAPTER LVIII. REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
CHAPTER LIX. MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL
CHAPTER LX. ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION
CONCLUDING REMARKS:
[By the Editor of The Cornhill Magazine.]
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Molly grew hotter and hotter as these last words met her ear. If they would only leave her alone, and not labour at being kind to her; would "not trouble themselves" about her! These words of Mrs. Kirkpatrick's seemed to quench the gratitude she was feeling to Lady Cuxhaven for looking for something to amuse her. But, of course, it was a trouble, and she ought never to have been there.
By-and-by, Mrs. Kirkpatrick was called away to accompany Lady Agnes' song; and then Molly really had a few minutes' enjoyment. She could look round the room, unobserved, and, sure, never was any place out of a king's house so grand and magnificent. Large mirrors, velvet curtains, pictures in their gilded frames, a multitude of dazzling lights decorated the vast saloon, and the floor was studded with groups of ladies and gentlemen, all dressed in gorgeous attire. Suddenly Molly bethought her of the children whom she had accompanied into the dining-room, and to whose ranks she had appeared to belong—where were they? Gone to bed an hour before, at some quiet signal from their mother. Molly wondered if she might go, too—if she could ever find her way back to the haven of Mrs. Kirkpatrick's bedroom. But she was at some distance from the door; a long way from Mrs. Kirkpatrick, to whom she felt herself to belong more than to any one else. Far, too, from Lady Cuxhaven, and the terrible Lady Cumnor, and her jocose and good-natured lord. So Molly sate on, turning over pictures which she did not see; her heart growing heavier and heavier in the desolation of all this grandeur. Presently a footman entered the room, and after a moment's looking about him, he went up to Mrs. Kirkpatrick, where she sate at the piano, the centre of the musical portion of the company, ready to accompany any singer, and smiling pleasantly as she willingly acceded to all requests. She came now towards Molly, in her corner, and said to her—
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