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ОглавлениеINTRODUCTORY.
THE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OF JOHN THORNTON, CLERK, AND THE BIRTH OF SOME ONE WHO TAKES RATHER A CONSPICUOUS PART IN OUR STORY.
THE HISTORY OF (A CERTAIN FAMILY LIVING IN) EUROPE, FROM THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR TO THE PEACE OF 1818, CONTAINING FACTS HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.
SOME NEW FACES.
IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION OF FELONY.
GEORGE HAWKER GOES TO THE FAIR—WRESTLES, BUT GETS THROWN ON HIS BACK, SHOOTS AT A MARK, BUT MISSES IT.
MAJOR BUCKLEY GIVES HIS OPINION ON TROUT-FISHING, ON EMIGRATION, AND ON GEORGE HAWKER.
THE VICAR HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
WHEN THE KYE CAME HAME.
IN WHICH WE SEE A GOOD DEAL OF MISCHIEF BREWING.
IN WHICH THE VICAR PREACHES A FAREWELL SERMON.
IN WHICH A VERY MUSCULAR CHRISTIAN INDEED, COMES ON THE STAGE.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FORGERIES.
THE MAJOR'S VISIT TO THE "NAG'S-HEAD."
THE BRIGHTON RACES, AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAT.
THE END OF MARY'S EXPEDITION.
EXODUS.
THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND.
I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER.
A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY.
JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ANOTHER VIEW OF MATTERS.
SAM BUCKLEY'S EDUCATION.
TOONARBIN.
IN WHICH MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS.
IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B—— MAKES HIS APPEARANCE, AND ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY.
WHITE HEATHENS
THE GOLDEN VINEYARD.
A GENTLEMAN FROM THE WARS.
SAM MEETS WITH A RIVAL, AND HOW HE TREATED HIM.
HOW THE CHILD WAS LOST, AND HOW HE GOT FOUND AGAIN—WHAT CECIL SAID TO SAM WHEN THEY FOUND HIM—AND HOW IN CASTING LOTS, ALTHOUGH CECIL WON THE LOT, HE LOST THE PRIZE.
HOW TOM TROUBRIDGE KEPT WATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WHICH IS THE LAST CHAPTER BUT ONE IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
IN WHICH JAMES BRENTWOOD AND SAMUEL BUCKLEY, ESQUIRES, COMBINE TO DISTURB THE REST OF CAPTAIN BRENTWOOD, R.A. AND SUCCEED IN DOING SO.
HOW THEY ALL WENT HUNTING FOR SEA ANEMONES AT CAPE CHATHAM—AND HOW THE DOCTOR GOT A TERRIBLE FRIGHT—AND HOW CAPTAIN BLOCKSTROP SHOWED THAT THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR IT.
A COUNCIL OF WAR.
AN EARTHQUAKE, A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, AND AN ADVENTURE.
IN WHICH GEORGE HAWKER SETTLES AN OLD SCORE WITH WILLIAM LEE, MOST HANDSOMELY, LEAVING, IN FACT, A LARGE BALANCE IN HIS OWN FAVOUR.
HOW DR. MULHAUS GOT BUSHED IN THE RANGES, AND WHAT BEFEL HIM THERE.
THE LAST GLEAM BEFORE THE STORM.
THE STORM BURSTS.
WIDDERIN SHOWS CLEARLY THAT HE IS WORTH ALL THE MONEY SAM GAVE FOR HIM.
THE FIGHT AMONG THE FERN-TREES.
ACROSS THE SNOW.
HOW MARY HAWKER HEARD THE NEWS.
IN WHICH THERE ARE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS WITH REGARD TO DR. MULHAUS AND CAPTAIN DESBOROUGH.
IN WHICH SAM MEETS WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND GETS CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.
HOW MARY HAWKER SAID "YES."
THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
