Barrington. Volume 1
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Lever Charles James. Barrington. Volume 1
CHAPTER I. THE FISHERMAN’S HOME
CHAPTER II. A WET MORNING AT HOME
CHAPTER III. OUR NEXT NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER IV. FRED CONYERS
CHAPTER V. DILL AS A DIPLOMATIST
CHAPTER VI. THE DOCTOR’S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER VII. TOM DILL’S FIRST PATIENT
CHAPTER VIII. FINE ACQUAINTANCES
CHAPTER IX. A COUNTRY DOCTOR
CHAPTER X. BEING “BORED”
CHAPTER XI. A NOTE TO BE ANSWERED
CHAPTER XII. THE ANSWER
CHAPTER XIII. A FEW LEAVES FROM A BLUE-BOOK
CHAPTER XIV. BARRINGTON’S FORD
CHAPTER XV. AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XVI. COMING HOME
CHAPTER XVII. A SHOCK
CHAPTER XVIII. COBHAM
CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUR OF LUNCHEON
CHAPTER XX. AN INTERIOR AT THE DOCTOR’S
CHAPTER XXI. DARK TIDINGS
CHAPTER XXII. LEAVING HOME
CHAPTER XXIII. THE COLONEL’S COUNSELS
CHAPTER XXIV. CONYERS MAKES A MORNING CALL
CHAPTER XXV. DUBLIN REVISITED
CHAPTER XXVI. A VERY SAD GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONVENT ON THE MEUSE
CHAPTER XXVIII. GEORGE’S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XXIX. THE RAMBLE
CHAPTER XXX. UNDER THE LINDEN
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If there was anything that possessed more than common terror for Barrington, it was a wet day at the cottage! It was on these dreary visitations that his sister took the opportunity of going into “committee of supply,” – an occasion not merely for the discussion of fiscal matters, but for asking the most vexatious questions and demanding the most unpleasant explanations.
We can all, more or less, appreciate the happiness of that right honorable gentleman on the Treasury bench who has to reply to the crude and unmeaning inquiries of some aspiring Oppositionist, and who wishes to know if her Majesty’s Government have demanded an indemnity from the King of Dahomey for the consul’s family eaten by him at the last court ceremonial? What compensation is to be given to Captain Balrothery for his week’s imprisonment at Leghorn, in consequence of his having thrown the customs officer and a landing waiter into the sea? Or what mark of her Majesty’s favor will the noble lord recommend should be conferred upon Ensign Digges for the admirable imitation he gave of the dancing dervishes at Benares, and the just ridicule he thus threw upon these degrading and heathenish rites?
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“You surely don’t think of parting with Darby, sister Dinah?”
“He shall lead the way,” replied she, in a firm and peremptory voice; “the very first of the batch! And it will, doubtless, be a great comfort to you to know that you need not distress yourself about any provision for his declining years. It is a care that he has attended to on his own part. He ‘ll go back to a very well-feathered nest, I promise you.”
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