I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF BESSIE,
WHICH WILL REMIND HIM OF A HAPPY YEAR IN EUROPE.
BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
THE JERROLDS OF BOSTON.
CHAPTER II.
GREY JERROLD.
CHAPTER III.
LUCY.
CHAPTER IV.
THANKSGIVING DAY AT GREY'S PARK.
CHAPTER V.
THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY.
CHAPTER VI.
MISS BETSEY McPHERSON.
CHAPTER VII.
THE DINNER, AT WHICH BESSIE IS INTRODUCED.
CHAPTER VIII.
AFTER THE DINNER.
CHAPTER IX.
THE HORROR AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
CHAPTER X.
THE INTERVIEW.
CHAPTER XI.
AT THE OLD MAN'S BEDSIDE.
CHAPTER XII.
THE STORY.
CHAPTER XIII.
FACING IT.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE EFFECT OF THE STORY.
CHAPTER XV.
GREY AND THE SECRET.
CHAPTER XVI.
EXPECTING BESSIE.
PART II.
STONELEIGH.
THE McPHERSONS.
AT MONTE CARLO.
LITTLE BESSIE.
AT PENRHYN PARK.
SEVEN YEARS LATER.
NEIL'S DISCOMFORTURE.
JACK AND BESSIE.
CHRISTMAS AT STONELEIGH.
GREY.
CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE CONTRACT.
THE NEW GREY.
MISS McPHERSON AND THE LETTER.
FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.
FROM MARCH TO JUNE.
CHAPTER XVII.
MRS. ROSSITER-BROWNE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE BIRDS WHICH SANG, AND THE SHADOW WHICH FELL.
CHAPTER XIX.
WHAT GREY AND JACK DID.
CHAPTER XX.
WHAT THE McPHERSONS DID.
CHAPTER XXI.
WHAT DAISY DID.
PART III.
IN ROME.
FAREWELL.
DEAD.
POOR DAISY.
BESSIE'S DECISION.
IN LIVERPOOL.
ON THE SHIP.
GREY AND HIS AUNT.
BESSIE IS PROMOTED.
BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
MISS McPHERSON'S HOUSEMAID.
BESSIE'S SUCCESSOR.
BESSIE GOES TO GREY'S PARK.
TELLING BESSIE.
WEDDING BELLS.
CHAPTER XVII
OLD FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XVIII
HOME AGAIN.
JOEL ROGERS' MONUMENT.
After Five Years.
