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Mrs. Oliphant. A Poor Gentleman
A Poor Gentleman
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE TWO FAMILIES
CHAPTER II. PENTON
CHAPTER III. PENTON HOOK
CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG PEOPLE
CHAPTER V. A WINTER’S WALK
CHAPTER VI. RICH MRS. PENTON AND POOR MRS. PENTON
CHAPTER VII. THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
CHAPTER VIII. THE PROPOSAL
CHAPTER IX. FAMILY COUNSELS
CHAPTER X. AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XI. THE GIRLS’ OPINION
CHAPTER XII. A NEW FACTOR
CHAPTER XIII. MAN AND WIFE
CHAPTER XIV. A TRANSITION PERIOD
CHAPTER XV. THE INVITATION
CHAPTER XVI. THE PRIMROSE PATH
CHAPTER XVII. GOING INTO THE WORLD
CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATION FOR THE GUESTS
CHAPTER XIX. RECKONING WITHOUT THEIR HOST
CHAPTER XX. SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR
CHAPTER XXI. A NIGHT DRIVE
CHAPTER XXII. A DEATH-BED
CHAPTER XXIII “THE BOY.”
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MASTER OF PENTON
A POOR GENTLEMAN
A POOR GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XXV. AN ENCOUNTER UNFORESEEN
CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XXVII. NEW PLANS
CHAPTER XXVIII. A DECISIVE MOMENT
CHAPTER XXIX. THE FUNERAL DAY
CHAPTER XXX. AFTERWARD
CHAPTER XXXI. A VISIT
CHAPTER XXXII. WALTER: AND HIS FATE
CHAPTER XXXIII. A DOMESTIC EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XXXIV. MATERNAL DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXXV. WAITING
CHAPTER XXXVI. POOR WALTER!
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LOST SON
CHAPTER XXXVIII. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
CHAPTER XXXIX. ALLY’S PART
CHAPTER XL. THE POOR BOY
CHAPTER XLI. A MORE CHEERFUL VIEW
CHAPTER XLII. A NEW AGENT
CHAPTER XLIII. ALLY’S SECRET
CHAPTER XLIV. THE FINAL BLOW
CHAPTER XLV. NO LONGER COCK-SURE
CHAPTER XLVI. THE FATE OF THE CHIFFONIER
CHAPTER XLVII. AN AGITATING ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE END OF ALL
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Mrs. Oliphant
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“But such a thing might happen suddenly,” said Wat, thinking it necessary, in his father’s absence, to take up the serious side of the argument, “father is quite right in that. With all the extensions of the suffrage and that sort of thing, which you don’t understand, Ally, a change in the law that has been long talked about might happen in a moment. It all depends upon what turn things may take.”
“Then we may never go to Penton at all,” said Anne, jumping up and throwing her work into her mother’s large basket. “I have always been frightened for Penton all my life. It’s a horrid big chilly place that never would look like home. I like the little old Hook best, and I hope they will abolish primogeniture, or whatever you call it, and so Wat will have to do something and we shall all stay at home.”
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