The Old Helmet. Volume I

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Warner Susan. The Old Helmet. Volume I

CHAPTER I. THE RUINS

CHAPTER II. AT THE GARDEN-DOOR

CHAPTER III. IN THE DRAWING-ROOM

CHAPTER IV. IN THE SADDLE

CHAPTER V. AT THE COTTAGE

CHAPTER VI. AT THE PRIORY

CHAPTER VII. WITH THE FERNS

CHAPTER VIII. IN THE BARN

CHAPTER IX. IN PERPLEXITIES

CHAPTER X. AT LUNCHEON

CHAPTER XI. AT BROMPTON

CHAPTER XII. AT SUPPER

CHAPTER XIII. IN DOUBT

CHAPTER XIV. AT THE RECTORY

CHAPTER XV. IN THE HILLS

CHAPTER XVI. AT THE FARM

CHAPTER XVII. AT GLANOG

CHAPTER XVIII. AT MRS. POWLIS'S

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The family at Ivy Lodge gathered round the tea-table with spirits rather whetted, apparently for both talking and eating. Certainly the one exercise had been intermitted for some hours; the other however had gone on without cessation. It went on still. The party was now reduced to the home party, with the addition of Miss Broadus; which lady, with her sister, was at home at Ivy Lodge, as she was everywhere else. Elderly, respectable and respected old ladies they were; and though they dealt in gossip, would not willingly have hurt a fly. They dealt in receipts and in jellies too; in fashions, and in many kindnesses, both received and given by all the neighbourhood. They were daughters of a former rector of the parish, and poor, and asked nobody to help them; which indeed they had no need to ask.

"You seemed to like your afternoon's acquaintance, papa?" said Eleanor.

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"Thank you."

"Julia has been leading me over the garden and grounds. I did not know where she was bringing me."

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