CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. IN SEARCH OF A MISSION
CHAPTER II. RACHEL’S DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER III. MACKAREL LANE
CHAPTER IV. THE HERO.
CHAPTER V. MILITARY SOCIETY.
CHAPTER VI. ERMINE’S RESOLUTION
CHAPTER VII. WAITNG FOR ROSE
CHAPTER VIII. WOMAN’S MISSION DISCOVERED.
CHAPTER IX. THE NEW SPORT
CHAPTER X. THE PHILANTHROPIST.
CHAPTER XI. LADY TEMPLE’S TROUBLES.
CHAPTER XII. A CHANGE AT THE PARSONAGE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE FOX AND THE CROW.
CHAPTER XIV. THE GOWANBRAE BALL.
CHAPTER XV. GO AND BRAY
CHAPTER XVI. AN APPARITION.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SIEGE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FORLORN HOPE.
CHAPTER XIX. THE BREWST SHE BREWED.
CHAPTER XX. THE SARACEN’S HEAD.
CHAPTER XXI. THE QUARTER SESSIONS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE AFTER CLAP
CHAPTER XXIII. DEAR ALEXANDER.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HONEYMOON.
CHAPTER XXV. THE HUNTSFORD CROQUET.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE END OF CLEVERNESS.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE POST BAG.
CHAPTER XXVIII. VANITY OF VANITIES.
CHAPTER XXIX. AT LAST.
CHAPTER XXX. WHO IS THE CLEVER WOMAN?
“Thou didst refuse the daily round Of useful, patient love, And longedst for some great emprise Thy spirit high to prove.”—C. M. N.
“Che mi sedea con l’antica Rachele.”—DANTE.
“It is very kind in the dear mother.”
“But—what, Rachel? Don’t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.”
“Oh yes, it is a