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  THE CLAVERINGS

  by

  ANTHONY TROLLOPE

  CONTENTS

  I. JULIA BRABAZON. II. HARRY CLAVERING CHOOSES HIS PROFESSION. III. LORD ONGAR. IV. FLORENCE BURTON. V. LADY ONGAR'S RETURN. VI. THE REV. SAMUEL SAUL. VII. SOME SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTESS. VIII. THE HOUSE IN ONSLOW CRESCENT. IX. TOO PRUDENT BY HALF. X. FLORENCE BURTON AT THE RECTORY. XI. SIR HUGH AND HIS BROTHER ARCHIE. XII. LADY ONGAR TAKES POSSESSION. XIII. A VISITOR CALLS AT ONGAR PARK. XIV. COUNT PATEROFF AND HIS SISTER. XV. AN EVENING IN BOLTON STREET. XVI. THE RIVALS. XVII. "LET HER KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE." XVIII. CAPTAIN CLAVERING MAKES HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. XIX. THE BLUE POSTS. XX. DESOLATION. XXI. YES; WRONG;--CERTAINLY WRONG. XXII. THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL. XXIII. CUMBERLY LANE WITHOUT THE MUD. XXIV. THE RUSSIAN SPY. XXV. "WHAT WOULD MEN SAY OF YOU?" XXVI. THE MAN WHO DUSTED HIS BOOTS WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF. XXVII. FRESHWATER GATE. XXVIII. WHAT CECILIA BURTON DID FOR HER SISTER-IN-LAW. XXIX. HOW DAMON PARTED FROM PYTHIAS. XXX. DOODLES IN MOUNT STREET. XXXI. HARRY CLAVERING'S CONFESSION. XXXII. FLORENCE BURTON PACKS UP A PACKET. XXXIII. SHOWING WHY HARRY CLAVERING WAS WANTED AT THE RECTORY. XXXIV. MR. SAUL'S ABODE. XXXV. PARTING. XXXVI. CAPTAIN CLAVERING MAKES HIS LAST ATTEMPT. XXXVII. WHAT LADY ONGAR THOUGHT ABOUT IT. XXXVIII. HOW TO DISPOSE OF A WIFE. XXXIX. FAREWELL TO DOODLES. XL. SHEWING HOW MRS. BURTON FOUGHT HER BATTLE. XLI. THE SHEEP RETURNS TO THE FOLD. XLII. RESTITUTION. XLIII. LADY ONGAR'S REVENGE. XLIV. SHEWING WHAT HAPPENED OFF HELIGOLAND. XLV. IS SHE MAD? XLVI. MADAME GORDELOUP RETIRES FROM BRITISH DIPLOMACY. XLVII. SHOWING HOW THINGS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT THE RECTORY. XLVIII. CONCLUSION.

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "A PUIR FECKLESS THING, TOTTERING ALONG LIKE,--" CHAPTER III. MR. SAUL PROPOSES. CHAPTER VI. A FRIENDLY TALK. CHAPTER VII. WAS NOT THE PRICE IN HER HAND? CHAPTER XII. "DID HE NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST HER?" CHAPTER XIV. CAPTAIN CLAVERING MAKES HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. CHAPTER XVIII. "THE LORD GIVETH, AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY." CHAPTER XX. "HARRY," SHE SAID, "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BETWEEN YOU AND FLORENCE?" CHAPTER XXII. "LADY ONGAR, ARE YOU NOT RATHER NEAR THE EDGE?" CHAPTER XXVII. HOW DAMON PARTED FROM PYTHIAS. CHAPTER XXIX. FLORENCE BURTON MAKES UP A PACKET. CHAPTER XXXII. HUSBAND AND WIFE. CHAPTER XXXV. A PLEA FOR MERCY. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SHEEP RETURNS TO THE FOLD. CHAPTER XLI. HARRY SAT BETWEEN THEM, LIKE A SHEEP AS HE WAS, VERY MEEKLY. CHAPTER XLIII. LADY ONGAR AND FLORENCE. CHAPTER XLVII.