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IS HE POPENJOY?

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE,

Author of "Doctor Thorne," "The Prime Minister," "Orley Farm," &c., &c.

Third Edition.







London:
Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1879.
[_All Rights Reserved._]

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., Printers, Whitefriars




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I.                                 PAGE
  INTRODUCTORY.--NUMBER ONE                     1

  CHAPTER II.
  INTRODUCTORY.--NUMBER TWO                     7

  CHAPTER III.
  LIFE AT MANOR CROSS                          13

  CHAPTER IV.
  AT THE DEANERY                               20

  CHAPTER V.
  MISS TALLOWAX IS SHOWN THE HOUSE             26

  CHAPTER VI.
  BAD TIDINGS                                  34

  CHAPTER VII.
  CROSS HALL GATE                              41

  CHAPTER VIII.
  PUGSBY BROOK                                 47

  CHAPTER IX.
  MRS. HOUGHTON                                52

  CHAPTER X.
  THE DEAN AS A SPORTING MAN                   61

  CHAPTER XI.
  LORD AND LADY GEORGE GO UP TO TOWN           66

  CHAPTER XII.
  MISS MILDMAY AND JACK DE BARON               72

  CHAPTER XIII.
  MORE NEWS FROM ITALY                         79

  CHAPTER XIV.
  "ARE WE TO CALL HIM POPENJOY?"               85

  CHAPTER XV.
  "DROP IT"                                    93

  CHAPTER XVI.
  ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO HIS NET           100

  CHAPTER XVII.
  THE DISABILITIES                            106

  CHAPTER XVIII.
  LORD GEORGE UP IN LONDON                    112

  CHAPTER XIX.
  RATHER "BOISTEROUS"                         119

  CHAPTER XX.
  BETWEEN TWO STOOLS                          126

  CHAPTER XXI.
  THE MARQUIS COMES HOME                      132

  CHAPTER XXII.
  THE MARQUIS AMONG HIS FRIENDS               139

  CHAPTER XXIII.
  THE MARQUIS SEES HIS BROTHER                146

  CHAPTER XXIV.
  THE MARQUIS GOES INTO BROTHERTON            153

  CHAPTER XXV.
  LADY SUSANNA IN LONDON                      159

  CHAPTER XXVI.
  THE DEAN RETURNS TO TOWN                    166

  CHAPTER XXVII.
  THE BARONESS BANMANN AGAIN                  173

  CHAPTER XXVIII.
  "WHAT MATTER IF SHE DOES?"                  180

  CHAPTER XXIX.
  MR. HOUGHTON WANTS A GLASS OF SHERRY        186

  CHAPTER XXX.
  THE DEAN IS VERY BUSY                       193

  CHAPTER XXXI.
  THE MARQUIS MIGRATES TO LONDON              198

  CHAPTER XXXII.
  LORD GEORGE IS TROUBLED                     205

  CHAPTER XXXIII.
  CAPTAIN DE BARON                            213

  CHAPTER XXXIV.
  A DREADFUL COMMUNICATION                    220

  CHAPTER XXXV.
  "I DENY IT"                                 226

  CHAPTER XXXVI.
  POPENJOY IS POPENJOY                        235

  CHAPTER XXXVII.
  PREPARATIONS FOR THE BALL                   241

  CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  THE KAPPA-KAPPA                             248

  CHAPTER XXXIX.
  REBELLION                                   254

  CHAPTER XL.
  AS TO BLUEBEARD                             260

  CHAPTER XLI.
  SCUMBERG'S                                  268

  CHAPTER XLII.
  "NOT GO!"                                   276

  CHAPTER XLIII.
  REAL LOVE                                   284

  CHAPTER XLIV.
  WHAT THE BROTHERTON CLERGYMEN SAID ABOUT IT 288

  CHAPTER XLV.
  LADY GEORGE AT THE DEANERY                  293

  CHAPTER XLVI.
  LADY SARAH'S MISSION                        298

  CHAPTER XLVII.
  THAT YOUNG FELLOW IN THERE                  307

  CHAPTER XLVIII.
  THE MARQUIS MAKES A PROPOSITION             312

  CHAPTER XLIX.
  "WOULDN'T YOU COME HERE;--FOR A WEEK?"      320

  CHAPTER L.
  RUDHAM PARK                                 325

  CHAPTER LI.
  GUSS MILDMAY'S SUCCESS                      333

  CHAPTER LII.
  ANOTHER LOVER                               341

  CHAPTER LIII.
  POOR POPENJOY!                              346

  CHAPTER LIV.
  JACK DE BARON'S VIRTUE                      352

  CHAPTER LV.
  HOW COULD HE HELP IT?                       357

  CHAPTER LVI.
  SIR HENRY SAID IT WAS THE ONLY THING        365

  CHAPTER LVII.
  MR. KNOX HEARS AGAIN FROM THE MARQUIS       372

  CHAPTER LVIII.
  MRS. JONES' LETTER                          378

  CHAPTER LIX.
  BACK IN LONDON                              384

  CHAPTER