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                           MILDRED ARKELL.

                              A Novel.

                         BY MRS. HENRY WOOD,

    AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE," "LORD OAKBURN'S DAUGHTERS," "TREVLYN HOLD," ETC.


    IN THREE VOLUMES.

    VOL. I.

    LONDON:
    TINSLEY BROTHERS, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND
    1865.

    _All rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved._




CONTENTS.


     CHAP.                                                   PAGE

        I. WHICH IS NOTHING BUT AN INTRODUCTION                 1

       II. THE MISS HUGHES'S HOME                              21

      III. THE ADVENT OF CHARLOTTE TRAVICE                     34

       IV. ROBERT CARR'S REQUEST                               50

        V. THE FLIGHT                                          68

       VI. A MISERABLE MISTAKE                                 87

      VII. A HEART SEARED                                     107

     VIII. BETSEY TRAVICE                                     124

       IX. DISPLEASING EYES                                   147

        X. GOING OUT AS LADY'S MAID                           160

       XI. MR. CARR'S OFFER                                   179

      XII. MARRIAGES IN UNFASHIONABLE LIFE                    194

     XIII. GOING ON FOR LORD MAYOR                            213

      XIV. OLD YEARS BACK AGAIN                               228

       XV. THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER                                249

      XVI. A CITY'S DESOLATION                                269

     XVII. A DIFFICULTY ABOUT TICKETS                         288

