Chapter I: Front Matter

CARITÀ

BY MRS. OLIPHANT

AUTHOR OF “WITHIN THE PRECINCTS,” ETC.

CHEAP EDITION

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1885

_All Rights Reserved_

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE BERESFORDS 1

II. A FRIGHT 10

III. HONEYMOONING 18

IV. THE THREE CHARITIES 26

V. COMING HOME 35

VI. THE CONSULTATION 44

VII. THE CATASTROPHE 53

VIII. CONSOLATION 62

IX. THE HILL 71

X. THE SQUARE 80

XI. MRS. MEREDITH 88

XII. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR 98

XIII. THE YOUNG PEOPLE 107

XIV. THE OLD PEOPLE 117

XV. ROGER 126

XVI. SUNDAY EVENING 135

XVII. EDWARD 145

XVIII. TELLING TALES 155

XIX. THE HOLY INQUISITION 164

XX. THE PERUGINO 173

XXI. A CONFIDENCE 183

XXII. MYSTIFIED 193

XXIII. A REMONSTRANCE 202

XXIV. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL 212

XXV. AN IDEALIST 222

XXVI. IN THE ‘HOUSE’ 231

XXVII. THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING 241

XXVIII. THE FIRESIDE 251

XXIX. THE OLD FOLK AND THE YOUNG 261

XXX. A REBELLIOUS HEART 269

XXXI. THE HOUSE OF MOURNING 279

XXXII. TAKING UP DROPT STITCHES 288

XXXIII. LITTLE EMMY’S VISITORS 297

XXXIV. THE WIDOW 308

XXXV. ROGER’S FATE 317

XXXVI. BETWEEN THE TWO 326

XXXVII. THE CRISIS APPROACHING 336

XXXVIII. THE SUPREME MOMENT 346

XXXIX. THE HAND OF FATE 355

XL. TWO--PARTED 364

XLI. TWO--TO BE ONE? 373

XLII. A GREAT REVOLUTION 382

XLIII. THE WORST SCRAPE OF ALL 393

XLIV. CLEARING UP 402

XLV. CONCLUSION 412

CARITÀ.