Chapter I: Front Matter

EVELYN MANWARING

BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

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JULIAN CLOUGHTON; or, Lad-Life in Norfolk.

BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A.

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AURELIA; or, THE CLOSE AT MIXETER.

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ELLA CUTHULLIN, and other Poems.

BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A.

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MARCUS WARD & CO.,

67, CHANDOS STREET, LONDON, W.C.

EVELYN MANWARING

A Tale of Hampton Court Palace

BY

GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A.

AUTHOR OF “TRANS-ATLANTIC SKETCHES,” “JULIAN CLOUGHTON; OR,
LAD-LIFE IN NORFOLK,” “AURELIA; OR, THE CLOSE AT MIXETER,”
“ELLA CUTHULLIN AND OTHER POEMS, OLD AND NEW,” &c.

London:
MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, 68, CHANDOS STREET
AND AT BELFAST AND NEW YORK
1883

TO MY FRIENDS

I Inscribe this Tale,

IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL LOOK MORE
LENIENTLY UPON ITS MANY FAULTS
THAN I DO MYSELF.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I.--EVELYN MANWARING ARRIVES AT THE PALACE, 9

II.--A GOOD SAMARITAN, 19

III.--HOLMCASTLE MANOR, 28

IV.--THE SQUIRE OF HOLMCASTLE, 33

V.--THE MANWARING “FAMILY TREE,” 42

VI.--“EHRENBREITSTEIN,” 51

VII.--THE FALL OF WILFRED, 60

VIII.--A BLASTED LIFE, 70

IX.--A BRANCH IS LOPPED FROM THE FAMILY TREE, 78

X.--WILFRED MANWARING GOES INTO EXILE, 84

XI.--THE SQUIRE LEARNS THE TRUTH, 91

XII.--THE DUKE OF RIBBLESDALE’S LETTER, 101

XIII.--“IN EXTREMIS,” 112

XIV.--MR. TRESHAM POTTS, 116

XV.--THE TREE IS RE-GRAFTED, 125

XVI.--LAST DAYS AT HOLMCASTLE, 133

XVII.--EVELYN VISITS THE DUCHESS, 140

XVIII.--HER GRACE OF RIBBLESDALE, 151

XIX.--“THE AUNTS,” 161

XX.--THE VEHME-GERICHT OF HAMPTON COURT, 169

XXI.--SERGEANT SMITH, V.C., 181

XXII.--THE LOST FOUND, 194

XXIII.--WILFRED SMITH GOES TO THE JEWS, 202

XXIV.--WILFRED SMITH’S VOYAGE OUT, 210

XXV.--THE MARCH TO CANDAHAR, 220

XXVI.--A PACKET OF LETTERS, 226

XXVII.--THE DUCHESS’S GRAND TABLEAU VIVANT, 233

XXVIII.--COMING OF AGE, 241

XXIX.--“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,” 252

EVELYN MANWARING.