Chapter I: Front Matter

INNOCENT:

A TALE OF MODERN LIFE.

BY MRS. OLIPHANT,

AUTHOR OF “THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,” ETC., ETC.

_FOURTH EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._

London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.

1874.

[_All rights reserved._]

LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--THE OLD HOUSE 1

II.--THE NEWS, AND HOW IT WAS RECEIVED 8

III.--THE FAMILY 16

IV.--THE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY 23

V.--FREDERICK’S WAY 32

VI.--PISA 40

VII.--THE PALAZZO SCARAMUCCI 48

VIII.--THE COUSINS 55

IX.--AT HOME 63

X.--THE ARRIVAL 70

XI.--AT HOME AND NOT AT HOME 79

XII.--A LOVE TALE 87

XIII.--CONSULTATIONS 94

XIV.--A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW 101

XV.--A SUNDAY AT HOME 109

XVI.--INNOCENT’S FIRST ADVENTURE 117

XVII.--FREDERICK TO THE RESCUE 124

XVIII.--PHILOSOPHY FOR GIRLS 132

XIX.--THE FLOWER OF STERBORNE 140

XX.--WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE” 148

XXI.--A FAMILY DINNER 156

XXII.--ABOUT ANOTHER MARRIAGE 164

XXIII.--AMANDA 172

XXIV.--WHAT THE FAMILY THOUGHT 180

XXV.--AFTER A YEAR 188

XXVI.--A PROPOSAL 195

XXVII.--MRS. FREDERICK 202

XXVIII.--A NEW COMPLICATION 211

XXIX.--INNOCENT’S OUTSET IN THE WORLD 217

XXX.--THE HIGH LODGE 224

XXXI.--THE MINSTER AND THE VILLA 231

XXXII.--THE MOMENT OF FATE 238

XXXIII.--FLIGHT 247

XXXIV.--A BEREAVED HUSBAND 254

XXXV.--MRS. EASTWOOD’S INVESTIGATION 261

XXXVI.--AT HOME 268

XXXVII.--INNOCENT’S CONFESSION 275

XXXVIII.--INTO FURTHER DEEPS 283

XXXIX.--AN APPEAL 290

XL.--FAMILY OPINIONS 298

XLI.--AN UNPOPULAR WEDDING 304

XLII.--AFTER THE WEDDING 311

XLIII.--THE GATHERING OF THE STORM 318

XLIV.--THE THUNDERBOLT 325

XLV.--THE FIRST DESERTER 333

XLVI.--THE EVIDENCE 340

XLVII.--THE TRIAL 347

XLVIII.--THE SECOND DAY 363

XLIX.--DELIVERED 368

L.--JENNY’S MEDITATION 375

LI.--THE NUNNERY 380

LII.--WHAT BECAME OF LADY LONGUEVILLE 382

LIII.--CONCLUSION 391

INNOCENT:

A TALE OF MODERN LIFE.