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ORLEY FARM

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

First published in serial form March, 1861, through October, 1862, and in book form in 1862, both by Chapman and Hall.

CONTENTS

VOLUME I

I. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT ORLEY FARM CASE.
II. LADY MASON AND HER SON.
III. THE CLEEVE.
IV. THE PERILS OF YOUTH.
V. SIR PEREGRINE MAKES A SECOND PROMISE.
VI. THE COMMERCIAL ROOM, BULL INN, LEEDS.
VII. THE MASONS OF GROBY PARK.
VIII. MRS. MASON'S HOT LUNCHEON.
IX. A CONVIVIAL MEETING.
X. MR., MRS., AND MISS FURNIVAL.
XI. MRS. FURNIVAL AT HOME.
XII. MR. FURNIVAL'S CHAMBERS.
XIII. GUILTY, OR NOT GUILTY.
XIV. DINNER AT THE CLEEVE.
XV. A MORNING CALL AT MOUNT PLEASANT VILLA.
XVI. MR. DOCKWRATH IN BEDFORD ROW.
XVII. VON BAUHR.
XVIII. THE ENGLISH VON BAUHR.
XIX. THE STAVELEY FAMILY.
XX. MR. DOCKWRATH IN HIS OWN OFFICE.
XXI. CHRISTMAS IN HARLEY STREET.
XXII. CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY.
XXIII. CHRISTMAS AT GROBY PARK.
XXIV. CHRISTMAS IN GREAT ST. HELENS.
XXV. MR. FURNIVAL AGAIN AT HIS CHAMBERS.
XXVI. WHY SHOULD I NOT?
XXVII. COMMERCE.
XXVIII. MONKTON GRANGE.
XXIX. BREAKING COVERT.
XXX. ANOTHER FALL.
XXXI. FOOTSTEPS IN THE CORRIDOR.
XXXII. WHAT BRIDGET BOLSTER HAD TO SAY.
XXXIII. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT.
XXXIV. MR. FURNIVAL LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE.
XXXV. LOVE WAS STILL THE LORD OF ALL.
XXXVI. WHAT THE YOUNG MEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
XXXVII. PEREGRINE'S ELOQUENCE.
XXXVIII. OH, INDEED!
XXXIX. WHY SHOULD HE GO?
XL. I CALL IT AWFUL.

VOLUME II

XLI. HOW CAN I SAVE HIM?
XLII. JOHN KENNEBY GOES TO HAMWORTH.
XLIII. JOHN KENNEBY'S COURTSHIP.
XLIV. SHOWING HOW LADY MASON COULD BE VERY NOBLE.
XLV. SHOWING HOW MRS. ORME COULD BE VERY WEAK MINDED.
XLVI. A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FRIENDSHIP.
XLVII. THE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES.
XLVIII. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT UNDER A CLOUD.
XLIX. MRS. FURNIVAL CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT.
L. IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.
LI. MRS. FURNIVAL'S JOURNEY TO HAMWORTH.
LII. SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY.
LIII. LADY MASON RETURNS HOME.
LIV. TELLING ALL THAT HAPPENED BENEATH THE LAMP-POST.
LV. WHAT TOOK PLACE IN HARLEY STREET.
LVI. HOW SIR PEREGRINE DID BUSINESS WITH MR. ROUND.
LVII. THE LOVES AND HOPES OF ALBERT FITZALLEN.
LVIII. MISS STAVELEY DECLINES TO EAT MINCED VEAL.
LIX. NO SURRENDER.
LX. WHAT REBEKAH DID FOR HER SON.
LXI. THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION.
LXII. WHAT THE FOUR LAWYERS THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
LXIII. THE EVENING BEFORE THE TRIAL.
LXIV. THE FIRST JOURNEY TO ALSTON.
LXV. FELIX GRAHAM RETURNS TO NONINGSBY.
LXVI. SHOWING HOW MISS FURNIVAL TREATED HER LOVERS.
LXVII. MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.
LXVIII. THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL.
LXIX. THE TWO JUDGES.
LXX. HOW AM I TO BEAR IT?
LXXI. SHOWING HOW JOHN KENNEBY AND BRIDGET BOLSTER BORE
THEMSELVES IN COURT.
LXXII. MR. FURNIVAL'S SPEECH.
LXXIII. MRS. ORME TELLS THE STORY.
LXXIV. YOUNG LOCHINVAR.
LXXV. THE LAST DAY.
LXXVI. I LOVE HER STILL.
LXXVII. JOHN KENNEBY'S DOOM.
LXXVIII. THE LAST OF THE LAWYERS.
LXXIX. FAREWELL.
LXXX. SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY.

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME I

ORLEY FARM. FRONTISPIECE
SIR PEREGRINE AND HIS HEIR. CHAPTER III
THERE WAS SORROW IN HER HEART,
AND DEEP THOUGHT IN HER MIND. CHAPTER V
"THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IRON, SIR; NOTHING." CHAPTER VI
AND THEN THEY ALL MARCHED OUT OF THE ROOM,
EACH WITH HIS OWN GLASS. CHAPTER IX
MR. FURNIVAL'S WELCOME HOME. CHAPTER XI
"YOUR SON LUCIUS DID SAY--SHOPPING." CHAPTER XIII
OVER THEIR WINE. CHAPTER XIV
VON BAUHR'S DREAM. CHAPTER XVII
THE ENGLISH VON BAUHR AND HIS PUPIL. CHAPTER XVIII
CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY--MORNING. CHAPTER XXII
CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY--EVENING. CHAPTER XXII
"WHY SHOULD I NOT?" CHAPTER XXV
MONKTON GRANGE. CHAPTER XXVIII
FELIX GRAHAM IN TROUBLE. CHAPTER XXIX
FOOTSTEPS IN THE CORRIDOR. CHAPTER XXXI
THE ANGEL OF LIGHT. CHAPTER XXXIII
LUCIUS MASON IN HIS STUDY. CHAPTER XXXVI
PEREGRINE'S ELOQUENCE. CHAPTER XXXVII
LADY STAVELY INTERRUPTING HER SON
AND SOPHIA FURNIVAL. CHAPTER XXXIX

VOLUME II

JOHN KENNEBY AND MIRIAM DOCKWRATH. CHAPTER XLII
GUILTY. CHAPTER XLIV
LADY MASON AFTER HER CONFESSION. CHAPTER XLV
"BREAD SAUCE IS SO TICKLISH." CHAPTER XLVII
"NEVER IS A VERY LONG WORD." CHAPTER L
"TOM," SHE SAID, "I HAVE COME BACK." CHAPTER LI
LADY MASON GOING BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. CHAPTER LIII
SIR PEREGRINE AT MR. ROUND'S OFFICE. CHAPTER LVI
"TELL ME, MADELINE, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" CHAPTER LVIII
"NO SURRENDER." CHAPTER LIX
MR. CHAFFANBRASS AND MR. SOLOMON ARAM. CHAPTER LXII
THE COURT. CHAPTER LXIV
THE DRAWING-ROOM AT NONINGSBY. CHAPTER LXV
"AND HOW ARE THEY ALL AT NONINGSBY?" CHAPTER LXVI
LADY MASON LEAVING THE COURT. CHAPTER LXX
"HOW CAN I BEAR IT?" CHAPTER LXX
BRIDGET BOLSTER IN COURT. CHAPTER LXXI
LUCIUS MASON, AS HE LEANED ON THE GATE
THAT WAS NO LONGER HIS OWN. CHAPTER LXXIII
FAREWELL! CHAPTER LXXIX
FAREWELL! CHAPTER LXXIX

VOLUME I.