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IN THE CONSERVATORY. In an atmosphere of drooping acacias, little palms, curious ferns, cacti, and other exotics in tubs and pots, where the light was subdued by the greenery overhead and around, an…
AFTER THOUGHTS. There are generally two distinct sets of people at every country entertainment carrying out the principle of 'pig-iron that looks down on tenpenny nails;' but Lady Dunkeld&…
THE LAST APPEAL. Robert Wodrow, on the afternoon referred to in our last chapter, was, we have said, engaged elsewhere than at the manse, and yet he was not very far away. Incidents trivial at the …
GRETCHEN AND FAUST. 'And you have quarrelled with poor Robert?' said Mary, somewhat reproachfully, to her sister. 'Nay—not quarrelled, exactly,' replied Ellinor. 'What, th…
HOW FAUST SUCCEEDED. The day, an eventful one, indeed, to Ellinor—wore on; the 'to-morrow night' of Sir Redmond's arrangements had become 'to-night,' and the hour of nine se…
EVIL TIDINGS. That night before retiring to rest, when seated near Mary, and affecting to read to Ellinor quietly by the light of a pleasantly shaded lamp, all the stirring and startling events of t…
MARY'S PREPARATIONS. Greatly to the chagrin of Lady Dunkeld, there seemed no chance of extracting a proposal from Captain Colville, the rumour of whose engagement to her daughter was simply pro…
ON THE BRINK. Of a more nervous organisation than Mary, Ellinor, suffering from reaction of spirits and a keen sense of all she had recently undergone, was far from well, and, amid the bustle of pre…
THE DEPARTURE. To-morrow came, and the next day, and the next, but there was no sign of, or letter from, Captain Colville, so Mary resumed her arrangements all the more briskly and bitterly. Ellino…
THE HEIR OF ENTAIL. The sudden departure of the sisters from Birkwoodbrae, few knew precisely for where, caused something like consternation—at least, a great deal of commiseration—in the place they…
