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<p>CONTENTS 
I. The Grandsire and his Heir 5 
II. The Family History 12 
III. The Old Manor Court House 18 
IV. Indecision 27 
V. Mysteries and Encounters 36 
VI. Consolations 45 
VII. Announcements 53 
VIII. Diving into Secrets 59 
IX. More Mysterious Secrets 68 
X. The Welcome Home 76 
XI. Fast and Future 83 
XII. The Ball 92 
XIII. Partings and Meetings 101 
XIV. Diplomacy and War 111 
XV. Tete-k-Tete Conversations 117 
XVI. A Painful Discovery 128 
XVII. Machinations 135 
XVIII. A Syren 145 
XIX. Fidelity in Adversity 156 
XX. The Arbitration 167 
XXI. The Witnesses 174 
XXII. Some Happy Days 182 
XXIII. Very Equivocal Proofs of Friendship 192 
XXIV. Continued Plots of Ambition 206 
XXV. Sympathy and Fidelity 217 
XXVI. Discussions on Practical Morality 224 
XXVII. A Mortuary Chamber 233 
XXVIII. Still the Mortuary Chamber 241 
XXIX. Family Sorrows and Sympathies 251 
XXX. A False and Fatal System in Love Affairs 258 
XXXI. Further Illustrations 267 
XXXII. Regret and Hope 275 
XXXIII. The Responsibilities of Servants 285 
XXXIV. The Visitors at Marsden Park 290 
XXXV. A Little Light in the Horizon 299 
XXXVI. Beneficial Arrangements 306 
XXXVII. Matrimonial Arrangements, and a Death 312 
XXXVIII. A Funeral, and the Marriage of Arthur and Violet 319 
XXXIX. Long-deferred Hopes Fulfilled 323 
XL. A Happy Household 329 
XLI. The Family Jewels 339 
XLII. Types and Antitypes 345
XLIII. The Manuscript in the Jewel Casket 350 
XLIV. Friendships for Heaven, and those for Hell 357 
XLV. The Lord of the Manor 363 
XLVI. Diplomacy at Vienna— Life at the Old Manor House 369 
XLVII. High Mass and a Betrothal 374 
XLVIII. Partings Alleviated 379 
XLIX. Promotion, Reunion, and other Consolations 388 
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<br>Subjects: Fiction</div>
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Hopkins, Alphonso A. (Alphonso Alva), 1843-1919</div>
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