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THE WELLFIELDS.
THE WELLFIELDS.
A Novel.
BY
JESSIE FOTHERGILL,
AUTHOR OF ‘THE FIRST VIOLIN’ AND ‘PROBATION.’
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1880.
[All Rights Reserved.]
A Novel.
BY
JESSIE FOTHERGILL,
AUTHOR OF ‘THE FIRST VIOLIN’ AND ‘PROBATION.’
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1880.
[All Rights Reserved.]
To
MY FRIENDS AT LOWESWATER,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOME PLEASANT DAYS
SPENT THERE WITH THEM.
MY FRIENDS AT LOWESWATER,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOME PLEASANT DAYS
SPENT THERE WITH THEM.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| PAGE | ||
| PRELUDE | 1 | |
| STAGE I. | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | EMS | 16 |
| II. | FRAU VON TROCKENAU’S ‘GESELLSCHAFT’ | 41 |
| III. | A LANDPARTEI | 72 |
| IV. | OF THE WELLFIELDS | 116 |
| V. | FATHER AND SON ARRANGE ACCOUNTS | 133 |
| VI. | AVICE READS A CHAPTER OF A NEW BOOK | 155 |
| VII. | LIFE’S FULLEST STREAM | 163 |
| VIII. | ‘CONTENT THEE WITH ONE BITTER WORD, ADIEU!’ | 183 |
| IX. | ELLEN’S OPINION | 195 |
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