PRELUDE. A CHAPTER OF WttICH THE LAST PAGE ONLY IS OF ANY IMPORTANCE 1 A MINOR INCIDENT, SIIOWING AN IIEREDITARY APTI- TUDE IN TIIE USE OF THE KNIFE 2 TIlE YOUNG SIR WILLOUGHBY 3 CONSTANTIA DURHAM 4 LYETITIA DALE 5 CLARA MIDDLETON 6 HIS COURTSHIP 7 TIIE BETROTUED 8 A RUN WITII THE TRUANT : A WALK WITII THE MASTER 9 CLARA AND LETITIA MEET : THEY ARE COMPARED10 IN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY CHANCES TO SUPPLY THE TITLE FOR HIMSELF11 THE DOUBLE-BLOSSOM WILD CHERRY-TREE12 MISS MIDDLETON AND MR. VERNON WHITFORD13 THE FIRST EFFORT AFTER FREEDOM14 SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LETITIA15 THE PETITION FOR A RELEASE16 CLARA AND LETITIA17 THE PORCELAIN VASE18 COLONEL DE CRAYE19 COLONEL DF CRAYE AND CLARA NIDDLETON20 AN AGED AND A GREAT WINE21 CLARA'S MEDITATIONS22 THE RIDE23 TREATS OF THE UNION OF TEMPER AND POLICY24 CONTAINS AN INSTANCE OF THF THE GENEROSITY OF WILLOUGHBY25 TIlE FLIGHT IN WILD WEATHER26 VERNON IN PURSUIT27 AT THE RAILWAY STATION28 THE RETURN29 IN WHICH THE SENSITIVENESS OF SIR WIL- LOUGHBY IS EXPLALYED: AND HE RECEIVES MUCH INSTRUCTION30 TREATING OF THE DINNER- PARTY AT MRS. MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON'S31 SIR WILLOUGHBY ATTEMPTS AND ACHIEVES PATHOS32 LATITIA DALE DISCOVERS A SPIRITUAL CHANGE, AND DR. MIDDLETON A PHYSICAL33 IN WHICH THE COMIC MUSE HAS AN EYE ON TWO GOOD SOULS34 MRS MOUNTSTUAIGT AND SIR WILLOUGBBY35 MiSS MIDDLETON AND MRS. MOUNTSTUAET36 ANIMATED CONVERSATION AT A LUNCHEON-TABLE37 CONTAINS CLEVER FENCING AND INTIMATIONS OF THE NEED FOR IT33 IN WHICH WE TAKE A STEP TO THE CENTRE OF EGOISM39 IN THE HEART OF TIlE EGOIST40 MIDNIGIIT: SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LETITIA; WITH YOUNG CROSSJAY UNDER A COVERLET41 THE REV. DR. MIDDLETON, CLARA, AND SIR WIL- LOUGHBY42 SHOWS THE DIVINING ARTS OF A PERCEPTIVE MIND43 IN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY IS LED TO THINK THAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM44 DR. MIDDLETON : THE LADIES ELEANOR AND ISABEL; AND MR. DALE45 THE PATTERNE LADIES: MR, DALE: LADY BUSSHE AND LADY CULMER: WITH MRS, MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON46 THE SCENE OF SIR WILLOUGHBY'S GENERALSHIP47 SIR WILLOUGHBY AND HIS FRIEN'D HORACE DE CRAYE48 THE LOVERS49 LETITIA AND SIR WILLOUGHBY50 uPoN WHICH THE CURTAIN FALLS