Mr. Ingleside (Paperback)

MR. INGLESIDE - 1910 - CONTENTS CHAP. I. In which a self-contained gentleman suddenly feels lonely . 11. In which we enter a circle of friends on the banks of a grey river . 111. In which we catch sight of matrons in the making, and father and daughter meet . IV. In which an instructress of youth has qualms . V. In which gentlemens palates are discussed, and age wins . VI. In which there is nothing but talk. VII. In which a matter-of-fact young woman sets out towards independence . VIII. In which a grandmother asks questions and supplies answers. IX. In which we find some ancient remedies, and Christie looks back . X. In which an Irish comforter gets quickly to work. XI. In which we meet two of Miss Muirheacls clients XII. In which we visit the high-priestess of a temple of antiquity . XIII. In which various employments for women that involve no loss of caste are described, XIV. In which a young gentlemans gentlemanly future is considered . XV. In which many aspects of the New Terror are discussed. In which Our Lady of Misrule hears the worst XVII. In which Ann takes down a letter and a speech XVIII. In which a citizen with a future visits a country with a past . XIX. In which a young gentleman obtains no lack of advice . XX. In which we are present at the christening of the Caprice . XXI. In which a widower accepts his lot with fortitude and dismay. XXII. In which it seems that old ladies too can be Napoleonic . XXIII. In which Alison returns from the East XXIV. In which Alison has no chance to relate the story of her travels . XXV. In which garrulous sympathy is brought from the Seven Sisters Road . XXVI. In which we find a modern Ulysses and a modern Penelope . XXVI I. In which anevening is spent among curiosities, autographs, and oysters . XXVIII. In which a mighty Social Engine lays bare some of its secrets . XXIX. In which a retired beauty becomes wistful . XXX. In which the stars fight for John . XXXI. In which the Caprice carries a happy party to a Tudor grange . XXXII. In which John permanently renounces the sex XXXIII. In which Mr. Bryan Hearne appears, and a father is left dubious. XXXIV. In which various persons receive the great news . XXXV. In which we meet with true Romance. PAGE 117 CONTENTS vii CHAP. PACE XXXVI. In which a lady-love is taken round on exhibition . . . 265 XXXVII. In which old Mrs. Ingleside gives her blessing 273 XXXVIII. In which we become listeners in a Norfolk rectory . . . 278 XXXI X. In which masqueraders prove themselves very human . . 289 XL. In which aid is forthcoming for a house lacking a motto . . . 296 XLI. In which a lost voice is heard, and we meet Mr. and the Misses Thames 303 XLII. In which two young people prepare to be very happy-and what else matters . 310 MR. INGLESIDE CHAPTER I IN WHICH A SELF-CONTAINED GENTLEMAN SUDDENLY FEELS LONELY R. and Mrs. Ingleside had never quarrelled. M They had merely drifted apart in a per- fectly amicable way, without rancour and without tears. Mr. Ingleside, his married period over, resumed the status of a bachelor, at first in his own house, and later, his wife having acquired a tendency to asthma which made London impossible, in his own rooms in London while Mrs. Ingleside, -resuming the single 1 state quite as naturally, settled at Bournemouth, which was not only good for her breathing, on account of its profusion of pines, but contained also much congenial society, including aDante Circle. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Ingleside was passionately a parent. Mr. Ingleside, when he met his daughters, enjoyed their laughing side, and did his best to keep them laughing Mrs. Inglesides interests lying chiefly in literature and problem fiction, as it is called, she languidly studied them from her sofa when the holidays projected them within her field of vision. During these holidays Mr...