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Table of Contents

A POOR GENTLEMAN.

CHAPTER I. THE TWO FAMILIES.

CHAPTER II. PENTON.

CHAPTER III. PENTON HOOK.

CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

CHAPTER V. A WINTER’S WALK.

CHAPTER VI. RICH MRS. PENTON AND POOR MRS. PENTON.

CHAPTER VII. THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.

CHAPTER VIII. THE PROPOSAL.

CHAPTER IX. FAMILY COUNSELS.

CHAPTER X. AN ADVENTURE.

CHAPTER XI. THE GIRLS’ OPINION.

CHAPTER XII. A NEW FACTOR.

CHAPTER XIII. MAN AND WIFE.

CHAPTER XIV. A TRANSITION PERIOD.

CHAPTER XV. THE INVITATION.

CHAPTER XVI. THE PRIMROSE PATH.

CHAPTER XVII. GOING INTO THE WORLD.

CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATION FOR THE GUESTS.

CHAPTER XIX. RECKONING WITHOUT THEIR HOST.

CHAPTER XX. SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.

CHAPTER XXI. A NIGHT DRIVE.

CHAPTER XXII. A DEATH-BED.

CHAPTER XXIII. “THE BOY.”

CHAPTER XXIV. THE MASTER OF PENTON.

CHAPTER XXV. AN ENCOUNTER UNFORESEEN.

CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.

CHAPTER XXVII. NEW PLANS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. A DECISIVE MOMENT.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE FUNERAL DAY.

CHAPTER XXX. AFTERWARD.

CHAPTER XXXI. A VISIT.

CHAPTER XXXII. WALTER: AND HIS FATE.

CHAPTER XXXIII. A DOMESTIC EXPLOSION.

CHAPTER XXXIV. MATERNAL DIPLOMACY.

CHAPTER XXXV. WAITING.

CHAPTER XXXVI. POOR WALTER!

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LOST SON.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES.

CHAPTER XXXIX. ALLY’S PART.

CHAPTER XL. THE POOR BOY.

CHAPTER XLI. A MORE CHEERFUL VIEW.

CHAPTER XLII. A NEW AGENT.

CHAPTER XLIII. ALLY’S SECRET.

CHAPTER XLIV. THE FINAL BLOW.

CHAPTER XLV. NO LONGER COCK-SURE.

CHAPTER XLVI. THE FATE OF THE CHIFFONIER.

CHAPTER XLVII AN AGITATING ENCOUNTER.

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE END OF ALL.