The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3)
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THE WIDOW BARNABY.
AUTHOR OF "THE VICAR OF WREXHILL," "A ROMANCE OF VIENNA," ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1839.
LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
CONTENTS
THE WIDOW BARNABY.
CHAPTER I.
MRS. BARNABY LOSES HER SENSES, AND RECOVERS THEM.—SHE TAKES A DESPERATE RESOLUTION.—MISS MORRISON PROVES HERSELF A FRIEND IN NEED.—AGNES FINDS CONSOLATION IN SORROW.
CHAPTER II.
MRS. BARNABY EFFECTS HER RETREAT FROM CHELTENHAM.—SHE CARRIES WITH HER A LETTER.—ITS EFFECT.—AN AMIABLE ATTORNEY.—SPECIMENS OF A NOBLE STYLE OF LETTER-WRITING.—CONSOLATION.
CHAPTER III.
A BOLD MEASURE.—A TOUR DE FORCE ON THE PART OF MRS. BARNABY, AND OF SAVOIR FAIRE ON THAT OF LORD MUCKLEBURY.—SIGHT-SEEING.—THE WIDOW RESOLVES UPON ANOTHER JOURNEY.
CHAPTER IV.
AN ADVENTURE.—ANOTHER LETTER FROM MISS MORRISON PRODUCTIVE OF A POWERFUL EFFECT UPON HER BROTHER.—HE FORSAKES HIS CLIENT AND HIS FRIEND.—AGNES IS LEFT ALONE, AND EMPLOYS SOME OF HER LEISURE IN WRITING A LETTER TO MISS COMPTON.
CHAPTER V.
AGNES RECEIVES AN UNEXPECTED VISITER, AND AN IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION.—SHE ALSO RECEIVES A LETTER FROM CHELTENHAM, AND FROM HER AUNT BARNABY.
CHAPTER VI.
AGNES RECEIVES ANOTHER UNEXPECTED VISIT.—MRS. BARNABY RETURNS TO HER LODGINGS AND CATCHES THE VISITER THERE.
CHAPTER VII.
AGNES ELOPES WITH HER AUNT BETSY.
CHAPTER VIII.
AGNES APPEARS LIKELY TO PROFIT BY THE CHANGE OF AUNTS.
CHAPTER IX.
BRINGS US BACK, AS IT OUGHT, TO MRS. BARNABY.
CHAPTER X.
GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF COLONEL HUBERT'S RETURN TO CHELTENHAM.
CHAPTER XI.
AGNES APPEARS AT CLIFTON IN A NEW CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XII.
A PARTY.—A MEETING.—GOOD SOMETIMES PRODUCTIVE OF EVIL.
CHAPTER XIII.
DEMONSTRATING THE HEAVY SORROW WHICH MAY BE PRODUCED BY A YOUNG LADY'S HAVING A LARGER FORTUNE THAN HER LOVER EXPECTED.
CHAPTER XIV.
RETURNS TO MRS. BARNABY, AND RELATES SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE SCENES OF HER LIFE, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL CIRCUMSTANCES RELATIVE TO ONE DEARER TO HER THAN HERSELF.
CHAPTER XV.
AGNES GROWS MISERABLE.—AN EXPLANATORY CONVERSATION WITH COLONEL HUBERT LEAVES HER MORE IN THE DARK THAN EVER.—A LETTER ARRIVES FROM FREDERIC STEPHENSON.
CHAPTER XVI.
A DISCOVERY SCENE—PRODUCTIVE OF MANY NEW RELATIONS, AND VARIOUS OTHER CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER XVII.
GREAT CONTENTMENT.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION.
THE END.
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