The Widow Barnaby. Vol. 3 (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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