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GIRLHOOD and WOMANHOOD
The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes
BY SARAH TYTLER
AUTHOR OF "PAPERS FOR THOUGHTFUL GIRLS," "CITOYENNE JACQUELINE,"ETC. ETC.
LONDONWM. ISBISTER, LIMITED56, LUDGATE HILL1883
CONTENTS.
PAGE I. CAIN'S BRAND, 1
ON THE MOOR, 1
THE ORDEAL, 16
"HE LAY DOWN TO SLEEP ON THE MOORLAND SO DREARY," 29
MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE, 37
II. ON THE STAGE AND OFF THE STAGE, 62
THE "BEAR" AT BATH, 62
LADY BETTY ON THE STAGE, 72
MISTRESS BETTY BECOMES NURSE, 77
MASTER ROWLAND GOES UP TO LONDON, 86
MISTRESS BETTY TRAVELS DOWN INTO SOMERSETSHIRE, 90
BETWEEN MOSELY AND LARKS' HALL, 96
III. A CAST IN THE WAGGON, 108
DULCIE'S START IN THE WAGGON FOR HER COMPANY, 108
TWO LADS SEEK A CAST IN THE WAGGON, 113
REDWATER HOSPITALITY, 122
OTHER CASTS FOLLOWING THE CAST IN THE WAGGON, 134
DULCIE AND WILL, AT HOME IN ST. MARTIN'S LANE, 151
SAM AND CLARISSA IN COMPANY IN LEICESTER SQUARE, 158
STRIPS SOME OF THE THORNS FROM THE HEDGE AND THE GARDEN ROSES, 161
IV. ADAM HOME'S REPENTANCE, 167
WILD, WITTY NELLY CARNEGIE, 167
A GALLANT REBUFFED.--NELLY'S PUNISHMENT, 172
A MOURNFUL MARRIAGE EVE, 177
NELLY CARNEGIE IN HER NEW HOME, 179
NELLY'S NEW PASTIMES, 185
THE LAIRD CONSCIENCE-SMITTEN, 186
BLESSING AND AFFLICTION.--ADAM HOME'S RETURN, 192
THE RECONCILIATION AND RETURN TO STANEHOLME, 197
V. HECTOR GARRET OF OTTER, 202
THE FIRE, 202
THE OFFER, 211
THE NEW HOME, 228
THE PAGES OF THE PAST, 236
THE MOTHER AND CHILD, 248
THE STORM, 259
VI. THE OLD YEOMANRY WEEKS, 268
THE YEOMEN'S ADVENT.--PRIORTON SPRUCES ITSELF UP, 268
A MATCH-MAKER'S SCHEME, 275
A MORNING MEETING AND AN EVENING'S READING, 280
THE BALL, AND WHAT CAME OF IT, 293
VII. DIANA, 302
AN UNDERTAKING, 302
THE FULFILMENT, 311
HAZARD, 316
THE LAST THROW, 323
VIII. MISS WEST'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE, 337