BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1894.
CONTENTS
OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
How Minnie Hescott gives Tita a Hint; and learns that Hints may be thrown away; and how Margaret’s Soul is grieved
CHAPTER II.
How Tita commits a great Folly, though little is the Sin that lies therein. And how Margaret tries to make Peace, and what comes of it
CHAPTER III.
How Mr. Gower grows darkly mysterious; and how Tita hears of the Arrival of another Guest
CHAPTER IV.
How Tita’s Soul at last is stirred; and how her Happiness is threatened and herself set at naught; and how Minnie Hescott speaks
CHAPTER V.
How Miss Gower goes for a pleasant Row upon the Lake
with her
Nephew; and how she admires the Sky and Water; and
how presently
Fear falls on her; and how Death threatens her; and
how by a mere
Scratch of a Pen she regains Shore and Life
CHAPTER VI.
How all the House Party at Oakdean grow frivolous in the Absence of the Lord and Master; and how Mrs. Bethune encourages a Game of Hide-and-seek; and how, after many Escapes, Tita is caught at last
CHAPTER VII.
How Tita is “caught,” but by one whom she did not expect; and how she played with Fire for a little Bit; and how finally she ran away
CHAPTER VIII.
How Tita, having been repulsed, grows angry; and how a very pretty Battle is fought out; and how Tita gains a Present; and how Sir Maurice loses his Temper
CHAPTER IX.
How Mrs. Bethune is brought before the Bar; and how she gives her Evidence against Tita; and how Maurice’s Mother desires an Interview with Maurice’s Wife
CHAPTER X.
How “that Girl” was “seen” by the Dowager Lady Rylton; and how Tita held her small Head very high, and fought a good Fight with the Enemy
CHAPTER XI.
How Tita goes for a Walk with two sad Companions—Anger and Despair; and how she meets Sir Maurice; and how she introduces him to Anger
CHAPTER XII.
How Tita, running from the Enemy, suddenly finds herself Face to Face with another Foe; and how she fights a second Battle, and comes off victorious