A LOVE S 7 0 T Y BY B E N J A M I N D I S R A E L I EARL OF BEACONSFIfELD VOLUME I. M. - CONTENTS - BOOK I. CHAPTER I. SOME ACCOUNT O F THE FAMILY OF ARMINE, AND ESPECIALLY OF SIR FERDINAND AND O F SIR RATCLIFFE . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 11 . ARMINE DESCRIBED . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 11 1. ARRIVAL O F GLASTONBURY . . . . . . CHAPTER IV . PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS AT ARMINE . g . CHAPTERV . A DOMESTIC SCENE . . . . . CHAPTER V I. CONTAINING ANOTHER DOMESTIC SCENE . CHAPTER V II. CONTAINING AN UNEXPECTED VISIT T O LONDON, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . . . . CHAPTERV III. A VISIT TO GLASTONBURYS CHAMBER . CHAPTER IX . THE LAST DAY AND THE LAST NIGHT . . CHAPTER X . THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A FAVOURITE GRANDSON . . . . . . . vii PAGE CONTENTS BOOK 11. CHAPTER I. PARTLY RETROSPECTIVE, YET VERY NECESSARY T O BE PERUSED CHAPTER 11 . IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE ACHIEVES WITH RAPIDITY A RESULT WHICH ALWAYS REQUIRES GREAT DE1, lBERATION . . . CHAPTER11 1. IN WHICH FERDINAND RETURNS T O ARMINE CHAPTER IV . IN WHICH SOME LIGHT IS THROWN ON THE TITLE OF THIS WORK . . . . CHAPTER V . IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE IS VERY ABSENT DURING DINNER . . . . . . . CHAPTER V I. IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE PAYS HIS FIRST VISIT T O DUCIE . . . . . . CHAPTER V II. IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE INDULGES IN A REVERIE . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTERV III. A STRANGE DREAM . . . . . . . CHAPTER IX . WHICH I HOPE MAY PROVE AS AGREEABLE TO THE READER AS TO OUR HERO . . CHAPTER X . AN EVENING STROLL . . . . . . . . CHAPTER X I. A MORNING WALK . . . . . . . . PAGE 69 CONTENTS CHAPTER X II. CONTAINING AN OMINOUS INCIDENT . CHAPTER X I I I. IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE FINDS REASON TO BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF FAIRIES . CHAPTER X IV. CONTAINING AN INCIDENT WHICH IS THE TERMINATION OF MOST TALES, THOUGH ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENT . BOOK 111. CHAPTEIR. IN WHICH CAPTAIN ARMINE PROVES HIMSELF A COMPLETE TACTICIAN . CHAPTER 11 . A DAY OF LOVE . CHAPTER111 . WHICH ON THE WHOLE IS FOUND VERY CONSOLING . . . . CHAPTER IV . HENRIETTA VISITS ARMINE, WHICH LEADS TO A RATHER PERPLEXING ENCOUNTER . . CHAPTE V R . WHICH CONTAINS SOMETHING VERY UNEXPECTED . . BOOK IV. CHAPTERI. WHICH CONTAINS A LOVE-LETTER CHAPTE 1 R 1. WHICH, SUPPOSING THE READER IS INTERESTED IN THE CORRESIONDENCE, PURSUES IT PAGE I 54 CONTENTS CHAPTER 11 1. CONTAINING THE ARRIVAL AT DUCIE OF A . . . . . . DISTINGUISHED GUEST CHAPTER TV . CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE VISCOUNTESS DOWAGER BELLAIR . . . CHAPTER V . IN WHICH LADY BELLAIR GIVES SOME AC COUNT OF SOME OF HER FRIENDS . . CHAPTER V I. CONTAINING A CONVERSATION NOT QUITE SO AMUSING AS THE LAST . . . CHAPTERV II. IN WHICH MR. TEMPLE PAYS A VISIT TO HIS DAUGHTERS CHAMBER . . . . . CHAPTERV III. IN WHICH GLASTONBURY IS VERY MUCH ASTONISHED . . . . . . . . . CHAPTERIX . IN WHICH GLASTONBURY FINDS THAT A SERENE TENlPER DOES NOT ALWAYS BRING A SERENE LIFE . . . . . CHAPTEXR. 1P. r WHICH FERDINAND ARMINE IS MUCH CONCERNED . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER X I. IN WHICH FERDINAND BEGINS TO BE A LIT-TLE TROUBLESOME . . . . . . . CHAPTER XI I. CONTAlNlNG THE INTIMATION OF A SOME WHAT MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURE . . . PAGE 26 I CONTENTS CHAPTERX III. PAGE IN WHICH THE FAMILY PERPLEXITIES RATHER INCREASE THAN DIMINISH . . . . . 316 CHAPTERX IV. IN WHICH SOME LIGHT IS THROWN UPON SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WERE BE FORE RATHER MYSTERIOUS . . . . - P2 CHAPTER X V. WHICH LEAVES AFFAIRS IN GENERAL IN A SCARCELY MORE SATISFACTORY POSITION THAN THE FORMER ONE . . . . . 329 BOOK V. CHAPTER I. CONTAINING THE APPEARANCE ON OUR STAGE OF A NEW AND IMPORTANT CHARACTER . . . . . 332 CHAPTER 11 . IN WHICH LORD MONTFOKT CONTRIVES THAT MISS TEMPLE SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE . . . . . . . . . . 340 CHAPTER 11 1. IN WHICH MR. TEMPLE AND HIS DAUGHTER, WITH THEIR NEW FRIEND, MAKE AN UNEXPECTED EXCURSION . . . . . 345 CHAPTER IV ...