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CONTENTS

CHAPTER Page
I. PRELUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. INTERLUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

_PART ONE_

III. OLD MR. WELLES AND YOUNG MR. MARSH. 29
IV. TABLE TALK. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
V. A LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER. . . . 64
VI. THINGS TAKE THEIR COURSE. . . . . . 80
VII. THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS . . . . . 91
VIII. WHAT GOES ON INSIDE . . . . . . . . 115
IX. THE GENT AROUND THE LADY. . . . . . 130
X. AT THE MILL . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

_PART TWO_

XI. IN AUNT HETTY'S GARDEN. . . . . . . 179
XII. HEARD FROM THE STUDY. . . . . . . . 199
XIII. ALONG THE EAGLE ROCK BROOK. . . . . 215
XIV. BESIDE THE ONION-BED. . . . . . . . 224
XV. HOME-LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241