XLIII. Fie, Fie!
XLIV. Valentine's Day at Allington
XLV. Valentine's Day in London
XLVI. John Eames at His Office
XLVII. The New Private Secretary
XLVIII. Nemesis
XLIX. Preparations for Going
L. Mrs Dale Is Thankful for a Good Thing
LI. John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done
LII. The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
LIII. Loquitur Hopkins
LIV. The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
LV. Not Very Fie Fie after All
LVI. Showing How Mr Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man
LVII. Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother
LVIII. The Fate of the Small House
LIX. John Eames Becomes a Man
LX. Conclusion




CHAPTER I

The Squire of Allington


Of course there was a Great House at Allington. How otherwise should
there have been a Small House? Our story will, as its name imports,
have its closest relations with those who lived in the less dignified