Chapter I: Front Matter

Editorial note:

_Can You Forgive Her?_ was first published in monthly
installments (one shilling each) in 1864-1865. The first
book edition was published by Chapman and Hall in two
volumes (Volume I in 1864 and Volume II in 1865).

Volume I was illustrated by Hablôt Knight Browne, better
known as "Phiz" and a favorite of Dickens. Trollope was
not pleased with Browne's work, and the illustrations for
Volume II were drawn by a Miss E. Taylor of St. Leonards.
These original illustrations are referred to in this text
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CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

Author of "Orley Farm," "Doctor Thorne," "Framley Parsonage," etc.

With Illustrations.

In Two Volumes

CONTENTS

Volume I.

I. Mr. Vavasor and His Daughter.
II. Lady Macleod.
III. John Grey, the Worthy Man.
IV. George Vavasor, the Wild Man.
V. The Balcony at Basle.
VI. The Bridge over the Rhine.
VII. Aunt Greenow.
VIII. Mr. Cheesacre.
IX. The Rivals.
X. Nethercoats.
XI. John Grey Goes to London.
XII. Mr. George Vavasor at Home.
XIII. Mr. Grimes Gets His Odd Money.
XIV. Alice Vavasor Becomes Troubled.
XV. Paramount Crescent.
XVI. The Roebury Club.
XVII. Edgehill.
XVIII. Alice Vavasor's Great Relations.
XIX. Tribute from Oileymead.
XX. Which Shall It Be?
XXI. Alice Is Taught to Grow Upwards, Towards the Light.
XXII. Dandy and Flirt.
XXIII. Dinner at Matching Priory.
XXIV. Three Politicians.
XXV. In Which Much of the History of the Pallisers Is Told.
XXVI. Lady Midlothian.
XXVII. The Priory Ruins.
XXVIII. Alice Leaves the Priory.
XXIX. Burgo Fitzgerald.
XXX. Containing a Love Letter.
XXXI. Among the Fells.
XXXII. Containing an Answer to the Love Letter.
XXXIII. Monkshade.
XXXIV. Mr. Vavasor Speaks to His Daughter.
XXXV. Passion versus Prudence.
XXXVI. John Grey Goes a Second Time to London.
XXXVII. Mr. Tombe's Advice.
XXXVIII. The Inn at Shap.
XXXIX. Mr. Cheesacre's Hospitality.
XL. Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close.
XLI. A Noble Lord Dies.
XLII. Parliament Meets.
XLIII. Mrs. Marsham.
XLIV. The Election for the Chelsea Districts.
XLV. George Vavasor Takes His Seat.
XLVI. A Love Gift.
XLVII. Mr. Cheesacre's Disappointment.
XLVIII. Preparations for Lady Monk's Party.
XLIX. How Lady Glencora Went to Lady Monk's Party.
L. How Lady Glencora Came Back from Lady Monk's Party.

Volume II.

LI. Bold Speculations on Murder.
LII. What Occurred in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall.
LIII. The Last Will of the Old Squire.
LIV. Showing How Alice Was Punished.
LV. The Will.
LVI. Another Walk on the Fells.
LVII. Showing How the Wild Beast Got Himself Back from the
Mountains.
LVIII. The Pallisers at Breakfast.
LIX. The Duke of St. Bungay in Search of a Minister.
LX. Alice Vavasor's Name Gets into the Money Market.
LXI. The Bills Are Made All Right.
LXII. Going Abroad.
LXIII. Mr. John Grey in Queen Anne Street.
LXIV. The Rocks and Valleys.
LXV. The First Kiss.
LXVI. Lady Monk's Plan.
LXVII. The Last Kiss.
LXVIII. From London to Baden.
LXIX. From Baden to Lucerne.
LXX. At Lucerne.
LXXI. Showing How George Vavasor Received a Visit.
LXXII. Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit.
LXXIII. In Which Come Tidings of Great Moment to All Pallisers.
LXXIV. Showing What Happened in the Churchyard.
LXXV. Rouge et Noir.
LXXVI. The Landlord's Bill.
LXXVII. The Travellers Return Home.
LXXVIII. Mr. Cheesacre's Fate.
LXXIX. Diamonds Are Diamonds.
LXXX. The Story Is Finished Within the Halls of the Duke of
Omnium.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Volume I.

The Balcony at Basle. Frontispiece.
"Would you mind shutting the window?" Chapter II.
"Sometimes you drive me too hard." Chapter III.
"Peace be to his manes." Chapter VII.
Captain Bellfield proposes a toast. Chapter IX.
"If it were your friend, what advice
would you give her?" Chapter XI.
"I'm as round as your hat, and as square
as your elbow; I am." Chapter XIII.
"Mrs. Greenow, look at that." Chapter XIV.
Edgehill. Chapter XVII.
"Arabella Greenow, will you be that woman?" Chapter XX.
"Baker, you must put Dandy in the bar." Chapter XXII.
"Mr. Palliser, that was a cannon." Chapter XXIII.
"The most self-willed young woman I ever
met in my life." Chapter XXVI.
The Priory Ruins. Chapter XXVII.
Burgo Fitzgerald. Chapter XXIX.
Swindale Fell. Chapter XXXI.
"I have heard," said Burgo. Chapter XXXIII.
"Then--then,--then let her come to me." Chapter XXXVI.
"So you've come back, have you?" said
the Squire. Chapter XXXVIII.
"Dear Greenow; dear husband!" Chapter XL.

Volume II.

Great Jove. Chapter XLII.
"Friendships will not come by ordering,"
said Lady Glencora. Chapter XLII.
"I asked you for a kiss." Chapter XLVI.
Mr. Cheesacre disturbed. Chapter XLVII.
"All right," said Burgo, as he thrust the
money into his breast-pocket. Chapter XLIX.
Mr. Bott on the watch. Chapter L.
The last of the old squire. Chapter LIII.
Kate. Chapter LVI.
Lady Glencora.
"Before God, my first wish is to free you
from the misfortune that I have brought
on you." Chapter LVIII.
She managed to carry herself with some
dignity. Chapter LXIII.
A sniff of the rocks and valleys. Chapter LXIV.
"I wonder when you're going to pay me what
you owe me, Lieutenant Bellfield?" Chapter LXV.
Lady Glencora at Baden. Chapter LXVIII.
Alice. Chapter LXX.
"Oh! George," she said, "you won't do
that?" Chapter LXXI.
"How am I to thank you for forgiving me?" Chapter LXXV.
"Good night, Mr. Palliser." Chapter LXXVI.
Alice and her bridesmaids. Chapter LXXIX.
"Yes, my bonny boy,--you have made it
all right for me." Chapter LXXX.

VOLUME I.