Chapter I: Front Matter

MR. JERVIS

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MR. JERVIS

BY
B. M. CROKER

AUTHOR OF
“PRETTY MISS NEVILLE,” “DIANA BARRINGTON,” “A BIRD OF PASSAGE,”
“A FAMILY LIKENESS,” ETC.

_IN THREE VOLUMES_
VOL. I.

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1894

“Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.”

SIR H. WOTTON.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A GIRL IN A THOUSAND 1

II. “TELL ME ALL THE NEWS” 18

III. “OTHER PEOPLE HAS NIECES TOO” 27

IV. THE THREE YOUNG MAIDS OF HOYLE 44

V. AN INDIAN LETTER 58

VI. “ROWENA”--FULL LIFE SIZE 71

VII. FAIRY RELENTS 91

VIII. DANIEL POLLITT, ESQ., AND FAMILY 103

IX. PERMISSION TO TRAVEL 118

X. MAJOR BYNG’S SUGGESTION 144

XI. A RESERVED LADY 158

XII. TWO GOOD SAMARITANS 176

XIII. TOBY JOY 191

XIV. STEALING A MARCH 208

XV. A PROUD MOMENT 221

XVI. A MESSAGE FROM MISS PASKE 242

MR. JERVIS.