PART V--READJUSTMENT

XXVII. GLEAMS OF LIGHT FROM MY DIARY 283

XXVIII. AUNT PETIGRU--MY FIRST GERMAN 298

XXIX. MAMMA’S SCHOOL 307

XXX. THE SCHOOL A SUCCESS 316

XXXI. 1868 331

XXXII. CHICORA WOOD 340

XXXIII. DADDY ANCRUM’S STORY 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

Mrs. Pringle at Chicora Wood _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Robert Francis Withers Allston, President of the Senate 20 Portrait by Flagg about 1850

James Louis Petigru 46 Miniature by Fraser

Mrs. Benjamin Allston (née Charlotte Anne Allston), Mother of R. F. W. Allston 90 Miniature by Fraser

Mrs. R. F. W. Allston (née Adèle Petigru) 140 Portrait by Flagg about 1850

Adèle Allston at Sixteen 188

Chicora Wood 244

Mrs. William Allston (née Ester La Brosse de Mahboeuf) 294

_PART I_

MY FATHER