Chapter 3

XXI. AN INTERLUDE OF HAPPINESS 213

XXII. SOMETHING LIKE EVIDENCE 220

XXIII. THE USES OF DELIRIUM 231

XXIV. MRS. DELAPORT GREEN IN THE ASCENDANT 238

XXV. MOLLY AT COURT 243

XXVI. EDMUND IS NO LONGER BORED 249

XXVII. MOLLY'S APPEAL 256

XXVIII. DINNER AT TWO SHILLINGS 266

XXIX. THE RELIEF OF SPEECH 272

XXX. THE BIRTH OF A SLANDER 280

XXXI. THE NURSING OF A SLANDER 285