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THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON By Anthony Trollope With Thirty Illustrations By H. Woods CONTENTS I. BULLHAMPTON II. FLO'S RED BALL III. SAM BRATTLE IV. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE V. THE MILLER VI. BRATTLE'S MILL VII. THE MILLER'S WIFE VIII. THE LAST DAY IX. MISS MARRABLE X. CRUNCH'EM CAN'T BE HAD XI. DON'T YOU BE AFEARD ABOUT ME XII. BONE'M AND HIS MASTER XIII. CAPTAIN MARRABLE AND HIS FATHER XIV. COUSINHOOD XV. THE POLICE AT FAULT XVI. MISS LOWTHER ASKS FOR ADVICE XVII. THE MARQUIS OF TROWBRIDGE XVIII. BLANK PAPER XIX. SAM BRATTLE RETURNS HOME XX. I HAVE A JUPITER OF MY OWN NOW XXI. WHAT PARSON JOHN THINKS ABOUT IT XXII. WHAT THE FENWICKS THOUGHT ABOUT IT XXIII. WHAT MR. GILMORE THOUGHT ABOUT IT XXIV. THE REV. HENRY FITZACKERLEY CHAMBERLAINE XXV. CARRY BRATTLE XXVI. THE TURNOVER CORRESPONDENCE XXVII. "I NEVER SHAMED NONE OF THEM" XXVIII. MRS. BRATTLE'S JOURNEY XXIX. THE BULL AT LORING XXX. THE AUNT AND THE UNCLE XXXI. MARY LOWTHER FEELS HER WAY XXXII. MR. GILMORE'S SUCCESS XXXIII. FAREWELL XXXIV. BULLHAMPTON NEWS XXXV. MR. PUDDLEHAM'S NEW CHAPEL XXXVI. SAM BRATTLE GOES OFF AGAIN XXXVII. FEMALE MARTYRDOM XXXVIII. A LOVER'S MADNESS XXXIX. THE THREE HONEST MEN XL. TROTTER'S BUILDINGS XLI. STARTUP FARM XLII. MR. QUICKENHAM, Q.C. XLIII. EASTER AT TURNOVER CASTLE XLIV. THE MARRABLES OF DUNRIPPLE XLV. WHAT SHALL I DO WITH MYSELF? XLVI. MR. JAY OF WARMINSTER XLVII. SAM BRATTLE IS WANTED XLVIII. MARY LOWTHER RETURNS TO BULLHAMPTON XLIX. MARY LOWTHER'S DOOM L. MARY LOWTHER INSPECTS HER FUTURE HOME LI. THE GRINDER AND HIS COMRADE LII. CARRY BRATTLE'S JOURNEY LIII. THE FATTED CALF LIV. MR. GILMORE'S RUBIES LV. GLEBE LAND LVI. THE VICAR'S VENGEANCE LVII. OIL IS TO BE THROWN UPON THE WATERS LVIII. EDITH BROWNLOW'S DREAM LIX. NEWS FROM DUNRIPPLE LX. LORD ST. GEORGE IS VERY CUNNING LXI. MARY LOWTHER'S TREACHERY LXII. UP AT THE PRIVETS LXIII. THE MILLER TELLS HIS TROUBLES LXIV. IF I WERE YOUR SISTER! LXV. MARY LOWTHER LEAVES BULLHAMPTON LXVI. AT THE MILL LXVII. SIR GREGORY MARRABLE HAS A HEADACHE LXVIII. THE SQUIRE IS VERY OBSTINATE LXIX. THE TRIAL LXX. THE FATE OF THE PUDDLEHAMITES LXXI. THE END OF MARY LOWTHER'S STORY LXXII. AT TURNOVER CASTLE LXXIII. CONCLUSION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. WAITING-ROOM AT THE ASSIZE COURT. frontispiece "YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM AN ANSWER, DEAR, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER." Chapter II "I THOUGHT I SHOULD CATCH YOU IDLE JUST AT THIS MOMENT," SAID THE CLERGYMAN. Chapter VI MR. FENWICK CAME ROUND FROM FARMER TRUMBULL'S SIDE OF THE CHURCH, AND GOT OVER THE STILE INTO THE CHURCHYARD. Chapter VIII "I HOPE IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT NOW, MR. FENWICK," THE GIRL SAID. Chapter XI "HOW DARE YOU MENTION MY DAUGHTERS?" Chapter XVII "IT IS ALL BLANK PAPER WITH YOU?" Chapter XVIII "I HAVE COME TO SAY A WORD, IF I CAN, TO COMFORT YOU." Chapter XXIII "CARRY," HE SAID, COMING BACK TO HER, "IT WASN'T ALL FOR HIM THAT I CAME." Chapter XXV PARSON JOHN AND WALTER MARRABLE. Chapter XXIX MARY LOWTHER WRITES TO WALTER MARRABLE. Chapter XXXIII SITE OF MR. PUDDLEHAM'S NEW CHAPEL. Chapter XXXV "DO COME IN, HARRY." Chapter XXXVIII "I DARE SAY NOT," SAID MR. QUICKENHAM. Chapter XLII SUNDAY MORNING AT DUNRIPPLE. Chapter XLIV "WHO ARE YOU, SIR, THAT YOU SHOULD INTERPRET MY WORDS?" Chapter XLVII CARRY BRATTLE. Chapter LII "IF I MAY BIDE WITH YOU,—IF I MAY BIDE WITH YOU—." Chapter LIII MR. QUICKENHAM'S LETTER DISCUSSED. Chapter LV SHE HAD BROUGHT HIM OUT A CUP OF COFFEE. Chapter LVIII "IT'S IN HERE, MUSTER FENWICK,—IN HERE." Chapter LXIII "OH, FATHER," SHE SAID, "I WILL BE GOOD." Chapter LXVI THE DRAWING-ROOM AT TURNOVER CASTLE. Chapter LXXII

THE FIXED PERIOD By Anthony Trollope First published anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine in 1882 CONTENTS