Volume III: see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39661

MORTOMLEY'S ESTATE.

A Novel.

BY

MRS. RIDDELL,

AUTHOR OF "GEORGE GEITH," "TOO MUCH ALONE," "HOME, SWEET HOME," "THE EARL'S PROMISE," ETC. ETC.

_IN THREE VOLUMES._

VOL. I.

LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS. 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. 1874.

_All rights of Translation and Reproduction are Reserved._

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND CO., LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

TO

Emma Martin,

OF WADESMILL, HERTS,

THIS STORY IS DEDICATED,

AS A TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR'S RESPECT AND AFFECTION.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. INTRODUCES MR. ASHERILL TO THE READER 1

II. A VERY WET SATURDAY 20

III. FOR MERCIES VOUCHSAFED 43

IV. SUMMER DAYS 63

V. ABOUT MRS. MORTOMLEY AND OTHERS 99

VI. MRS. MORTOMLEY IS ADVISED FOR HER GOOD 119

VII. LENORE 134

VIII. A DEAD FAINT 147

IX. THE FIRST MUTTERINGS OF THE STORM 167

X. MR. FORDE TAKES HIS HAT 200

XI. RUPERT SPEAKS VERY PLAINLY 225

XII. THE SAME DAY AT HOMEWOOD 242

XIII. MORTOMLEY'S FRIENDS 256

XIV. KLEINWORT IS SYMPATHETIC 271

MORTOMLEY'S ESTATE.