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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. III.

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. THE MEETING OF CREDITORS 1

II. ONE FRIEND MOST FAITHFUL 29

III. WHAT MR. LANG THOUGHT 58

IV. MORTOMLEY'S BLUE 86

V. MR. SWANLAND'S CRUMPLED ROSE-LEAF 107

VI. SAUVE QUI PEUT 126

VII. MORTOMLEY UNDERSTANDS AT LAST 142

VIII. MR. WERNER ASKS A FAVOUR 165

IX. THE NEW YELLOW 187

X. A BROKEN REED 203

XI. TWO UNWELCOME VISITORS 231

XII. MRS. MORTOMLEY BREAKS THE NEWS 256

XIII. SAD CONFIDENCES 270

XIV. WHAT RUPERT HAD DONE 285

XV. MR. ASHERILL IS PERSUADED 298

XVI. CONCLUSION 324

MORTOMLEY'S ESTATE.