Chapter 2

I. MOUNSER GREEN. II. THE SENATOR'S LETTER. III. AT CHELTENHAM. IV. THE RUFFORD CORRESPONDENCE. V. "IT IS A LONG WAY." VI. THE BEGINNING OF PERSECUTION. VII. MARY'S LETTER. VIII. CHOWTON FARM FOR SALE. IX. MISTLETOE. X. HOW THINGS WERE ARRANGED. XI. "YOU ARE SO SEVERE." XII. THE DAY AT PELTRY. XIII. LORD RUFFORD WANTS TO SEE A HORSE. XIV. THE SENATOR IS BADLY TREATED. XV. MR. MAINWARING'S LITTLE DINNER. XVI. PERSECUTION. XVII. "PARTICULARLY PROUD OF YOU." XVIII. LORD RUFFORD MAKES UP HIS MIND. XIX. IT CANNOT BE ARRANGED. XX. "BUT THERE IS SOME ONE." XXI. THE DINNER AT THE BUSH. XXII. MISS TREFOIL'S DECISION. XXIII. "IN THESE DAYS ONE CAN'T MAKE A MAN MARRY." XXIV. THE SENATOR'S SECOND LETTER. XXV. PROVIDENCE INTERFERES. XXVI. LADY USHANT AT BRAGTON. XXVII. ARABELLA AGAIN AT BRAGTON.