MISS HILDRETH.
A Novel.
BY A. DE GRASSE STEVENS,
AUTHOR OF "OLD BOSTON," "THE LOST DAUPHIN,"
 "WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE,"ETC.
In Three Volumes.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1888.
[All rights reserved.]
Copyright by A. de Grasse Stevens, 1888.
TO MY ONLY SISTER,
MRS. FRANK H. EVANS,
I Dedicate this Book.
Dreams, books are each a world; and books we know
Are a substantial world, both pure and good;
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Wordsworth.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. A LETTER 1
CHAPTER II. THE FOLLY 22
CHAPTER III. "THE SINS OF THE FATHERS" 41
CHAPTER IV. A FAIR PARLIAMENT 51
CHAPTER V. SENTIMENT AND "BACCY" 66
CHAPTER VI. STAGE-STRUCK 82
CHAPTER VII. DANGER AHEAD 101
CHAPTER VIII. AN ARRIVAL AND A MEETING 123
CHAPTER IX. THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLERIE 152
CHAPTER X. A COURT FAVOURITE 176
CHAPTER XI. A WOMAN SCORNED 204
CHAPTER XII. A PINK BILLET-DOUX 227
CHAPTER XIII. IN THE HAZEL COPSE 253
MISS HILDRETH.
CHAPTER I.
A LETTER.
"The Red House,          
"Benton's Station, New Hampshire,
"April, 188—.
"My Friend,
"A clever Frenchman once said, 'On revient toujours à ses premiersamours.' Let us supp                        
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