HESTER

A STORY OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE

BY

MRS. OLIPHANT

"A springy motion in her gait,

A rising step, did indicate

Of pride and joy no common rate

That flush'd her spirit:

I know not by what name beside

I shall it call: if 'twas not pride,

It was a joy to that allied

She did inherit.

*****

She was trained in Nature's school,

Nature had blest her.

A waking eye, a prying mind,

A heart that stirs, is hard to bind:

A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind,

Ye could not Hester."

Charles Lamb.

IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1883
The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved

LONDON

R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor,

BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
CHAPTER I.
VERNON'S		1

CHAPTER II.
MISS CATHERINE		19

CHAPTER III.
THE VERNONRY		34

CHAPTER IV.
A FIRST MEETING		49

CHAPTER V.
NEXT MORNING		65

CHAPTER VI.
NEIGHBOURS AND RELATIONS		82

CHAPTER VII.
SETTLING DOWN		96
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