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INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
CHAPTER II. AMID THE HOUSEHOLD
CHAPTER III. AN EVENING IN OFFICERS' MESS-ROOM.
CHAPTER IV. LADY ROSAMOND'S REVERIE.
CHAPTER V. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES, ETC.
CHAPTER VI. ST. JOHN'S EVE.
CHAPTER VII. THE DISCLOSURE.
CHAPTER VIII. BEREFORD CASTLE.
CHAPTER IX. MEMORABLE SCENES OF AUTUMN, 1825.
CHAPTER X. THE INTERVIEW.
CHAPTER XI. FREDERICTON: ITS BUILDINGS, PUBLIC HOUSES, AMUSEMENTS, ETC.
CHAPTER XII. CHANGE.
CHAPTER XIII. CHESLEY MANOR—MARRIAGE OF LADY ROSAMOND.
CHAPTER XIV. NEW FRIENDS—THE 81ST—SOCIAL RECREATION.
CHAPTER XV. POLITICAL LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. NEW BRUNSWICK.
CHAPTER XVII. REGRETS.
CHAPTER XVIII. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.
CHAPTER XIX. TREVELYAN HALL—THE ARRIVAL.
CHAPTER XX. A WINTER IN THE ETERNAL CITY.
CHAPTER XXI. LIGHT, SHADOW, AND DARKNESS.
CHAPTER XXII. CONCLUSION.
The object of the following story has been to weave simple facts intoform dependent upon the usages of society during the administration ofSir Howard Douglas, 1824-30. The style is simple and claims nopretensions for complication of plot. Every means has been employed toobtain the most reliable authority upon the facts thus embodied. Thewriter is deeply indebted to several gentlemen of high social positionwho kindly furnished many important facts and showed a lively interestin the work, and takes the present opportunity of returning thanks forsuch support. In producing this little work