NEIGHBOURS
ON THE GREEN
NEIGHBOURS
ON THE GREEN
MRS. OLIPHANT
‘Old wives’ tales.’
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1889
All Rights Reserved.
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.
Inscribed
TO SEVERAL OLD FRIENDS,
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE GALLANT SOLDIER AND WRITER,
General George Chesney,
AND THE DISTINGUISHED CRITIC AND PHILOSOPHER,
Mr. R. H. Hutton,
WHO AT THE TIME THESE STORIES WERE
WRITTEN GAVE DISTINCTION TO
THE GREEN.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| My Neighbour Nelly | 1 |
| Lady Denzil | 31 |
| The Stockbroker at Dinglewood | 65 |
| The Scientific Gentleman | 99 |
| Lady Isabella | 148 |
| An Elderly Romance | 182 |
| Mrs. Merridew’s Fortune | 207 |
| The Barley Mow | 237 |
| My Faithful Johnny | 271 |
Neighbours on the Green
MY NEIGHBOUR NELLY
CHAPTER I
They were both my neighbours, of course: but to apportion one’s heart’slove in equal shares according to the claims of justice is a verydifferent matter. I saw as much of one sister as the other. And Marthawas an excellent girl, quite honest and friendly and good; but as forEllen, there never could be a