The Last Chronicle of Barset

by Anthony Trollope

THE

LAST CHRONICLE

OF

BARSET.

BY

ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

WITH THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE H. THOMAS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

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M.DCCC.LXVII.

[The right of Translation is reserved.]

Mr. Crawley before the Magistrates.

CONTENTS.

 

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CHAP.		PAGE
I.	How did he get it?	1
II.	By Heavens he had better not	12
III.	The Archdeacon's Threat	20
IV.	The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock	25
V.	What the World thought about it	33
VI.	Grace Crawley	39
VII.	Miss Prettyman's Private Room	49
VIII.	Mr. Crawley is taken to Silverbridge	59
IX.	Grace Crawley goes to Allington	73
X.	Dinner at Framley Court	82
XI	The Bishop sends his Inhibition	88
XII.	Mr. Crawley seeks for Sympathy	97
XIII.	The Bishop's Angel	105
XIV.	Major Grantly consults a friend	115
XV.	Up in London	121
XVI.	Down at Allington	132
XVII.	Mr. Crawley is summoned to Barchester	145
XVIII.	The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed	154
XIX.	Where did it come from?	164
XX.	What Mr. Walker thought about it	169
XXI.	Mr. Robarts on his Embassy	176
XXII.	Major Grantly at Home	184
XXIII.	Miss Lily Dale's Resolution	193
XXIV.	Mrs. Dobbs Broughton's Dinner-party	203
XXV.	Miss Madalina Demolines	217
XXVI.	The Picture	226
XXVII.	A Hero at Home	233
XXVIII.	Showing how Major Grantly took a Walk	241
XXIX.	Miss Lily Dale's Logic	248
XXX.	Showing what Major Grantly did after his Walk	253
XXXI.	Showing how Major Grantly returned to Guestwick	258
XXXII.	Mr. Toogood	265
XXXIII.	The Plumstead Foxes	281
XXXIV.	Mrs. Proudie sends for her Lawyer	289
XXXV.	Lily Dale writes Two Words in her Book	297
XXXVI.	Grace Crawley returns Home	313
XXXVII.	Hook Court	318
XXXVIII.	Jael	327
XXXIX.	A new Flirtation	337
XL.	Mr. Toogood's Ideas about Society	344
XLI.	Grace Crawley at Home	351
XLII.	Mr. Toogood travels professionally	361
XLIII.	Mr. Crosbie goes into the City	375

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

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Mr. Crawley before the Magistrates	Frontispiece
Mr. and Mrs. Crawley	to face page	6
"I love you as though you were my own," said the Schoolmistress	{{{1}}}„	47
"A Convicted Thief," repeated Mrs. Proudie	{{{1}}}„	90
"Speak out, Dan"	{{{1}}}„	104
Grace Crawley is introduced to Squire Dale	{{{1}}}„	140
Farmer Mangle and Mr. Crawley	{{{1}}}„	152
"She's more like Eleanor than any one else"	{{{1}}}„	186
"I am very glad to have the opportunity of shaking hands with you"	{{{1}}}„	207
"What do you think of it, Mrs. Broughton?"	{{{1}}}„	228
Squire Dale and Major Grantly	{{{1}}}„	247
"Never mind Mr. Henry"	{{{1}}}„	285
Lily wishes that they might swear to be Brother and Sister	{{{1}}}„	304
She read the beginning—"Dearest Grace"	{{{1}}}„	314
"Mamma, I've got something to tell you"	{{{1}}}„	358
Mr. Toogood and the old Waiter	{{{1}}}„	363

"It's dogged as does it"

CONTENTS.

 

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CHAP.		PAGE
XLIV.	"I suppose I must let you have it"	1
XLV.	Lily Dale goes to London	6
XLVI.	The Bayswater Romance	16
XLVII.	Dr. Tempest at the Palace	25
XLVIII.	The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle	41
XLIX.	Near the Close	49
L.	Lady Lufton's Proposition	63
LI.	Mrs. Dobbs Broughton piles her Fagots	73
LII.	Why don't you have an "it" for yourself?	87
LIII.	Rotten Row	97
LIV	The Clerical Commission	106
LV.	Framley Parsonage	115
LVI.	The Archdeacon goes to Framley	121
LVII.	A Double Pledge	135
LVIII.	The Cross-grainedness of Men	145
LIX.	A Lady presents her Compliments to Miss L. D.	157
LX.	The End of Jael and Sisera	169
LXI.	"It's dogged as does it"	181
LXII.	Mr. Crawley's Letter to the Dean	193
LXIII.	Two Visitors to Hogglestock	205
LXIV.	The Tragedy in Hook Court	217
LXV.	Miss Van Siever makes her Choice	224
LXVI.	Requiescat in Pace	232
LXVII.	In Memoriam	241
LXVIII.	The Obstinacy of Mr. Crawley	251
LXIX.	Mr. Crawley's last Appearance in his own Pulpit	259
LXX.	Mrs. Arabin is caught	265
LXXI.	Mr. Toogood at Silverbridge	275
LXXII.	Mr. Toogood at "The Dragon of Wantly"	283
LXXIII.	There is Comfort at Plumstead	289
LXXIV.	The Crawleys are informed	296
LXXV.	Madalina's Heart is bleeding	304
LXXVI.	I think he is light of Heart	313
LXXVII.	The shattered Tree	320
LXXVIII.	The Arabins return to Barchester	327
LXXIX.	Mr. Crawley speaks of his Coat	337
LXXX.	Miss Demolines desires to become a Finger-post	344
LXXXI.	Barchester Cloisters	356
LXXXII.	The Last Scene at Hogglestock	361
LXXXIII.	Mr. Crawley is conquered	373
LXXXIV.	Conclusion	380

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

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"It's dogged as does it"	Frontispiece
They pronounced her to be very much like a Lady	to face page	8
"As right as a Trivet, Uncle"	{{{1}}}„	46
Posy and her Grandpapa	{{{1}}}„	57
Mrs. Dobbs Broughton piles her Fagots	{{{1}}}„	82
"Because of Papa's Disgrace"	{{{1}}}„	120
"But it will never pass away," said Grace	{{{1}}}„	142
"Honour thy Father,—that thy Days may be long in the Land"	{{{1}}}„	156
Mrs. Proudie's Emissary	{{{1}}}„	210
"You do not know what starving is, my dear"	{{{1}}}„	228
"They will come to hear a ruined Man declare his own Ruin"	{{{1}}}„	260
"No Sale after all?"	{{{1}}}„	281
These are the young Hogglestockians, are they?"	{{{1}}}„	297
The Last Denial	{{{1}}}„	324
"What is it that I behold?"	{{{1}}}„	351
"Peradventure he signifies his Consent"	{{{1}}}„	371