The Hand of EthelbertaYoung Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has no worldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim to distinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a large house not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not come into the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta's mother with a subject of contemplation. She became teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen, was touched up with accomp-lishments by masters who were coaxed into painstaking by her many graces, and, entering a mansion as governess to the daughter thereof, was stealthily married by the son. He, a minor like herself, died from a chill caught during the wedding tour, and a few weeks later was followed into the grave by Sir Ralph Petherwin, his unforgiving father, who had bequeathed his wealth to his wife absolutely. |
Contents
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6 THE SHORE BY WYNDWAY | 63 |
7 THE DINING ROOM OF A TOWN HOUSE THE BUTLERS PANTRY | 71 |
8 CHRISTOPHERS LODGINGS THE GROUNDS ABOUT ROOKINGTON | 87 |
26 ETHELBERTAS DRAWINGROOM | 252 |
27 MRS BELMAINES CRIPPLEGATE CHURCH | 263 |
28 ETHELBERTAS MR CHICKERELS ROOM | 277 |
29 ETHELBERTAS DRESSINGROOM MR DONCASTLES HOUSE | 292 |
30 ON THE HOUSETOP | 306 |
31 KNOLLSEA A LOFTY DOWN A RUINED CASTLE | 313 |
32 A ROOM IN ENCKWORTH COURT | 337 |
33 THE ENGLISH CHANNEL NORMANDY | 342 |
9 A LADYS DRAWINGROOMS ETHELBERTAS DRESSINGROOM | 96 |
10 LADY PETHERWINS HOUSE | 108 |
11 SANDBOURNE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD SOME LONDON STREETS | 115 |
12 ARROWTHORNE PARK AND LODGE | 121 |
13 THE LODGE continued THE COPSE BEHIND | 126 |
14 A TURNPIKE ROAD | 141 |
15 AN INNER ROOM AT THE LODGE | 146 |
16 A LARGE PUBLIC HALL | 151 |
17 ETHELBERTAS HOUSE | 159 |
18 NEAR SANDBOURNE LONDON STREETS ETHELBERTAS | 173 |
19 ETHELBERTAS DRAWINGROOM | 183 |
20 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE HALL THE ROAD HOME | 187 |
21 A STREET NEIGHS ROOMS CHRISTOPHERS ROOMS | 192 |
22 ETHELBERTAS HOUSE | 201 |
23 ETHELBERTAS HOUSE continued | 216 |
24 ETHELBERTAS HOUSE continued THE BRITISH MUSEUM | 226 |
25 THE ROYAL ACADEMY THE FARNFIELD ESTATE | 239 |
34 THE HOTEL BEAU SEJOUR AND SPOTS NEAR IT | 356 |
35 THE HOTEL continued AND THE QUAY IN FRONT | 367 |
36 THE HOUSE IN TOWN | 383 |
37 KNOLLSEA AN ORNAMENTAL VILLA | 392 |
38 ENCKWORTH COURT | 400 |
39 KNOLLSEA MELCHESTER | 409 |
40 MELCHESTER continued | 432 |
41 WORKSHOPS AN INN THE STREET | 443 |
42 THE DONCASTLES RESIDENCE AND OUTSIDE THE SAME | 452 |
43 THE RAILWAY THE SEA THE SHORE BEYOND | 463 |
44 SANDBOURNE A LONELY HEATH THE RED LION THE HIGHWAY | 479 |
45 KNOLLSEA THE ROAD THENCE ENCKWORTH | 498 |
46 ENCKWORTH continued THE ANGLEBURY HIGHWAY | 514 |
47 ENCKWORTH AND ITS PRECINCTS MELCHESTER | 536 |
48 SEQUEL ANGLEBURY ENCKWORTH SANDBOURNE | 549 |
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