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dge 15 The Duke Receives a Letter,--and Writes One 16 Poor Boy 17 The Derby 18 One of the Results of the Derby 19 'No; My Lord, I Do Not' 20 Then He will Come Again 21 Sir Timothy Beeswax 22 The Duke in his Study 23 Frank Tregear wants a Friend 24 She Must be Made to Obey 25 A Family Breakfast-Table 26 Dinner at the Beargarden 27 Major Tifto and the Duke 28 Mrs Montacute 29 The Lovers Meet 30 What Came of the Meeting 31 Miss Boncassen's River-Party No. 1 32 Miss Boncassen's River-Party No. 2 33 The Langham Hotel 34 Lord Popplecourt 35 'Don't You Think--?' 36 Tally-ho Lodge 37 Grex 38 Crummie-Toddie 39 Killancodlem 40 And Then! 41 Ischl 42 Again at Killancodlem 43 What Happened at Doncaster 44 How It was Done 45 There Shall Not be Another Word About It 46 Lady Mary's Dream 47 Miss Boncassen's Idea of Heaven 48 The Party at Custins is Broken Up 49 The Major's Fate 50 The Duke's Arguments 51 The Duke's Guests 52 Miss Boncassen Tells the Truth 53 The I am Proud as a Queen 54 I Don't Think She is a Snake 55 Polpenno 56 The News is Sent to Matching 57 The Meeting at the Bobtailed Fox 58 The Major is Deposed 59 No One Can Tell What May Come to Pass 60 Lord Gerald in Further Trouble 61 'Bone of My Bone' 62 The Brake Country 63 'I've Seen 'em Like That Before' 64 'I Believe Him to be a Worthy Young Man' 65 'Do You Ever Think What Money Is?' 66 The Three Attacks 67 'He is Such a Beast' 68 Brook Street 69 Pert Popper 70 'Love May be a Great Misfortune' 71 'What am I to Say, Sir?' 72 Carlton Terrace 73 'I Have Never Loved You' 74 'Let Us Drink a Glass of Wine Together' 75 The Major's Story 76 On Deportment 77 'Mabel, Good-Bye' 78 The Duke Returns to Office 79 The First Wedding 80 The Second Wedding
CHAPTER 1
When The Duchess Was Dead
No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess