WOODBURN GRANGE.
WOODBURN GRANGE.
A Story of English Country Life.
BY
WILLIAM HOWITT.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
CHARLES W. WOOD, 13, TAVISTOCK ST., STRAND.
1867.
[Right of Translation reserved.]
LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | —THE CLAVERINGS AND HERITAGES | 1 |
| II. | —A WILD GALLOP | 21 |
| III. | —AN ADVENT AND AN EXIT | 50 |
| IV. | —LETTY’S WEDDING | 77 |
| V. | —MILLICENT HERITAGE AT THE YEARLY MEETING | 106 |
| VI. | —WHAT CAME OF MILLICENT’S VISIT | 144 |
| VII. | —THORSBY’S FALL AND CONVERSION | 182 |
| VIII. | —WORSE AND WORSE WITH HARRY THORSBY | 219 |
| IX. | —ALL WRONG AT WOODBURN | 255 |
| X. | —WOODBURN AND ROCKVILLE AT WAR | 291 |
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WOODBURN GRANGE.
CHAPTER I.
THE CLAVERINGS AND HERITAGES.
On the morning after the frolic on theisland, as the young friends called it, whenthe breakfast was over, where the merrimentof the affair, and the return of Henry Claveringhad been discussed, and the ladieswere left to themselves, topics were introducedwhich belonged only to the initiated,that is, to the womenkind.
“How well Mr. Clavering looks,” said Mrs.Woodburn, “and how kind and amiable he is.What a joy it is to George to have him backagain, and you, Ann?”
“Oh! I am very glad indeed that he is[Pg 2]come back; poor Sir Emanuel must have beenso lonely by himself up in that great house.”
“True,” said Mrs. Woodburn. “But you,Ann? Has he altered his opinions at all?”
Ann shook her head, the tears started toher eyes, and she said, “No, dear mother, heis just the same; it is very sad.”
“It is sad,” said Mrs