A CROWN OF SHAME. VOL. II. A CROWN OF SHAME. _A NOVEL._ BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF ‘LOVE’S CONFLICT,’ ‘MY SISTER THE ACTRESS,’ ETC. ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOL. II. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 31 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1888. [_All rights reserved._] EDINBURGH COLSTON AND COMPANY PRINTERS [Illustration] _CONTENTS._ PAGE CHAPTER I. 1 CHAPTER II. 26 CHAPTER III. 50 CHAPTER IV. 81 CHAPTER V. 106 CHAPTER VI. 137 CHAPTER VII. 157 CHAPTER VIII. 193 CHAPTER IX. 213 A CROWN OF SHAME. POPULAR NEW NOVELS. _Now ready, in One Vol., the Seventh Edition of_ =ARMY SOCIETY; or, Life in a Garrison Town.= By JOHN STRANGE WINTER. Author of ‘Bootles’ Baby.’ Cloth gilt, 6s.; also picture boards, 2s. _Also now ready, in cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. each._ =GARRISON GOSSIP, Gathered in Blankhampton.= By JOHN STRANGE WINTER. Also picture boards, 2s. =IN THE SHIRES.= By Sir RANDAL H. ROBERTS, Bart. =THE OUTSIDER.= By HAWLEY SMART. =THE GIRL IN THE BROWN HABIT.= By Mrs EDWARD KENNARD. =STRAIGHT AS A DIE.= By the same Author. =BY WOMAN’S WIT.= By Mrs ALEXANDER. Author of ‘The Wooing O’t.’ =KILLED IN THE OPEN.= By Mrs EDWARD KENNARD. =IN A GRASS COUNTRY.= By Mrs H. LOVETT-CAMERON. =A DEVOUT LOVER.= By the same Author. =TWILIGHT TALES.= By Mrs EDWARD KENNARD. _Illustrated._ =SHE CAME BETWEEN.= By Mrs ALEXANDER FRASER. =THE CRUSADE OF ‘THE EXCELSIOR.’= By BRET HARTE. =A REAL GOOD THING.= By Mrs EDWARD KENNARD. =CURB AND SNAFFLE.= By Sir RANDAL H. ROBERTS, Bart. =DREAM FACES.= By the Hon. Mrs FETHERSTONHAUGH. =A SIEGE BABY.= By JOHN STRANGE WINTER. =MONA’S CHOICE.= By Mrs ALEXANDER. Author of ‘The Wooing O’t.’ F. V. WHITE & Co., 31 Southampton Street, Strand, London, W.C. [Illustration] A CROWN OF SHAME. CHAPTER I.