XI. THE TINSMITH'S--THE BEAVER BONNETS--A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING--I FAIL TO SECURE A SISTER--RUBENS AND THE DOLL XII. THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN--THE MEADS--THE DROWNED DOLL XIII. POLLY--THE PEW AND THE PULPIT--THE FATE OF THE FLAT IRON XIV. RUBENS AND I "DROP IN" AT THE RECTORY--GARDENS AND GARDENERS--MY FATHER COMES FOR ME XV. NURSE BUNDLE IS MAGNANIMOUS--MR. GRAY--AN EXPLANATION WITH MY FATHER XVI. THE REAL MR. GRAY--NURSE BUNDLE REGARDS HIM WITH DISFAVOUR XVII. I FAIL TO TEACH LATIN TO MRS. BUNDLE--THE RECTOR TEACHES ME XVIII. THE ASTHMATIC OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS RIDDLES--I PLAY TRUANT AGAIN--IN THE BIG GARDEN XIX. THE TUTOR--THE PARISH--A NEW CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ALMS-BOX XX. THE TUTOR'S PROPOSAL--A TEACHERS' MEETING XXI. OAKFORD ONCE MORE--THE SATIN CHAIRS--THE HOUSEKEEPER--THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN--FAMILY MONUMENTS XXII. NURSE BUNDLE FINDS A VOCATION--RAGGED ROBIN'S WIFE--MRS. BUNDLE'S IDEAS ON HUSBANDS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES XXIII. I GO TO ETON--MY MASTER--I SERVE HIM WELL XXIV. COLLECTIONS--LEO'S LETTER--NURSE BUNDLE AND SIR LIONEL XXV. THE DEATH OF RUBENS--POLLY'S NEWS--LAST TIMES XXVI. I HEAR FROM MR. JONATHAN ANDREWES--YORKSHIRE--ALATHEA _alias_ BETTY--WE BURY OUR DEAD OUT OF OUR SIGHT--VOICES OF THE NORTH XXVII. THE NEW RECTOR--AUNT MARIA TRIES TO FIND HIM A WIFE--MY FATHER HAS A SIMILAR CARE FOR ME XXVIII. I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE BROKEN-HEARTED--MARIA IN LOVE--I MAKE AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE, WHICH IS NEITHER ACCEPTED NOR REFUSED XXIX. THE FUTURE LADY DAMER--POLLY HAS A SECRET--UNDER THE MULBERRY-TREE XXX. I MEET THE HEIRESS--I FIND MYSELF MISTAKEN ON MANY POINTS--A NEW KNOT IN THE FAMILY COMPLICATIONS XXXI. MY LADY FRANCES--THE FUTURE LADY DAMER--WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AT LAST XXXII. WE COME HOME--MRS. BUNDLE QUITS SERVICE * * * * * LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MRS. BUNDLE _Frontispiece_ THE LANK LAWYER WAGGED MY HAND OF A MORNING, AND SAID, "AND HOW IS MISS ELIZA'S LITTLE BEAU?" "BLESS ME, THERE'S THAT DOG!" "MR. BUCKLE, I BELIEVE?" SHE ROLLED ABRUPTLY OVER ON HER SEAT AND SCRAMBLED OFF BACKWARDS POLLY AND REGIE IN THE "PULPIT" AND THE "PEW" "ALL TOGETHER, IF YOU PLEASE!" IT WAS ONLY A QUIET DINNER PARTY, AND MISS CHISLETT HAD BROUGHT OUT HER NEEDLEWORK * * * * * A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING CHAPTER I MOTHERLESS