“ASK MAMMA”, or THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND By R. S. Surtees Illustrated by JOHN LEECH 001m _Original Size_ CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION. CHAPTER I. OUR HERO AND CO.—A SLEEPING PARTNER. CHAPTER II. THE ROAD. CHAPTER III. THE ROAD RESUMED.—MISS PHEASANT-FEATHERS. CHAPTER IV. A GLASS COACH.—MISS WILLING (EN GRAND COSTUME) CHAPTER V. THE LADY’S BOUDOIR.—A DECLARATION. CHAPTER VI. THE HAPPY UNITED FAMILY.—CURTAIN CRESCENT. CHAPTER VII. THE EARL OF LADYTHORNE.—MISS DE GLANCEY. CHAPTER VIII. CUB-HUNTING. CHAPTER IX. A PUP AT WALK.—IMPERIAL JOHN. CHAPTER X. JEAN ROUGIER, OR JACK ROGERS. CHAPTER XI. THE OPENING DAY.—THE HUNT BREAKFAST. CHAPTER XII. THE MORNING FOX.—THE AFTERNOON FOX. CHAPTER XIII. GONE AWAY! CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. CHAPTER XV. MAJOR YAMMERTON’S COACH STOPS THE WAY. CHAPTER XVI. THE MAJOR’S MENAGE. CHAPTER XVII. ARRIVAL AT YAMMERTON GRANGE.—A FAMILY PARTY. CHAPTER XVIII. A LEETLE, CONTRETEMPS. CHAPTER XIX. THE MAJOR’S STUD. CHAPTER XX. CARDS FOR A SPREAD. CHAPTER XXI. THE GATHERING.—THE GRAND SPREAD ITSELF. CHAPTER XXII. A HUNTING MORNING.—UNKENNELING. CHAPTER XXIII. SHOWING A HORSE.—THE MEET. CHAPTER XXIV. THE WILD BEAST ITSELF. CHAPTER XXV. A CRUEL FINISH. CHAPTER XXVI. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. CHAPTER XXVII. SIR MOSES MAINCHANCE. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HIT-IM AND HOLD-IM SHIRE HOUNDS. CHAPTER XXIX. THE PANGBURN PARK ESTATE. CHAPTER XXX. COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE. CHAPTER XXXI. SIR MOSES’S MENAGE.—DEPARTURE OF FINE BILLY. CHAPTER XXXII. THE BAD STABLE; OR, “IT’S ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT.” CHAPTER XXXIII. SIR MOSES’S SPREAD. CHAPTER XXXIV. GOING TO COVER WITH THE HOUNDS. CHAPTER XXXV. THE MEET. CHAPTER XXXVI. A BIRD’S EYE VIEW. CHAPTER XXXVII. TWO ACCOUNTS OF A RUN; OR, LOOK ON THIS PICTURE. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SICK HORSE AND THE SICK MASTER. CHAPTER XXXIX. MR. PRINGLE SUDDENLY BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE H. H. H. CHAPTER XL. THE HUNT DINNER, CHAPTER XLI. THE HUNT TEA.—BUSHEY HEATH AND BARE ACRES. CHAPTER XLII. MR. GEORDEY GALLON. CHAPTER XLIII. SIR MOSES PERPLEXED—THE RENDEZVOUS FOR THE RACE. CHAPTER XLIV. THE RACE ITSELF. CHAPTER XLV. HENEREY BROWN & CO. AGAIN. CHAPTER XLVI. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. CHAPTER XLVII. A CATASTROPHE.—A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER CHAPTER XLVIII. ROUGIER’S MYSTERIOUS LODGINGS—THE GIFT HORSE. CHAPTER XLIX. THE SHAM DAY. CHAPTER L. THE SURPRISE. CHAPTER LI. MONEY AND MATRIMONY. CHAPTER LII. A NIGHT DRIVE. CHAPTER LIII. MASTER ANTHONY THOM. CHAPTER LIV. MR. WOTHERSPOON’S DEJEUNER À LA FOURCHETTE.