Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books BROKEN TO HARNESS: A Story of English Domestic Life. BY EDMUND YATES, AUTHOR OF "THE ROCK AHEAD," "BLACK SHEEP," ETC. ETC. "Mit dem Gürtel, mit dem Schleier, Reisst der schöner Wahn entzwei." _NEW EDITION_. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1873. LONDON: ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W. Inscribed TO THE MARQUIS CLANRICARDE, K.P. IN REMEMBRANCE OF CONSTANT KINDNESS. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. Mr. Churchill's Ideas are Monastic. II. Down at Bissett. III. Starting the Game. IV. The Commissioner's Views are Matrimonial. V. "There's Nothing half so sweet in Life." VI. The Commissioner's Shell Explodes. VII. Touching a Proposal. VIII. Touching another Proposal. IX. "A little proud, but full of Pity." X. At the Tin-Tax Office, No. 120. XI. With the Secretary. XII. Where Mr. Pringle went to. XIII. Mr. Prescott's Proceedings. XIV. Miss Lexden on Matrimony. XV. Mother and Son. XV. "For better, for worse." XVII. Mining Operations. XVIII. The Schröders at Home. XIX. The Old or the New? XX. Churchill's at Home. XXI. The Flybynights. XXII. Mr. Simnel at the Den. XXIII. Mr. Beresford in Pursuit. XXIV. Barbara's first Lesson in the Manege. XXV. A Garden-party at Uplands. XXVI. Showing Who Were "Pigott and Wells." XXVII. Weaving the Web. XVIII. Tightening the Curb. XXIX. Mr. Scadgers pays a Visit. XXX. After the Storm. XXXI. The Paper Bullet. XXXII. Half-revealed. XXXIII. The House of Mourning. XXXIV. Et tu Brute! XXXV. Balthazar. XXXVI. "Be sure Your Sin will find you out." XXXVII. Ministering Angels. XXXVIII. Under Pressure. XXXIX. "We kissed again with Tears." XL. Going Home. XLI. The Day after. XLII. And last. BROKEN TO HARNESS. CHAPTER I. MR. CHURCHILL'S IDEAS ARE MONASTIC.