[Illustration: ‘BUT NOTHING SHALL STAND BETWEEN US ANY MORE.’] CARITÀ BY MRS. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF “WITHIN THE PRECINCTS,” ETC. CHEAP EDITION LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1885 _All Rights Reserved_ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BERESFORDS 1 II. A FRIGHT 10 III. HONEYMOONING 18 IV. THE THREE CHARITIES 26 V. COMING HOME 35 VI. THE CONSULTATION 44 VII. THE CATASTROPHE 53 VIII. CONSOLATION 62 IX. THE HILL 71 X. THE SQUARE 80 XI. MRS. MEREDITH 88 XII. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR 98 XIII. THE YOUNG PEOPLE 107 XIV. THE OLD PEOPLE 117 XV. ROGER 126 XVI. SUNDAY EVENING 135 XVII. EDWARD 145 XVIII. TELLING TALES 155 XIX. THE HOLY INQUISITION 164 XX. THE PERUGINO 173 XXI. A CONFIDENCE 183 XXII. MYSTIFIED 193 XXIII. A REMONSTRANCE 202 XXIV. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL 212 XXV. AN IDEALIST 222 XXVI. IN THE ‘HOUSE’ 231 XXVII. THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING 241 XXVIII. THE FIRESIDE 251 XXIX. THE OLD FOLK AND THE YOUNG 261 XXX. A REBELLIOUS HEART 269 XXXI. THE HOUSE OF MOURNING 279 XXXII. TAKING UP DROPT STITCHES 288 XXXIII. LITTLE EMMY’S VISITORS 297