CHERRY & VIOLET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHERRY & VIOLET: A Tale of the Great Plague Illvstrations by John Jellicoe & Herbert Railton Introdvction by The Rev^{d.} W·H·Hutton LONDON John C. NIMMO ·MDCCCXCVII· ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As I sat by myself, I talked to myself, And thus to myself said I. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Cherry and Violet ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHERRY & VIOLET A TALE OF THE GREAT PLAGUE BY THE AUTHOR OF “MARY POWELL” AND “THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOS. MORE” WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. W. H. HUTTON, B.D. FELLOW OF S. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD AND TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN JELLICOE AND HERBERT RAILTON LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS MDCCCXCVII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. —The Reminiscences of Mistress 1 Cherry.—The Fire, & Double Tide.—Mal-conversation II. —Cherry endeavours to remember if she 17 were pretty.—A Water-party III. —Result of the Water-party 36 IV. —Chelsea Buns 56 V. —A Shadow on the House 77 VI. —Metanoia 95 VII. —Signs in the Air 114 VIII. —The Plague 136 IX. —Foreshadows 149 X. —A Friend in Need 169 XI. —Distinction between would & should 199