DEAD-SEA FRUIT. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO., 172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C. DEAD-SEA FRUIT A Novel BY THE AUTHOR OF “LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET,” ETC., ETC., ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW 1868. [_All rights reserved_] LONDON: PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO., 172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. QUITE ALONE 1 II. A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY 18 III. “TAKE BACK THESE LETTERS, MEANT FOR HAPPINESS” 38 IV. UN MENAGE A DEUX 61 V. THE EDITOR OF THE “AREOPAGUS” 78 VI. AT BAYHAM 97 VII. MR. JERNINGHAM’S QUEST 123 VIII. GREENLANDS 144 IX. HOW THEY PARTED 169 X. THERE IS ALWAYS THE SKELETON 192 XI. “J’AIME: IL FAUT QUE J’ESPERE” 209 XII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER 240 XIII. MISS ST. ALBANS 264 XIV. IN THE GREEN-ROOM 289 DEAD-SEA FRUIT. CHAPTER I. QUITE ALONE.