EVELYN MANWARING BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _SECOND EDITION, NOW READY._ JULIAN CLOUGHTON; or, Lad-Life in Norfolk. BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A. CROWN OCTAVO, CLOTH, 3S. 6D. “The author has an eye for the picturesque, and of this there is more in the old cathedral city and the bold Norfolk sea-coast than persons unacquainted with the district would be apt to imagine.”--_Athenœum._ “It is difficult to realise whether ‘Julian Cloughton’ is the history of a real character, or whether it is a novel. If the former, it is one of the most charming biographies it has been our good fortune to meet with for some time; if the latter, Mr. Chester must be congratulated on a real success.”--_The Graphic._ “The local colour is rich and truthful, and the descriptions of persons and places are written with the zest and fidelity inspired by intimate personal knowledge.”--_Scotsman._ _SECOND EDITION, NOW READY._ AURELIA; or, THE CLOSE AT MIXETER. BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A. CROWN OCTAVO, CLOTH, 3S. 6D. “The author has graphically drawn the chief ecclesiastical dignitaries of the diocese, the characters and idiosyncracies of the Dean and Canons being capitally described. The book is written well, and in laying it down, the reader will only regret that there is no more of it.”--_Sunday Times._ “A vigorous and well-written story, which abounds with capital sketches of clerical life and character.”--_The Rock._ “A one-volume story of very considerable cleverness.”--_John Bull._ _JUST PUBLISHED._ ELLA CUTHULLIN, and other Poems. BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A. SMALL OCTAVO, CLOTH, 5S. MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, CHANDOS STREET, LONDON, W.C. EVELYN MANWARING A Tale of Hampton Court Palace BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER, B.A. AUTHOR OF “TRANS-ATLANTIC SKETCHES,” “JULIAN CLOUGHTON; OR, LAD-LIFE IN NORFOLK,” “AURELIA; OR, THE CLOSE AT MIXETER,” “ELLA CUTHULLIN AND OTHER POEMS, OLD AND NEW,” &c. London: MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, 68, CHANDOS STREET AND AT BELFAST AND NEW YORK 1883 TO MY FRIENDS I Inscribe this Tale, IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL LOOK MORE LENIENTLY UPON ITS MANY FAULTS THAN I DO MYSELF. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I.--EVELYN MANWARING ARRIVES AT THE PALACE, 9