IN TRUST Ballantyne-Press BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO EDINBURGH AND LONDON IN TRUST _THE STORY OF A LADY AND HER LOVER_ BY M. O. W. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF ‘THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD’ ETC. _NEW EDITION_ LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1883 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. FATHER AND DAUGHTER 1 II. THE REST OF THE FAMILY 11 III. THE ‘GAME’ 22 IV. UNDER THE BEECHES 34 V. EXPLANATIONS 47 VI. GOOD-BYE 59 VII. CROSS-EXAMINATION 70 VIII. THE MEADOWLANDS’ PARTY 83 IX. COSMO 94 X. FAMILY COUNSELS 108 XI. PROJECTS OF MARRIAGE 121 XII. MISTRESS AND MAID 134 XIII. HEATHCOTE MOUNTFORD 146 XIV. THE SPECTATOR’S VIEW 160 XV. TAMPERING WITH A LAWYER 171 XVI. GOOD ADVICE 184 XVII. THE ABSOLUTE AND THE COMPARATIVE 198 XVIII. AFTERTHOUGHTS 211 XIX. THE CATASTROPHE 228 XX. THE WILL 239 XXI. WHEN ALL WAS OVER 252 XXII. SOPHISTRY 268 XXIII. HEATHCOTE’S PROPOSAL 279 XXIV. A VISITOR 292 XXV. PACKING UP 307 XXVI. GOING AWAY 318 XXVII. A NEW BEGINNING 331 XXVIII. HEATHCOTE’S CAREER 342 XXIX. CHARLEY INTERFERES 356 XXX. THE RECTOR SATISFIED 370