E-text prepared by David Edwards, Linda Hamilton, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/ishepopenjoy00troluoft IS HE POPENJOY? by ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Author of "Doctor Thorne," "The Prime Minister," "Orley Farm," &c., &c. Third Edition. London: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1879. [_All Rights Reserved._] London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., Printers, Whitefriars CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY.--NUMBER ONE 1 CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTORY.--NUMBER TWO 7 CHAPTER III. LIFE AT MANOR CROSS 13 CHAPTER IV. AT THE DEANERY 20 CHAPTER V. MISS TALLOWAX IS SHOWN THE HOUSE 26 CHAPTER VI. BAD TIDINGS 34 CHAPTER VII. CROSS HALL GATE 41 CHAPTER VIII. PUGSBY BROOK 47 CHAPTER IX. MRS. HOUGHTON 52 CHAPTER X. THE DEAN AS A SPORTING MAN 61 CHAPTER XI. LORD AND LADY GEORGE GO UP TO TOWN 66 CHAPTER XII. MISS MILDMAY AND JACK DE BARON 72 CHAPTER XIII. MORE NEWS FROM ITALY 79 CHAPTER XIV. "ARE WE TO CALL HIM POPENJOY?" 85 CHAPTER XV. "DROP IT" 93 CHAPTER XVI. ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO HIS NET 100 CHAPTER XVII. THE DISABILITIES 106 CHAPTER XVIII. LORD GEORGE UP IN LONDON 112 CHAPTER XIX. RATHER "BOISTEROUS" 119 CHAPTER XX. BETWEEN TWO STOOLS 126 CHAPTER XXI. THE MARQUIS COMES HOME 132 CHAPTER XXII. THE MARQUIS AMONG HIS FRIENDS 139 CHAPTER XXIII. THE MARQUIS SEES HIS BROTHER 146 CHAPTER XXIV. THE MARQUIS GOES INTO BROTHERTON 153 CHAPTER XXV. LADY SUSANNA IN LONDON 159 CHAPTER XXVI. THE DEAN RETURNS TO TOWN 166 CHAPTER XXVII. THE BARONESS BANMANN AGAIN 173 CHAPTER XXVIII. "WHAT MATTER IF SHE DOES?" 180 CHAPTER XXIX. MR. HOUGHTON WANTS A GLASS OF SHERRY 186 CHAPTER XXX. THE DEAN IS VERY BUSY 193 CHAPTER XXXI. THE MARQUIS MIGRATES TO LONDON 198 CHAPTER XXXII. LORD GEORGE IS TROUBLED 205 CHAPTER XXXIII. CAPTAIN DE BARON 213 CHAPTER XXXIV. A DREADFUL COMMUNICATION 220