MARRIED OR SINGLE? NEW NOVELS AT ALL LIBRARIES. =HEART OF OAK: A Three-Stranded Yarn.= By W. CLARK RUSSELL. 3 vols. =THE PROFESSOR’S EXPERIMENT.= By Mrs. HUNGERFORD. 3 vols. =THE WOMAN IN THE DARK.= By F. W. ROBINSON. 2 vols. =THE VOICE OF THE CHARMER.= By L. T. MEADE. 3 vols. =SONS OF BELIAL.= By WILLIAM WESTALL. 2 vols. =LILITH.= By GEORGE MACDONALD. 1 vol. =LADY KILPATRICK.= By ROBERT BUCHANAN. 1 vol. =CLARENCE.= By BRET HARTE. 1 vol. =THE IMPRESSIONS OF AUREOLE.= A Diary of To-Day. 1 vol. =DAGONET ABROAD.= By GEORGE R. SIMS. 1 vol. =THE KING IN YELLOW.= By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS. 1 vol. =IN THE QUARTER.= By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS. 1 vol. LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY. MARRIED OR SINGLE? BY B. M. CROKER AUTHOR OF “DIANA BARRINGTON,” “A FAMILY LIKENESS,” ETC. [Illustration] IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1895 CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER PAGE XIV. A SOCIAL GODMOTHER 1 XV. MR. JESSOP DOES HIS DUTY 10 XVI. TWO VISITS AND A LETTER 40 XVII. GONE TO IRELAND 67 XVIII. WANTED--A REASON 82 XIX. A DISAGREEABLE INTERVIEW 102 XX. NOT “A HAPPY COUPLE” 115 XXI. AN INTERRUPTION 132 XXII. MR. WYNNE’S VISITOR 148 XXIII. A BOLD STEP 172 XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED HONOUR 185 XXV. PLAIN SPEAKING 196 XXVI. MR. WYNNE MAKES A STATEMENT 219 XXVII. A PROMISE POSTPONED 227 XXVIII. A PORTIÈRE WHICH INTERVENED 241 MARRIED OR SINGLE? CHAPTER XIV. A SOCIAL GODMOTHER.