MR. JERVIS NEW NOVELS AT ALL LIBRARIES. =AT MARKET VALUE.= By GRANT ALLEN. 2 vols. =RACHEL DENE.= By ROBERT BUCHANAN. 2 vols. =A COUNTRY SWEETHEART.= By DORA RUSSELL. 3 vols. =DR. ENDICOTT’S EXPERIMENT.= By ADELINE SERGEANT. 2 vols. =IN AN IRON GRIP.= By MRS. L. T. MEADE. 2 vols. =LOURDES.= By E. ZOLA. 1 vol. =ROMANCES OF THE OLD SERAGLIO.= By H. N. CRELLIN. 1 vol. =A SECRET OF THE SEA.= By T. W. SPEIGHT. 1 vol. =THE SCORPION.= A Romance of Spain. By E. A. VIZETELLY. 1 vol. LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY. MR. JERVIS BY B. M. CROKER AUTHOR OF “PRETTY MISS NEVILLE,” “DIANA BARRINGTON,” “A BIRD OF PASSAGE,” “A FAMILY LIKENESS,” ETC. [Illustration] _IN THREE VOLUMES_ VOL. II. London CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1894 “Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.” SIR H. WOTTON. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER PAGE XVII. “TAKE A FRIEND’S ADVICE” 1 XVIII. THE TABLE OF PRECEDENCE 23 XIX. LET US TELL THE TRUTH 44 XX. MISS PASKE DEFIES HER AUNT 55 XXI. THE GREAT STARVATION PICNIC 68 XXII. TOBY JOY’S SHORT CUT 94 XXIII. CAPTAIN WARING’S ALTERNATIVE 111 XXIV. “SWEET PRIMROSE IS COMING!” 132 XXV. SWEET PRIMROSE JUSTIFIES HER REPUTATION 150 XXVI. THE RESULT OF PLAYING “HOME, SWEET HOME” 176 XXVII. MRS. LANGRISHE PUTS HERSELF OUT TO TAKE SOMEBODY IN 202 XXVIII. THE CLUB IS DECORATED 216 XXIX. MARK JERVIS IS UNMASKED 237 MR. JERVIS. CHAPTER XVII. “TAKE A FRIEND’S ADVICE.”