ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER _NEW LIBRARY NOVELS._ THE HEAVENLY TWINS. By Sarah Grand, Author of ‘Ideala,’ etc. In 3 vols. ‘Every page is rife with wit and wisdom.’ _Daily Telegraph._ KITTY’S FATHER. By Frank Barrett, Author of ‘The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane,’ etc. In 3 vols. ‘Mr. Barrett has the true gift of the story-teller.’ _Speaker._ THE O’CONNORS OF BALLINAHINCH. By Mrs. Hungerford, Author of ‘Molly Bawn,’ etc. In 1 vol. 6s. ‘The humour of the book is delicious.’--_Daily Telegraph._ AVENGED ON SOCIETY. By H. F. Wood, Author of ‘The Englishman of the Rue Cain,’ etc. In 1 vol. 6s. ‘Powerfully written and deeply interesting.’ _Manchester Examiner._ LONDON: WM. HEINEMANN, 21, BEDFORD STREET, W.C. ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER _A NOVEL_ BY JESSIE FOTHERGILL AUTHOR OF ‘THE FIRST VIOLIN,’ ‘A MARCH IN THE RANKS,’ ‘PROBATION,’ ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III. [Illustration] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1893 [_All rights reserved_] ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER CHAPTER XIX. Before the end of June, Yewridge Hall had been taken by the Marchmonts for a year, and they were established in it, not without considerable noise and bustle, pomp and circumstance, all of which arose from Marchmont’s rather than from his wife’s inclinations. His stinginess, once so notorious, had yielded, or had been forced by circumstances to yield--at any rate, in the matter of outside appearances. Yewridge was a place requiring a large establishment, a staff of servants, plenty of carriages and horses, and much movement and opulence in its arrangements, to redeem it from the semblance, both inside and out, of some huge empty barrack, devoid of comfort or anything homelike. Perhaps it might have been considered quite excusable and justifiable had Marchmont decided to let it look as gloomy as might be, while he lived in the strict retirement called for by his state of health. He had, however, no such intention. Everything was arranged as though he had intended to keep open house, and Fulvia spoke of it to Minna and Signor Giuseppe during some of her frequent visits to the smaller house.