Ralph the Heir

Name: Ralph the Heir
Author: Trollope, Anthony

Trollope, Anthony

Domestic fiction; England -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Inheritance and succession -- Fiction

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RALPH THE HEIR

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

With Illustrations by F. A. Fraser

First published serially in _Saint Paul's Magazine_ in 1870-1
and in book form in 1871







[Illustration: He drank his sherry and soda-water, and lit his pipe,
and lay there on the lawn, as though he were quite at home . . .
(Chapter III.)]




CONTENTS

         I. SIR THOMAS.
        II. POPHAM VILLA.
       III. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LAWN AT POPHAM VILLA.
        IV. MARY BONNER.
         V. MR. NEEFIT AND HIS FAMILY.
        VI. MRS. NEEFIT'S LITTLE DINNER.
       VII. YOU ARE ONE OF US NOW.
      VIII. RALPH NEWTON'S TROUBLES.
        IX. ONTARIO MOGGS.
         X. SIR THOMAS IN HIS CHAMBERS.
        XI. NEWTON PRIORY.
       XII. MRS. BROWNLOW.
      XIII. MR. NEEFIT IS DISTURBED.
       XIV. THE REV. GREGORY NEWTON.
        XV. CLARISSA WAITS.
       XVI. THE CHESHIRE CHEESE.
      XVII. RALPH NEWTON'S DOUBTS.
     XVIII. WE WON'T SELL BROWNRIGGS.
       XIX. POLLY'S ANSWER.
        XX. THE CONSERVATIVES OF PERCYCROSS.
       XXI. THE LIBERALS OF PERCYCROSS.
      XXII. RALPH NEWTON'S DECISION.
     XXIII. "I'LL BE A HYPOCRITE IF YOU CHOOSE."
      XXIV. "I FIND I MUST."
       XXV. "MR. GRIFFENBOTTOM."
      XXVI. MOGGS, PURITY, AND THE RIGHTS OF LABOUR.
     XXVII. THE MOONBEAM.
    XXVIII. THE NEW HEIR COUNTS HIS CHICKENS.
      XXIX. THE ELECTION.
       XXX. "MISS MARY IS IN LUCK."
      XXXI. IT IS ALL SETTLED.
     XXXII. SIR THOMAS AT HOME.
    XXXIII. "TELL ME AND I'LL TELL YOU."
     XXXIV. ALONE IN THE HOUSE.
      XXXV. "SHE'LL ACCEPT YOU, OF COURSE."
     XXXVI. NEEFIT MEANS TO STICK TO IT.
    XXXVII. "HE MUST MARRY HER."
   XXXVIII. FOR TWO REASONS.
     XXXIX. HORSELEECHES.
        XL. WHAT SIR THOMAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
       XLI. A BROKEN HEART.
      XLII. NOT BROKEN-HEARTED.
     XLIII. ONCE MORE.
      XLIV. THE PETITION.
       XLV. "NEVER GIVE A THING UP."
      XLVI. MR. NEEFIT AGAIN.
     XLVII. THE WAY WHICH SHOWS THAT THEY MEAN IT.
    XLVIII. MR. MOGGS WALKS TOWARDS EDGEWARE.
      XLIX. AMONG THE PICTURES.
         L. ANOTHER FAILURE.
        LI. MUSIC HAS CHARMS.
       LII. GUS EARDHAM.
      LIII. THE END OF POLLY NEEFIT.
       LIV. MY MARY.
        LV. COOKHAM.
       LVI. RALPH NEWTON IS BOWLED AWAY.
     LVIII. CLARISSA'S FATE.
     LVIII. CONCLUSION.




CHAPTER I.

SIR THOMAS.

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