CHAPTER XV. ROSE IN THE MILLINER SHOP. 90 CHAPTER XVI. MRS. CLIFTON VISITS "THE BABY'S" GRAVE--A PLEASANT SURPRISE--DOLLY'S SICKNESS--DAFFY'S SOLILOQUY. 94 CHAPTER XVII. DOLLY CONVALESCES AND EFFERVESCES--BAKING-DAY, AND ROSE'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT COOKING--HEART'S-EASE. 101 CHAPTER XVIII. VILLAGE GOSSIP--THE DESOLATE PARSONAGE. 109 CHAPTER XIX. THE CHILD-MOTHER--AUNT DOLLY'S LETTER. 112 CHAPTER XX. A GLIMPSE AT BACHELOR QUARTERS. 119 CHAPTER XXI. ROSE'S SICK BABE--AUNT DOLLY, AS THE FASHIONABLE MRS. JOHN HOWE. 122 CHAPTER XXII. OLD MRS. BOND'S VISIT TO THE CITY--SILENT REPROOF. 128 CHAPTER XXIII. MR. FINELS, MRS. HOWE'S INTIMATE FRIEND--MRS. BOND'S INTERVIEW WITH ROSE. 133 CHAPTER XXIV. A PASSAGE-AT-ARMS BETWEEN MRS. HOWE AND HER FASHIONABLE FEMALE FRIEND. 147 CHAPTER XXV. MR. HOWE ATTEMPTS AN INDEPENDENT COURSE OF ACTION--HE REMOVES ROSE AND LITTLE CHARLEY FROM THE ATTIC TO THE BEST SPARE ROOM--MRS. HOWE "LETS HIM HEAR FROM IT." 152 CHAPTER XXVI. ROSE MAKES AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY--MR. HOWE VENTURES ON A CONNUBIAL JOKE--THE RESULT OF MR. HOWE'S JOKE--ROSE AND HER SICK BABE IN THE STAGE-COACH. 158 CHAPTER XXVII. MRS. BOND'S RECEPTION OF ROSE--THE OLD LADY'S CHRISTIAN FAITH AND PHILOSOPHY. 170 CHAPTER XXVIII. THE WASH-ROOM--THE BRUTAL REMARK. 172 CHAPTER XXIX. MISS BODKIN'S ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MRS. JOHN HOWE. 176 CHAPTER XXX. THE FLIGHT OF ROSE, WITH LITTLE CHARLEY. 181 CHAPTER XXXI. THE CHRISTENING, AT MRS. HOWE'S--THE SECRET WHISPER--THE DENOUEMENT. 184 CHAPTER XXXII. ROSE AT SEA--CAPTAIN LUCAS--FRITZ--DOCTOR PERRY--THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. 189 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CAPTAIN AND DR. PERRY--ARRIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS. 198 CHAPTER XXXIV. ROSE'S NEW HOME--THE MANIAC'S STORY--NEWS OF VINCENT. 202 CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. HOWE THINKS IT TIME TO GO TO THE SPRINGS--MR. HOWE ATTEMPTS TO CHERISH AN OPINION OF HIS OWN--THE MAGIC WHISPER. 209 CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. 212 CHAPTER XXXVII. ROSE'S ILLNESS. 215 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE LADY ARTIST. 218 CHAPTER XXXIX. GERTRUDE'S STORY. 226 CHAPTER XL. MR. AND MRS. HOWE ON THE ROAD TO THE SPRINGS--A RAILROAD ACCIDENT--THE TABLES TURNED. 256 CHAPTER XLI.