Produced by Anne Grieve, Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE NEW WARDEN BY MRS. DAVID G. RITCHIE AUTHOR OF "TWO SINNERS," ETC. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1919 FIRST EDITION, _Nov., 1918_. _Reprinted ... March, 1919_. _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE WARDEN'S LODGINGS 1 II. MORAL SUPPORT 14 III. PASSIONATE PITY 26 IV. THE UNFORESEEN HAPPENS 37 V. WAITING 50 VI. MORE THAN ONE CONCLUSION 57 VII. MEN MARCHING PAST 72 VIII. THE LOST LETTER 82 IX. THE LUNCHEON PARTY 92 X. PARENTAL EFFUSIONS 108 XI. NO ESCAPE 124 XII. THE GHOST 133 XIII. THE EFFECT OF SUGGESTION 141 XIV. DIFFERENT VIEWS 151 XV. MRS. POTTEN'S CARELESSNESS 166 XVI. SEEING CHRIST CHURCH 177 XVII. A TEA PARTY 188 XVIII. THE MORAL CLAIMS OF AN UMBRELLA 201 XIX. HONOUR 209 XX. SHOPPING 217 XXI. THE SOUL OF MRS. POTTEN 227 XXII. MR. BOREHAM'S PROPOSAL 236 XXIII. BY MOONLIGHT 251 XXIV. A CAUSE AND IMPEDIMENT 259 XXV. CONFESSIONS 267 XXVI. THE ANXIETIES OF LOUISE 280 XXVII. THE FORGIVENESS OF THE FATES 290 XXVIII. ALMA MATER 301 XXIX. DINNER 310 XXX. THE END OF BELINDA AND CO. 319 XXXI. A FAREWELL 331 XXXII. THE WARDEN HURRIES 343 THE NEW WARDEN CHAPTER I THE WARDEN'S LODGINGS