DALE IS THANKFUL FOR A GOOD THING. LI. JOHN EAMES DOES THINGS WHICH HE OUGHT NOT TO HAVE DONE. LII. THE FIRST VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE. LIII. LOQUITUR HOPKINS. LIV. THE SECOND VISIT TO THE GUESTWICK BRIDGE. LV. NOT VERY FIE FIE AFTER ALL. LVI. SHOWING HOW MR. CROSBIE BECAME AGAIN A HAPPY MAN. LVII. LILIAN DALE VANQUISHES HER MOTHER. LVIII. THE FATE OF THE SMALL HOUSE. LIX. JOHN EAMES BECOMES A MAN. LX. CONCLUSION. ILLUSTRATIONS MR. PALLISER AND LADY DUMBELLO. [Chapter XXIII] FRONTISPIECE. "PLEASE, MA'AM, CAN WE HAVE THE PEAS TO SHELL?" CHAPTER III. "AND YOU LOVE ME?" SAID SHE. CHAPTER V. "IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE NAUGHTY PARTRIDGES." CHAPTER VII. "MR. CRADELL, YOUR HAND," SAID LUPEX. CHAPTER XI. "WHY, IT'S YOUNG EAMES." CHAPTER XIV. "HE IS OF THAT SORT THAT THEY MAKE THE ANGELS OF," SAID THE VERGER. CHAPTER XVI. "AND HAVE I NOT REALLY LOVED YOU?" CHAPTER XXI. "DEVOTEDLY ATTACHED TO THE YOUNG MAN!" CHAPTER XXVI. THE BOARD. CHAPTER XXVIII. "WON'T YOU TAKE SOME MORE WINE?" CHAPTER XXXII. "AND YOU WENT IN AT HIM ON THE STATION?" CHAPTER XXXVI. "LET ME BEG YOU TO THINK OVER THE MATTER AGAIN." CHAPTER XXXVIII. "THAT MIGHT DO." CHAPTER XL. "MAMMA," SHE SAID AT LAST, "IT IS OVER NOW, I'M SURE." CHAPTER XLIV. "WHY, ON EARTH, ON SUNDAY?" CHAPTER XLVIII. "BELL, HERE'S THE INKSTAND." CHAPTER XLIX. "SHE HAS REFUSED ME, AND IT IS ALL OVER." CHAPTER LIV. CHAPTER I. THE SQUIRE OF ALLINGTON. [ILLUSTRATION: (untitled)] Of course there was a Great House at Allington. How otherwise should there have been a Small House? Our story will, as its name imports, have its closest relations with those who lived in the less dignified domicile of the two; but it will have close relations also with the more dignified, and it may be well that I should, in the first instance, say a few words as to the Great House and its owner.