THE TALLANTS OF BARTON. A Tale of Fortune and Finance. BY JOSEPH HATTON, Author of “Bitter Sweets: a Love Story;” “Against the Stream,” etc., etc. “The wheel of Fortune turns incessantly round, and who can say within himself, I shall to-day be uppermost?”--_Confucius._ IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1867. [_The Right of Translation is reserved._] LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I.--ENTER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF VERNER 1 II.--CONTAINS IMPORTANT REVELATIONS, AND TERMINATES FATALLY 21 III.--“ARCADES AMBO,” BUT FLOURISHING NEVERTHELESS 34 IV.--IN WHICH RICHARD TALLANT VISITS BARTON HALL AGAIN, AND ARTHUR PHILLIPS COMPLETES A GREAT WORK 50 V.--THE TWO TEMPLES 64 VI.--MRS. DIBBLE AND PAUL SOMERTON JOURNEY TO SEVERNTOWN 80 VII.--IN WHICH MR. SHUFFLETON GIBBS PRESENTS HIMSELF IN ANOTHER CHARACTER 92 VIII.--WHAT ARTHUR PHILLIPS SAW THROUGH THE MIST 108 IX.--IN WHICH AN IMPORTANT WILL IS READ 123 X.--ARTHUR PHILLIPS HAS A HAPPY GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE 135 XI.--DURING THE WINTER 145 XII.--DISCOURSES CHIEFLY OF UNREQUITED LOVE 159 XIII.--THE FIRST OBSTRUCTION IN A CERTAIN SCHEME OF AMBITION AND REVENGE 175 XIV.--OF HAPPY DAYS IN SPRING 193 XV.--FINANCE AND “FINESSE” 212 XVI.--IN WHICH A CERTAIN LIEUTENANT GETS INTO DEBT, AND TRYING TO GET OUT AGAIN FALLS WICKEDLY IN LOVE 230 XVII.--CONTINUES THE LIEUTENANT’S ADVENTURE 243 XVIII.--A PICTURE FOR ASMODEO’S CLOAK 255 XIX.--“THE COMING EVENT” 274 CHAPTER I. ENTER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF VERNER.