Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE VICISSITUDES OF BESSIE FAIRFAX. A NOVEL. BY HOLME LEE (MISS HARRIET PARR), AUTHOR OF "SYLVAN HOLT'S DAUGHTER," "KATHIE BRAND," ETC. "Not what we could wish, but what we must even put up with." PHILADELPHIA: PORTER & COATES. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE 5 II. THE LAWYER'S LETTER 10 III. THE COMMUNITY OF BEECHHURST 15 IV. A RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 29 V. GREAT-ASH FORD 37 VI. AGAINST HER INCLINATION 46 VII. HER FATE IS SEALED 59 VIII. BESSIE'S FRIENDS AT BROOK 65 IX. FAREWELL TO THE FOREST 77 X. BESSIE GOES INTO EXILE 80 XI. SCHOOL-DAYS AT CAEN 89 XII. IN COURSE OF TIME 98 XIII. BESSIE LEARNS A FAMILY SECRET 112 XIV. ON BOARD THE "FOAM" 117 XV. A LITTLE CHAPTER BY THE WAY 124 XVI. A LOST OPPORTUNITY 127 XVII. BESSIE'S BRINGING HOME 135 XVIII. THE NEXT MORNING 145 XIX. NEIGHBORS TO ABBOTSMEAD 152 XX. PAST AND PRESENT 160 XXI. A DISCOVERY 170 XXII. PRELIMINARIES 177 XXIII. BESSIE SHOWS CHARACTER 188 XXIV. A QUIET POLICY 194 XXV. A DINNER AT BRENTWOOD 198 XXVI. A MORNING AT BRENTWOOD 209 XXVII. SOME DOUBTS AND FEARS 216 XXVIII. IN MINSTER COURT 223 XXIX. LADY LATIMER IN WOLDSHIRE 228 XXX. MY LADY REVISITS OLD SCENES 235 XXXI. A SUCCESS AND A REPULSE 241 XXXII. A HARD STRUGGLE 254 XXXIII. A VISIT TO CASTLEMOUNT 256 XXXIV. BESSIE'S PEACEMAKING 266 XXXV. ABBOTSMEAD IN SHADOW 273 XXXVI. DIPLOMATIC 282 XXXVII. SUNDAY MORNING AT BEECHHURST 285 XXXVIII. SUNDAY EVENING AT BROOK 294 XXXIX. AT FAIRFIELD 305 XL. ANOTHER RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 311 XLI. FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES 318 XLII. HOW FRIENDS MAY FALL OUT 323 XLIII. BETWEEN THEMSELVES 328 XLIV. A LONG DULL DAY 336 XLV. THE SQUIRE'S WILL 343 XLVI. TENDER AND TRUE 349 XLVII. GOODNESS PREVAILS 360 XLVIII. CERTAIN OPINIONS 365 XLIX.