E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. The illustrations for Chapters I-L were generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and for Chapters LI-C by Internet Archive (http://archive.org). Editorial note: _The Way We Live Now_ was first published in twenty monthly parts from February, 1874, to September, 1875, and in book form by Chapman and Hall in 1875. Both the monthly parts and the Chapman and Hall first edition contained forty illustrations. The artist, whose name is not listed on the title page, was long thought to be Samuel Luke Fildes, but recent scholarship attributes the illustrations to Lionel Grimston Fawkes. These illustrations are included in this e-book and can be seen by viewing the HTML version of this file. See 5231-h.htm or 5231-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5231/pg5231-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5231/5231-h.zip) Images of the original illustrations for Chapters I-L are available through the Google Books Library Project. See http://www.google.com/books?id=TvsBAAAAQAAJ Those for Chapters LI-C are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/waywelivenow02trolrich THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. by ANTHONY TROLLOPE. CONTENTS I. THREE EDITORS. II. THE CARBURY FAMILY. III. THE BEARGARDEN. IV. MADAME MELMOTTE'S BALL. V. AFTER THE BALL. VI. ROGER CARBURY AND PAUL MONTAGUE. VII. MENTOR. VIII. LOVE-SICK. IX. THE GREAT RAILWAY TO VERA CRUZ. X. MR. FISKER'S SUCCESS. XI. LADY CARBURY AT HOME. XII. SIR FELIX IN HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE. XIII. THE LONGESTAFFES. XIV. CARBURY MANOR. XV. "YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT I AM HIS MOTHER." XVI. THE BISHOP AND THE PRIEST. XVII. MARIE MELMOTTE HEARS A LOVE TALE. XVIII. RUBY RUGGLES HEARS A LOVE TALE. XIX. HETTA CARBURY HEARS A LOVE TALE. XX. LADY POMONA'S DINNER PARTY. XXI. EVERYBODY GOES TO THEM. XXII. LORD NIDDERDALE'S MORALITY. XXIII. "YES;--I'M A BARONET." XXIV. MILES GRENDALL'S TRIUMPH. XXV. IN GROSVENOR SQUARE. XXVI. MRS. HURTLE. XXVII. MRS. HURTLE GOES TO THE PLAY. XXVIII. DOLLY LONGESTAFFE GOES INTO THE CITY. XXIX. MISS MELMOTTE'S COURAGE. XXX. MR. MELMOTTE'S PROMISE. XXXI. MR. BROUNE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND. XXXII. LADY MONOGRAM. XXXIII. JOHN CRUMB. XXXIV. RUBY RUGGLES OBEYS HER GRANDFATHER. XXXV. MELMOTTE'S GLORY. XXXVI. MR. BROUNE'S PERILS. XXXVII. THE BOARD-ROOM. XXXVIII. PAUL MONTAGUE'S TROUBLES. XXXIX. "I DO LOVE HIM." XL. "UNANIMITY IS THE VERY SOUL OF THESE THINGS." XLI. ALL PREPARED. XLII. "CAN YOU BE READY IN TEN MINUTES?"