Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. WINEFRED A STORY OF THE CHALK CLIFFS [Illustration: 'MAKE OUT THIS, WILL YOU? WE ARE ALL FRIENDS HERE.'] WINEFRED A Story of the Chalk Cliffs By S. Baring-Gould _With Eight Illustrations by Edgar Bundy_ [Illustration: Publisher's Stamp] Boston L. C. Page & Company _MDCCCC_ _Copyright_, 1900 BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_ Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. HOMELESS 1 II. ON THE VERGE 8 III. A COMMON CHORD 14 IV. THE UNDERCLIFF 21 V. DON'T 26 VI. OVER THE PUNCH-BOWL 30 VII. A LATE VISITOR 38 VIII. ON THE PEBBLE-BEACH 46 IX. SEEN THROUGH 54 X. A RIFT 61 XI. A PROPOSAL 67 XII. BY NIGHT 72 XIII. OUT OF THE SNARE 78 XIV. BURIED ALIVE 85 XV. CAST FORTH 89 XVI. JOB'S SECRET 95 XVII. J. H. 102 XVIII. DECLARATION OF WAR 107 XIX. EXIT JOB 115 XX. A FIRST STEP 120 XXI. FURTHER FORWARD 127 XXII. HOUSE AND HOME 133 XXIII. A PASSAGE OF ARMS 140 XXIV. REVERSED POSITIONS 148 XXV. THE STUDY OF A FACE 154 XXVI. A THORN BOUGH 161 XXVII. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 167 XXVIII. MOST HEARTILY 172 XXIX. THE SHADOW OF A CHANGE 178 XXX. A NEW WORLD 183 XXXI. A CHARIOT DRIVE 190 XXXII. AT THE MILLINER'S 197 XXXIII. IN THE SQUARE 203 XXXIV. MISCHIEF-MAKING 210 XXXV. THE YOUNG MAN FROM BEER 215 XXXVI. TO BATH 222 XXXVII. CONFIDENCES 230 XXXVIII. A LETTER FROM BATH 235 XXXIX. THE BATH ASSEMBLY 242 XL. WANTED――CHOUGHS 250 XLI. THE WHITE CLIFF 256 XLII. A REVELATION 262 XLIII. A REFUSAL 266 XLIV. THE GATE OF THORNS 271 XLV. HOLWOOD OR MARLEY? 277 XLVI. OVER A TEA-TABLE 284 XLVII. THE CURTAIN DRAWN 289 XLVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 295 XLIX. RENT ASUNDER 301 L. JOINED TOGETHER 306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 'MAKE OUT THIS, WILL YOU? WE ARE ALL FRIENDS HERE' _Frontispiece_