Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=aJMOAAAAIAAJ (Stanford University Libraries) WRECKED IN PORT. EDMUND YATES'S NOVELS. _In boards, 2s. each; in cloth, 2s. 6d. each_. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. KISSING THE ROD. ROCK AHEAD. BLACK SHEEP. RIGHTED WRONG. YELLOW FLAG. IMPENDING SWORD. A WAITING RACE. BROKEN TO HARNESS. TWO BY TRICKS. A SILENT WITNESS. DR. WAINWRIGHT'S PATIENTS. NOBODY'S FORTUNE. WRECKED IN PORT. THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE. WRECKED IN PORT. A Novel. BY EDMUND YATES, AUTHOR OF "THE ROCK AHEAD," "BLACK SHEEP," "LAND AT LAST," ETC. "All things that are Are more with spirit chased than enjoyed." SHAKESPEARE. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL. NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. 1879. TO FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE This Book IS VERY CORDIALLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. MORIBUND. II. RETROSPECTIVE. III. MARIAN. IV. MARIAN'S CHOICE. V. WOOLGREAVES. VI. BREAD-SEEKING. VII. A NEW FRIEND. VIII. FLITTING. IX. THE TENTH EARL. X. AN INTERIOR. XI. THE LOUT. XII. A REMOVAL. XIII. LIFE AT WESTHOPE. XIV. LADY CAROLINE. XV. "NEWS FROM THE HUMMING CITY." XVI. "HE LOVES ME; HE LOVES ME NOT." XVII. BECOMING INDISPENSABLE. XVIII. THE RUBICON. XIX. MARIAN'S REPLY. XX. DURING THE INTERVAL. XXI. SUCCESS ACHIEVED. XXII. THE GIRLS THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM. XXIII. WEDNESDAY'S POST. XXIV. POOR PAPA'S SUCCESSOR. XXV. CLOUDING OVER. XXVI. IN HARNESS. XXVII. RIDING AT ANCHOR. XXVIII. THE OPPORTUNITY. XXIX. CANVASSING. XXX. BAFFLED. XXXI. AN INCOMPLETE VICTORY. XXXII. THE SHATTERING OF THE IDOL. XXXIII. TOO LATE. XXXIV. FOR ONCE GERTRUDE TAKES THE LEAD. XXXV. LADY CAROLINE ADVISES ON A DELICATE SUBJECT. XXXVI. NIGHT AND MORNING. XXXVII. MARIAN'S RESOLVE. XXXVIII. THE RESULT. WRECKED IN PORT. CHAPTER I. MORIBUND. "I say! Old Ashurst's going to die." "No! How do you know? Who told you?" "I heard Dr. Osborne say so to Miss Winter." "Ah! so likely Dr. Osborne would tell that old beast! Why was its name throughout doctors are the silentest fellows in the world. My uncle Robert is a doctor, and I know all about it." "Well, I'll take my dick I heard old Osborne say so! I say, Hawkes, if Ashurst does die, we shall break up at once, sha'n't we?" "I should think so! Stunning!" "And we sha'n't come back till there's a new head master?" "Of course not, you young ass! That don't matter much to me; I'm going to leave this term." "Don't I wish I was, that's all! I say, Hawkes, do you think the governors will give old Ashurst's place to Joyce?"