HESTER

A STORY OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE

BY

MRS. OLIPHANT

"A springy motion in her gait,

A rising step, did indicate

Of pride and joy no common rate

That flush'd her spirit:

I know not by what name beside

I shall it call: if 'twas not pride,

It was a joy to that allied

She did inherit.

*****

She was trained in Nature's school,

Nature had blest her.

A waking eye, a prying mind,

A heart that stirs, is hard to bind:

A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind,

Ye could not Hester."

Charles Lamb.

IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. III

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1883
The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved

LONDON

R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor,

BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
CHAPTER I.
BUSINESS AND LOVE	1
CHAPTER II.
A SPECULATOR	23
CHAPTER III.
A LATE VISITOR	45
CHAPTER IV.
DOUBTS AND FEARS	64
CHAPTER V.
A DISCOVERY	85
CHAPTER VI.
IN THE LABYRINTH	108
CHAPTER VII.
ALARMS	131
CHAPTER VIII.
THE CRISIS	154
CHAPTER IX.
UNDER THE HOLLY	169
CHAPTER X.
THE HOUR OF NEED	180
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