Nearer and Dearer
NEARER AND DEARER.
LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.
‘He was playing billiards in a savage, careless way–missing and making “flukes,” and forcing his antagonist to come off the conqueror.’–Page 7.
NEARER AND DEARER:
A Tale out of School.
“Has she a Brother?
Has she a nearer one
Still, and a dearer one
Yet than all other?”–Hood.
A NOVELETTE,
By CUTHBERT BEDE, B. A.,
AUTHOR OF “VERDANT GREEN.”
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1857.
[Right of Translation and Dramatic adaptation reserved.]
WITH MUCH AFFECTION,
I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE TALE
TO MY UNCLE,
W. B.,
WHO HAS SHEWN MUCH INTEREST
IN THIS NOVELETTE,
BUT FAR MORE IN
ITS AUTHOR.
June, 1857.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
AN INTERIOR AT SOMERFORD HALL |
1 |
CHAPTER II.
THE PLAYERS;–OF WHOM ONE IS THE CHIEF ACTOR IN THIS LIFE-DRAMA |
14 |
CHAPTER III.
MINERVA HOUSE |
25 |
CHAPTER IV.
A WAGER |
36 |
CHAPTER V.
LOVE IN LIVERY |
45 |
CHAPTER VI.
LOVE, THE LEVELLER |
56 |
CHAPTER VII.
A VISITOR AT MINERVA HOUSE |
64 |
CHAPTER VIII.
THE GREAT MORAL ENGINE |
72 |
CHAPTER IX.
MISS SMITH |
82 |
CHAPTER X.
RETROSPECTIONS |
90 |
CHAPTER XI.
CHAMPAGNE AND REAL PLEASURE |
101 |
CHAPTER XII.
MODEL COPIES |
113 |
CHAPTER XIII.
MURDER WILL OUT |
122 |
CHAPTER XIV.
LOVE FOR LOVE |
131 |
CHAPTER XV.
SIMON PURE |
139 |
CHAPTER XVI.
BROTHER AND SISTER |
152 |
CHAPTER XVII.
NEARER AND DEARER |
165 |
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION |
175 |
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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