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Title: Flora Lyndsay
or, Passages in an Eventful Life

Author: Susan Moodie

Release Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #27373]

Language: English

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FLORA LYNDSAY;
OR,
PASSAGES IN AN EVENTFUL LIFE.

BY MRS. MOODIE.

AUTHOR OF "ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH," "MARK HURDLESTONE,"
"LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS," ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1854.

LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

TO

MISS GOODING,

OF CROMER, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK,
THESE VOLUMES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY HER ATTACHED FRIEND,
SUSANNAH MOODIE.

BELLEVILLE, UPPER CANADA.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
MATRIMONIAL DIALOGUE 1

CHAPTER II.
THE OLD CAPTAIN 10

CHAPTER III.
THE OLD CAPTAIN IN PERSON 16

CHAPTER IV.
A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE 25

CHAPTER V.
THE TRUE FRIEND 37

CHAPTER VI.
FLORA'S OUTFIT 43

CHAPTER VII.
HOW MISS WILHELMINA CARR AND FLORA BECAME ACQUAINTED 51

CHAPTER VIII.
MISS WILHELMINA CALLS UPON FLORA 65

CHAPTER IX.
FLORA GOES TO TEA WITH MISS CARR 79

CHAPTER X.
OLD JARVIS AND HIS DOG NEPTUNE 100

CHAPTER XI.
FLORA IN SEARCH OF A SERVANT, HEARS A REAL GHOST STORY 113

CHAPTER XII.
THE LAST HOURS