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Title: A True Friend
A Novel

Author: Adeline Sergeant

Release Date: December 10, 2007 [EBook #23797]

Language: English

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A TRUE FRIEND.

A NOVEL.

BY ADELINE SERGEANT

_Author of "The Luck of the House," "A Life Sentence," etc., etc._

MONTREAL:
JOHN LOVELL & SON,
23 ST. NICHOLAS STREET.

CONTENTS

I. AN UNSUITABLE FRIENDSHIP

II. LADY CAROLINE'S TACTICS

III. AT HELMSLEY COURT

IV. ON THE ROAD.

V. WYVIS BRAND

VI. JANETTA AT HOME

VII. NORA'S NEW ACQUAINTANCE

VIII. FATHER AND CHILD

IX. CONSULTATION

X. MARGARET

XI. JANETTA'S PROMISES

XII. JANETTA REMONSTRATES

XIII. SHADOWS

XIV. JANETTA'S FAILURE

XV. A BONE OF CONTENTION

XVI. SIR PHILIP'S OPINION

XVII. MARGARET'S FRIENDSHIP

XVIII. A NEW FRIEND

XIX. NORA'S PROCEEDINGS

XX. AN ELDER BROTHER

XXI. CUTHBERT'S ROMANCE

XXII. WYVIS BRAND'S IDEAL

XXIII. FORGET-ME-NOTS

XXIV. LADY ASHLEY'S GARDEN PARTY

XXV. SIR PHILIP'S DECISION

XXVI. "FREE!"

XXVII. A BIG BRIBE

XXVIII. "CHANGES MUST COME."

XXIX. MARGARET'S CONFESSION

XXX. IN REBELLION

XXXI. THE PLOUGHMAN'S SON

XXXII. THE FAILURE OF MARGARET

XXXIII. RETROSPECT

XXXIV. FROM DISTANT LANDS

XXXV. JULIET

XXXVI. THE FRUITS OF A LIE

XXXVII. NIGHT

XXXVIII. THE LAST SCENE

XXXIX. MAKING AMENDS

XL. MY FAITHFUL JANET

A TRUE FRIEND

CHAPTER I.

AN UNSUITABLE FRIENDSHIP.

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