HOW IT ALL CAME ROUND
BY
Mrs. L. T. MEADE
AUTHOR OF "GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE," "WILD KITTY,"
"A GIRL OF THE PEOPLE," ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
MRS. L. T. MEADE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER_I. The Rich Charlotte.
CHAPTER II. The Poor Charlotte.
CHAPTER III. The Story.
CHAPTER IV. Two Ways Of Looking At It.
CHAPTER V. Love In A Diamond.
CHAPTER VI. In Prince's Gate.
CHAPTER VII. It Interests Her.
CHAPTER VIII. The Woman By The Hearth.
CHAPTER IX. Charlotte Cannot Bear The Dark.
CHAPTER X. John And Jasper Harman.
CHAPTER XI. "A Pet Day."
CHAPTER XII. Four Months Hence.
CHAPTER XIII. His First Brief.
CHAPTER XIV. Lodgings In Kentish Town.
CHAPTER XV. Mr. Harman's Confidence.
CHAPTER XVI. "Vengeance Is Mine."
CHAPTER XVII. Happiness Not Justice.
CHAPTER XVIII. "Sugar And Spice And All That's Nice."
CHAPTER XIX. "The Pretty Lady."
CHAPTER XX. Two Charlottes.
CHAPTER XXI. A Friend In Need.
CHAPTER XXII. Empty Purses.
CHAPTER XXIII. "Thy Will Be Done."
CHAPTER XXIV. "You Kept A Secret From Me."
CHAPTER XXV. They Recall Too Much.
CHAPTER XXVI. Had He Seen A Ghost?
CHAPTER XXVII. The Children's Great-uncle.
CHAPTER XXVIII. Cut Off With A Shilling.
CHAPTER XXIX. "Something Better For The Children Than Money."
CHAPTER XXX. She Could Not Postpone Her Engagement.
CHAPTER XXXI. Where Had The Money Cares Vanished To?
CHAPTER XXXII. Jasper's Terror.
CHAPTER XXXIII. The Reading Of The Will.
CHAPTER XXXIV. Trustees.
CHAPTER XXXV. Dan's Wife.
CHAPTER XXXVI. An Old Wedding-ring.
CHAPTER XXXVII. Three Facts.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Doctor's Verdict.
CHAPTER XXXIX. Puzzled.
CHAPTER XL. Charlotte's Plea.
CHAPTER XLI. No Wedding On The Twentieth.
CHAPTER XLII. "I Love Him," She Answered.
CHAPTER XLIII. "You Don't Want Money?"
CHAPTER XLIV. Love Before Gold.
CHAPTER XLV. The Fate Of A Letter.
CHAPTER XLVI. "The Way Of Transgressors."
CHAPTER XLVII. Charlotte Harman's Comfort.
CHAPTER XLVIII. The Children's Attic.
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CHAPTER XLIX. He Wept.
CHAPTER L. Home's Sermon.
CHAPTER LI. A Sinner.
CHAPTER LII. A Hidden Sin.
CHAPTER LIII. The Prince Of Peace.
CHAPTER LIV. Charlotte's Room.
CHAPTER LV. How Sandy Wilson Speaks Out His Mind.
CHAPTER LVI. Mrs. Home's Dream.
CHAPTER LVII. John.
CHAPTER LVIII. Bride And Bridegroom.
CHAPTER I.
THE RICH CHARLOTTE.
The room had three occupants, two were men, the third a woman. The men were middle-aged and
gray-haired, the woman on the contrary was in the prime of youth; she was finely made, and well
proportioned. Her face was perhaps rather too pale, but the eyes and brow were noble, and the sensitive mouth
showed indications of heart as well as intellect.
The girl, or rather young woman, for she was past five and twenty, sat by the fire, a book on her knee. The two men had drawn chairs close to a table. The elder of these men bore such an unmistakable likeness to the girl, that even the most casual observer must have guessed the relationship which existed between them. He was a handsome man, handsomer even than his daughter, but the same individualities marked both faces. While, however, in the woman all was a profound serenity and calm, the man had some anxious lines round the mouth, and some expression, now coming, now going, in the fine gray eyes, which betokened a long-felt anxiety.
The other and younger man was shrewd-looking and commonplace; but a very close observer of human nature
might have said, "He may be commonplace, but do not feel too certain; he simply possesses one of those faces
which[Pg 6] express nothing, from which not the cleverest detective in Scotland Yard could extract any
secret."
He was a man with plenty to say, and much humor, and at the moment this story opens he was laughing
merrily and in a heart-whole way, and his older and graver companion listened with evident enjoyment.
The room in which the three sat bore evidence of wealth. It was a library, and handsome books lay on the tables, and rare old folios could have been found by those who cared to look within the carefully locked bookcases. Some manuscripts were scattered about, and by the girl's side, on a small table, lay several carefully revised proofs, and even now she was bending earnestly over a book of reference.
"Well, Jasper," said the elder man, when the younger paused for an instant in his eager flow of words, "we have talked long enough about that fine land you have just come from, for even Australian adventures can keep\u2014I am interested in something nearer home. What do you say to Charlotte there? She was but a baby when you saw her last."
"She was five years old," replied Jasper. "A saucy little imp, bless you! just the kind that would be sure to
grow into a fine woman. But to tell the truth I don't much care to look at her, for she makes me feel
uncommonly old and shaky."
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