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

CHAPTER I. AN UNSUITABLE FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER II. LADY CAROLINE'S TACTICS
CHAPTER III. AT HELMSLEY COURT
CHAPTER IV. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER V. WYVIS BRAND
CHAPTER VI. JANETTA AT HOME
CHAPTER VII. NORA'S NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER VIII. FATHER AND CHILD
CHAPTER IX. CONSULTATION
CHAPTER X. MARGARET
CHAPTER XI. JANETTA'S PROMISES
CHAPTER XII. JANETTA REMONSTRATES
CHAPTER XIII. SHADOWS
CHAPTER XIV. JANETTA'S FAILURE
CHAPTER XV. A BONE OF CONTENTION
CHAPTER XVI. SIR PHILIP'S OPINION
CHAPTER XVII. MARGARET'S FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XVIII. A NEW FRIEND
CHAPTER XIX. NORA'S PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER XX. AN ELDER BROTHER
CHAPTER XXI. CUTHBERT'S ROMANCE
CHAPTER XXII. WYVIS BRAND'S IDEAL
CHAPTER XXIII. FORGET-ME-NOTS
CHAPTER XXIV. LADY ASHLEY'S GARDEN PARTY
CHAPTER XXV. SIR PHILIP'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXVI. "FREE!"
CHAPTER XXVII. A BIG BRIBE
CHAPTER XXVIII. "CHANGES MUST COME."
CHAPTER XXIX. MARGARET'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXX. IN REBELLION
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PLOUGHMAN'S SON
CHAPTER XXXII. THE FAILURE OF MARGARET
CHAPTER XXXIII. RETROSPECT
CHAPTER XXXIV. FROM DISTANT LANDS
CHAPTER XXXV. JULIET
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FRUITS OF A LIE
CHAPTER XXXVII. NIGHT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE LAST SCENE
CHAPTER XXXIX. MAKING AMENDS
CHAPTER XL. MY FAITHFUL JANET

A TRUE FRIEND

CHAPTER I.

AN UNSUITABLE FRIENDSHIP.