THE DOCTOR'S WIFE

A Novel

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," "AURORA FLOYD"

ETC. ETC. ETC.

LONDON

JOHN AND ROBERT MAXWELL

MILTON HOUSE, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET

CONTENTS.

I. A young man from the country
II. A sensation author
III. Isabel
IV. The end of George Gilbert's holiday
V. George at home
VI. Too much alone
VII. On the bridge
VIII. About poor Joe Tillet's young wife
IX. Miss Sleaford's engagement
X. A bad beginning
XI. "She only said, 'my life is weary!'"
XII. Something like a birthday
XIII. "Oh, my cousin, shallow-hearted!"
XIV. Under Lord Thurston's oak
XV. Roland says, "Amen"
XVI. Mr. Lansdell relates an adventure
XVII. The first warning
XVIII. The second warning
XIX. What might have been!
XX. "Oceans should divide us!"
XXI. "Once more the gate behind me falls"
XXII. "My love's a noble madness"
XXIII. A little cloud
XXIV. Lady Gwendoline does her duty
XXV. "For love himself took part against himself"
XXVI. A popular preacher
XXVII. "And now I live, and now my life is done!"
XXVIII. Trying to be good.
XXIX. The first whisper of the storm
XXX. The beginning of a great change
XXXI. Fifty pounds
XXXII. "I'll not believe but Desdemona's honest"
XXXIII. Keeping a promise
XXXIV. Retrospective
XXXV. "'Twere best at once to sink to peace"
XXXVI. Between two worlds