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Alice Lorraine
A Tale of the South Downs

Alice Lorraine A Tale of the South Downs

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ALICE LORRAINE:

A TALE OF THE SOUTH DOWNS.

BY

RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE,

AUTHOR OF “THE MAID OF SKER,” “LORNA DOONE,” ETC.

οὕτως ἔχει σοι ταῦτα, καὶ δείξεις τάχα,
εἴτ’ εὐγενὴς πέφυκας, εἴτ’ ἐσθλῶν κακή.

Soph. Ant.

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY,
LIMITED,
St. Dunstan’s House,
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1893.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

To

PROFESSOR OWEN, C.B., F.R.S., &c.,

WITH THE WRITER’S GRATITUDE,

FOR WORDS OF TRUE ENCOURAGEMENT,

AND MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS,

This Work

MOST HEARTILY IS DEDICATED

April, 1875.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— ALL IN THE DOWNS 1
II.— COOMBE LORRAINE 3
III.— LINEAGE AND LINEAMENTS 5
IV.— FATHER AND FAVOURITE 7
V.— THE LEGEND OF THE ASTROLOGER 11
VI.— THE LEGEND CONTINUED 14
VII.— THE LEGEND CONCLUDED 17
VIII.— ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST 20
IX.— THE LEGACY OF THE ASTROLOGER 24
X.— A BOY AND A DONKEY 27
XI.— CHAMBER PRACTICE 35
XII.— WITH THE COSTERMONGERS 45
XIII.— TO THE CHERRY-ORCHARDS 49
XIV.— BEAUTIES OF THE COUNTRY 55
XV.— OH, RUDDIER THAN THE CHERRY! 59
XVI.— OH, SWEETER THAN THE BERRY! 66
XVII.— VERY SHY THINGS 72
XVIII.— THE KEY OF THE GATE 78
XIX.— FOUR YOUNG LADIES 84
XX.— A RECTOR OF THE OLDEN STYLE 92
XXI.— A NOTABLE LADY 96
XXII.— A MALIGNANT CASE 100
XXIII.— THE BAITER BAITED 105
XXIV.— A FATHERLY SUGGESTION 109
XXV.— THE WELL OF THE

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