
In Trust, The Story of a Lady and her Lover
By Mrs. OliphantLength16h 7m
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Excerpt: "'My dear, the case is as plain as noonday; you must give this man up.''The case is not plain to me, father—at least, not in your sense.''Anne, you are very positive and self-opinionated, but you cannot—it is not possible—set up your judgment against mine on such a point. You, an inexperienced, prejudiced girl, a rustic with no knowledge of the world! What do you know about the man? Oh, I allow he is well enough to look at; he has had the usual amount of education, and so forth; but what do you know about him? that is what I ask.''Not much, father,' said Anne, steadily; 'but I know him.''Stuff! you, a girl not much over twenty, know a man! Does he tell you, do you suppose, all the adventures of his life? Does he confess his sins to you? A young fellow that has been trained at a public school, that has been at the university, that has knocked about the world—is he going to confide all that to you? He would be unworthy the name of gentleman if he did.'"
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length16 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
2CHAPTER II. THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
3CHAPTER III. THE ‘GAME.’
4CHAPTER IV. THE BEECHES.
5CHAPTER V. EXPLANATIONS.
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6CHAPTER VI. GOOD-BYE.
7CHAPTER VII. CROSS-EXAMINATION.
8CHAPTER VIII. THE MEADOWLANDS’ PARTY.
9CHAPTER IX. COSMO.
10CHAPTER X. FAMILY COUNSELS.
11CHAPTER XI. PROJECTS OF MARRIAGE.
12CHAPTER XII. MISTRESS AND MAID.
13CHAPTER XIII. HEATHCOTE MOUNTFORD.
14CHAPTER XIV. THE SPECTATOR’S VIEW.
15CHAPTER XV. TAMPERING WITH A LAWYER.
16CHAPTER XVI. GOOD ADVICE.
17CHAPTER XVII. THE ABSOLUTE AND THE COMPARATIVE.
18CHAPTER XVIII. AFTERTHOUGHTS.
19CHAPTER XIX. THE CATASTROPHE.
20CHAPTER XX. THE WILL.
21CHAPTER XXI. WHEN ALL WAS OVER.
22CHAPTER XXII. SOPHISTRY.
23CHAPTER XXIII. HEATHCOTE’S PROPOSAL.
24CHAPTER XXIV. A VISITOR.
25CHAPTER XXV. PACKING UP.
26CHAPTER XXVI. GOING AWAY.
27CHAPTER XXVII. A NEW BEGINNING.
28CHAPTER XXVIII. HEATHCOTE’S CAREER.
29CHAPTER XXIX. CHARLEY INTERFERES.
30CHAPTER XXX. THE RECTOR SATISFIED.
31CHAPTER XXXI. FALLEN FROM HER HIGH ESTATE.
32CHAPTER XXXII. ROSE ON HER DEFENCE.
33CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.
34CHAPTER XXXIV. THE HEIRESS’S TRIAL.
35CHAPTER XXXV. A SIMPLE WOMAN.
36CHAPTER XXXVI. THE LAST.