The Dukes Children

The Duke's Children

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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN
by Anthony Trollope

CONTENTS
1 When the Duchess was Dead 2 Lady Mary Palliser 3 Francis
Oliphant Tregear 4 It is Impossible 5 Major Tifto 6 Conservative
Convictions 8 He is a Gentleman 9 'In Media Res' 10 Why not like
Romeo if I Feel like Romeo? 11 Cruel 12 At Richmond 13 The Duke's
Injustice 14 The New Member for Silverbridge 15 The Duke Receives
a Letter,--and Writes One 16 Poor Boy 17 The Derby 18 One of the
Results of the Derby 19 'No; My Lord, I Do Not' 20 Then He will
Come Again 21 Sir Timothy Beeswax 22 The Duke in his Study 23
Frank Tregear wants a Friend 24 She Must be Made to Obey 25 A
Family Breakfast-Table 26 Dinner at the Beargarden 27 Major Tifto
and the Duke 28 Mrs Montacute 29 The Lovers Meet 30 What Came of
the Meeting 31 Miss Boncassen's River-Party No. 1 32 Miss
Boncassen's River-Party No. 2 33 The Langham Hotel 34 Lord
Popplecourt 35 'Don't You Think--?' 36 Tally-ho Lodge 37 Grex 38
Crummie-Toddie 39 Killancodlem 40 And Then! 41 Ischl 42 Again at
Killancodlem 43 What Happened at Doncaster 44 How It was Done 45
There Shall Not be Another Word About It 46 Lady Mary's Dream 47
Miss Boncassen's Idea of Heaven 48 The Party at Custins is Broken Up
49 The Major's Fate 50 The Duke's Arguments 51 The Duke's Guests
52 Miss Boncassen Tells the Truth 53 The I am Proud as a Queen 54 I
Don't Think She is a Snake 55 Polpenno 56 The News is Sent to
Matching 57 The Meeting at the Bobtailed Fox 58 The Major is

Deposed 59 No One Can Tell What May Come to Pass 60 Lord Gerald
in Further Trouble 61 'Bone of My Bone' 62 The Brake Country 63 'I've
Seen 'em Like That Before' 64 'I Believe Him to be a Worthy Young
Man' 65 'Do You Ever Think What Money Is?' 66 The Three Attacks
67 'He is Such a Beast' 68 Brook Street 69 Pert Popper 70 'Love May
be a Great Misfortune' 71 'What am I to Say, Sir?' 72 Carlton Terrace
73 'I Have Never Loved You' 74 'Let Us Drink a Glass of Wine
Together' 75 The Major's Story 76 On Deportment 77 'Mabel,
Good-Bye' 78 The Duke Returns to Office 79 The First Wedding 80
The Second Wedding

CHAPTER 1
When The Duchess Was Dead

No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than
our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this
sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first
nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in
England. Then they had gone abroad, taking with them their three
children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, had been at Oxford, but had his
career there cut short by some more than ordinary youthful folly, which
had induced his father to agree with the college authorities that his
name had better be taken off the college books,--all which had been
cause of very great sorrow to the Duke. The other boy was to go to
Cambridge, but his father had thought it well to give him a
twelve-month's run on the Continent, under his own inspection. Lady
Mary, the only daughter, was the youngest of the family, and she also
had been with them on the Continent.