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CONTENTS.
- I. UP THE SAGUENAY. 1
- II. MRS. ELLISON'S LITTLE MANŒUVRE. 37
- III. ON THE WAY BACK TO QUEBEC. 67
- IV. MR. ARBUTON'S INSPIRATION. 84
- V. MR. ARBUTON MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE. 100
- VI. A LETTER OF KITTY'S. 121
- VII. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. 139
- VIII. NEXT MORNING. 160
- IX. MR. ARBUTON'S INFATUATION. 180
- X. MR. ARBUTON SPEAKS. 194
- XI. KITTY ANSWERS. 204
- XII. THE PICNIC AT CHÂTEAU-BIGOT. 220
- XIII. ORDEAL. 244
- XIV. AFTERWARDS. 277