Godolphin
PREFACE TO GODOLPHIN.
CHAPTER I. THE DEATH-BED OF JOHN VERNON.—HIS DYING
WORDS.—DESCRIPTION OF HIS DAUGHTER, THE HEROINE.—THE OATH.
CHAPTER II. REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.—THE
COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.—CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH
LADY ERPINGHAM.—THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE
MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
CHAPTER III. THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S
NOTICE.—DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.—PERCY GODOLPHIN's
CHARACTER AS A BOY.—THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
CHAPTER IV. PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE
AGENT.
CHAPTER V. THE MUMMERS.—GODOLPHIN IN LOVE.—THE
EFFECT OF FANNY MILLINGER'S ACTING UPON HIM.—THE TWO
OFFERS.—GODOLPHIN QUITS THE PLAYERS.
CHAPTER VI. PERCY GODOLPHIN THE GUEST OF
SAVILLE.—HE ENTERS THE LIFE-GUARDS AND BECOMES THE FASHION.
CHAPTER VII. SAVILLE EXCUSED FOR HAVING HUMAN
AFFECTIONS.—GODOLPHIN SEES ONE WHOM HE NEVER SEES AGAIN.—THE NEW
ACTRESS.
CHAPTER VIII. GODOLPHIN'S PASSION FOR THE
STAGE.—THE DIFFERENCE IT ENGENDERED IN HIS HABITS OF LIFE.
CHAPTER IX. THE LEGACY.—A NEW DEFORMITY IN
SAVILLE.—THE NATURE OF WORLDLY LIAISONS.—GODOLPHIN LEAVES ENGLAND.
CHAPTER X. THE EDUCATION OF CONSTANCE'S MIND.
CHAPTER XI. CONVERSATION BETWEEN LADY ERPINGHAM
AND CONSTANCE.—FURTHER PARTICULARS OF GODOLPHIN'S FAMILY, ETC.
CHAPTER XII. DESCRIPTION OF GODOLPHIN'S
HOUSE.—THE FIRST INTERVIEW.—ITS EFFECT ON CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XIII. A BALL ANNOUNCED.—GODOLPHIN'S VISTT
TO WENDOVER CASTLE.—HIS MANNERS AND CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER XIV. CONVERSATION BETWEEN GODOLPHIN AND
CONSTANCE.—THE COUNTRY LINE AND THE TOWN LINE.
CHAPTER XV. THE FEELINGS OF CONSTANCE AND
GODOLPHIN TOWARDS EACH OTHER.—THE DISTINCTION IN THEIR
CHARACTERS.—REMARKS ON THE EFFECTS PRODUCED BY THE WORLD UPON
GODOLPHIN.—THE HIDE.—RURAL DESCRIPTIONS.—OMENS.—THE FIRST
INDISTINCT CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XVI. GODOLPHIN'S RETURN HOME.—HIS
SOLILOQUY.—LORD ERPINGHAM'S ARRIVAL AT WENDOVER CASTLE.—THE EARL
DESCRIBED.—HIS ACCOUNT OF GODOLPHIN'S LIFE AT ROME.
CHAPTER XVII. CONSTANCE AT HER TOILET.—HER
FEELINGS.—HER CHARACTER OF BEAUTY DESCRIBED.—THE BALL.—THE DUCHESS
OF WINSTOUN AND HER DAUGHTER.—AN INDUCTION FROM THE NATURE OF FEMALE
RIVALRIES.—JEALOUSY IN A LOVER.—IMPERTINENCE RETORTED.—LISTENERS
NEVER HEAR GOOD OF THEMSELVES.—REMARKS ON THE AMUSEMENTS OF A PUBLIC
ASSEMBLY.—THE SUPPER.—THE FALSENESS OF SEEMING GAIETY.—VARIOUS
REFLECTIONS, NEW AND TRUE.—WHAT PASSES BETWEEN GODOLPHIN AND
CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE INTERVIEW.—THE CRISIS OF A
LIFE.
CHAPTER XIX. A RARE AND EXQUISITE OF THE BEST
(WORST) SCHOOL.—A CONVERSATION ON A THOUSAND MATTERS.—THE DECLENSION
OF THE “SUI PROFUSUS” INTO THE “ALIENI APPETENS.”
CHAPTER XX. FANNY MILLINGER ONCE
MORE.—LOVE.—WOMAN.—BOOKS.—A HUNDRED TOPICS TOUCHED ON THE
SURFACE.—GODOLPHIN'S STATE OF MIND MORE MINUTELY EXAMINED.—THE DINNER
AT SAVILLE'S.
CHAPTER XXI. AN EVENT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE
PRINCIPAL ACTORS IN THIS HISTORY.—GODOLPHIN A SECOND TIME LEAVES
ENGLAND.
CHAPTER XXII. THE BRIDE ALONE.—A DIALOGUE
POLITICAL AND MATRIMONIAL.—CONSTANCWE GENIUS FOR DIPLOMACY.—THE
CHARACTER OF HER ASSBMBLIES.—HER CONQUEST OVER LADY DELVILLE.
CHAPTER XXIII. AN INSIGHT INTO THE REAL GRANDE
MONDE;—BEING A SEARCH BEHIND THE ROSE-COLOURED CURTAINS.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MARRIED STATE OF CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XXV. THE PLEASURE OF RETALIATING
HUMILIATION.—CONSTANCE'S DEFENCE OF FASHION.—REMARKS ON
FASHION.—GODOLPHIN'S WHEREABOUT.—FANNY MILLINGER'S CHARACTER OF
HERSELF.—WANT OF COURAGE IN MORALISTS.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER—AN
ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
CHAPTER XXVII. A CONVERSATION LITTLE APPERTAINING
TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.—RESEARCHES INTO HUMAN FATE.-THE PREDICTION.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE YOUTH OF LUCILLA VOLKTMAN.—A
MYSTERIOUS CONVERSATION.—THE RETURN OF ONE UNLOOKED FOR.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE EFFECT OF YEARS AND
EXPERIENCE.—THE ITALIAN CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XXX. MAGNETISM.—SYMPATHY.—THE RETURN OF
ELEMENTS TO ELEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXXI. A SCENE.—LUCILLA'S STRANGE
CONDUCT-GODOLPHIN PASSES THROUGH A SEVERE ORDEAL.—EGERIA'S GROTTO, AND
WHAT THERE HAPPENS.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE WEAKNESS OF ALL VIRTUE
SPRINGING ONLY FROM THE FEELINGS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. RETURN TO LADY ERPINGHAM.—LADY
ERPINGHAM FALLS ILL.—LORD ERPINGHAM RESOLVES TO GO ABROAD.—PLUTARCH
UPON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.—PARTY AT ERPINGHAM HOUSE.—SAVILLE ON
SOCIETY AND THE TASTE FOR THE LITTLE.—DAVID MANDEVILLE.—WOMEN, THEIR
INFLUENCE AND EDUCATION.—THE NECESSITY OF AN OBJECT.—RELIGION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. AMBITION VINDICATED.—THE HOME OF
GODOLPHIN AND LUCILLA.—LUCILLA'S MIND.—THE EFFECT OF HAPPY LOVE ON
FEMALE TALENT.—THE EVE OF FAREWELL. LUCILLA ALONE.—TEST OF A WOMAN'S
AFFECTION.
CHAPTER XXXV. GODOLPHIN AT ROME.—THE CURE FOR A
MORBID IDEALISM.—HIS EMBARRASSMENT IN REGARD TO LUCILLA.—THE
RENCONTRE WITH AN OLD FRIEND.—THE COLOSSEUM.—A SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. DIALOGUE BETWEEN GODOLPHIN AND
SAVILLE.—CERTAIN EVENTS EXPLAINED.—SAVILLE'S APOLOGY FOR A BAD
HEART.—GODOLPHIN'S CONFUSED SENTIMENTS FOR LADY ERPINGHAM.
CHAPTER XXXVII. AN EVENING WITH CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONSTANCE'S UNDIMINISHED LOVE FOR
GODOLPHIN.—HER REMORSE AND HER HOPE.—THE CAPITOL.—THE DIFFERENT
THOUGHTS OF GODOLPHIN AND CONSTANCE AT THE VIEW.—THE TENDER
EXPRESSIONS OF CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. LUCILLA'S LETTER.—THE EFFECT IT
PRODUCES ON GODOLPHIN.
CHAPTER XL. TIVOLI.—THE SIREN'S CAVE.—THE
CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XLI. LUCILLA.—THE SOLITUDE.—THE
SPELL.—THE DREAM AND THE RESOLVE.
CHAPTER XLII. JOY AND DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XLIII. LOVE STRONG AS DEATH, AND NOT LESS
BITTER.
CHAPTER XLIV. GODOLPHIN.
CHAPTER XLV. THE DECLARATION.—THE APPROACHING
NUPTIALS.—IS THE IDEALIST CONTENTED?
CHAPTER XLVI. THE BRIDALS.—THE ACCIDENT.—THE
FIRST LAWFUL POSSESSION OF LOVE.
CHAPTER XLVII. NEWS OF LUCILLA.
CHAPTER XLVIII. IN WHICH TWO PERSONS, PERMANENTLY
UNITED, DISCOVER THAT NO TIE CAN PRODUCE UNION OF MINDS.
CHAPTER XLIX. THE RETURN TO LONDON.—THE ETERNAL
NATURE OF DISAPPOINTMENT.—FANNY MILLINGER.—HER HOUSE AND SUPPER.
CHAPTER L. GODOLPHIN'S SOLILOQUY.—HE BECOMES A
MAN OF PLEASURE AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS.—A NEW CHARACTER SHADOWED
FORTH; FOR AS WE ADVANCE, WHETHER IN LIFE OR ITS REPRESENTATIONS,
CHARACTERS ARE MORE FAINT AND DIMLY DRAWN THAN IN THE EARLIER PART OF
OUR CAREER.
CHAPTER LI. GODOLPHIN'S COURSE OF LIFE.—INFLUENCE
OF OPINION AND OF RIDICULE ON THE MINDS OF PRIVILEGED ORDERS.—LADY
EHPINGITAM'S FRIENDSHIP WITH GEORGE THE FOURTH.—HIS MANNER OF LIVING.
CHAPTER LII. RADCLYFFE AND GODOLPHIN
CONVERSE.—THE VARIETIES OF AMBITION.
CHAPTER LIII. FANNY BEHIND THE
SCENES.—REMINISCENCES OF YOUTH.—THE UNIVERSALITY OF TRICK.—THE
SUPPER AT FANNY MILLINGER'S.—TALK ON A THOUSAND MATTERS, EQUALLY LIGHT
AND TRUE.—FANNY'S SONG.
CHAPTER LIV. THE CAREER OF CONSTANCE.—REAL STATE
OF HER FEELINGS TOWARDS GODOLPHIN.—RAPID SUCCESSION OF POLITICAL
EVENTS.—CANNING'S ADMINISTRATION.—CATHOLIC QUESTION.—LORD GREY'S
SPEECH.—CANNING'S DEATH.
CHAPTER LV. THE DEATH OF GEORGE IV.—THE POLITICAL
SITUATION OF PARTIES, AND OF LADY ERPINGHAM.
CHAPTER LVI. THE ROUE HAS BECOME A
VALETUDINARIAN.—NEWS.—A FORTUNETELLER.
CHAPTER LVII. SUPERSTITION.—ITS WONDERFUL
EFFECTS.
CHAPTER LVIII. THE EMPIRE OF TIME AND OF
LOVE.—THE PROUD CONSTANCE GROWN WEARY AND HUMBLE.—AN ORDEAL.
CHAPTER LIX. CONSTANCE MAKES A DISCOVERY THAT
TOUCHES AND ENLIGHTENS HER AS TO GODOLPHIN'S NATURE.—AN EVENT,
ALTHOUGH IN PRIVATE LIFE, NOT WITHOUT ITS INTEREST.
CHAPTER LX. THE REFORM BILL.—A VERY SHORT
CHAPTER.
CHAPTER LXI. THE SOLILOQUY OF THE SOOTHSAYER.—AN
EPISODICAL MYSTERY, INTRODUCED AS A TYPE OF THE MANY THINGS IN LIFE
THAT ARE NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR.—GRATUITOUS DEVIATIONS FROM OUR COMMON
CAREER.
CHAPTER LXII. IN WHICH THE COMMON LIFE GLIDES INTO
THE STRANGE.—EQUALLY TRUE, BUT THE TRUTH NOT EQUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED.
CHAPTER LXIII. A MEETING BETWEEN CONSTANCE AND THE
PROPHETESS.
CHAPTER LXIV. LUCILLA'S FLIGHT.—THE PERPLEXITY OF
LADY ERPINGHAM.—A CHANGE COMES OVER GODOLPHIN'S MIND.—HIS
CONVERSATION WITH RADCLYFFE.—GENERAL ELECTION.—GODOLPHIN BECOMES A
SENATOR.
CHAPTER LXV. NEW VIEWS OF A PRIVILEGED ORDER.—THE
DEATH-BED OF AUGUSTUS SAVILLE.
CHAPTER LXVI. THE JOURNEY AND THE SURPRISE.—A
WALK IN THE SUMMER NIGHT.—THE STARS AND THE ASSOCIATION THAT MEMORY
MAKES WITH NATURE.
CHAPTER LXVII. THE FULL RENEWAL OF LOVE.—HAPPINESS
PRODUCES FEAR, “AND IN TO-DAY ALREADY WALKS TOMORROW.”
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE LAST CONVERSATION BETWEEN
GODOLPHIN AND CONSTANCE.—HIS THOUGHTS AND SOLITARY WALK AMIDST THE
SCENES OF HIS YOUTH.—THE LETTER.—THE DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER THE LAST. A DREAD MEETING.—THE
STORM.—THE CATASTROPHE.
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