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THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET
by
WALTER BESANT and JAMES RICE
Library Edition
LondonChatto And Windus, Piccadilly1888
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.Edinburgh and London.
CONTENTS.
Part I.
_WITHIN THE RULES._
CHAP. PAGE
I. HOW KITTY LOST HER FATHER AND HER FRIENDS. 9
II. HOW KITTY MADE ENGAGEMENTS. 19
III. HOW WE CAME TO LONDON ON THE COACH. 25
IV. HOW KITTY FIRST SAW THE DOCTOR. 41
V. HOW KITTY WITNESSED A FLEET WEDDING. 59
VI. HOW KITTY BEGAN TO ENJOY THE LIBERTIES OF THE FLEET. 76
VII. HOW KITTY LEARNED TO KNOW THE DOCTOR. 88
VIII. HOW KITTY SPENT HER TIME. 93
IX. HOW THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE MADE TWO WOMEN PRISONERS. 105
X. HOW THE DOCTOR WAS AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS. 110
XI. HOW THE DOCTOR DISMISSED HIS FRIENDS. 126
XII. HOW KITTY EXECUTED THE DOCTOR'S REVENGE. 132
XIII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WOKE OUT OF SLEEP. 145
XIV. HOW MRS. DEBORAH WAS RELEASED. 152
XV. HOW MRS. ESTHER WAS DISCHARGED. 158
Part II.
_THE QUEEN OF THE WELLS._
I. HOW WE RETURNED TO THE POLITE WORLD. 177
II. HOW WE WENT TO THE WELLS. 186
III. HOW NANCY RECKONED UP THE COMPANY. 194
IV. HOW KITTY WENT TO HER FIRST BALL. 209
V. HOW KITTY WORE HER CROWN. 225
VI. HOW THE DOCTOR WROTE TO KITTY. 236
VII. HOW KITTY BROKE HER PROMISE. 241
VIII. HOW KITTY HAD LETTERS AND VERSES. 250
IX. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WENT TO LONDON. 258
X. HOW TWO OLD FRIENDS CAME TO EPSOM. 265
XI. HOW SIR MILES RENEWED HIS OFFER. 276
XII. HOW HARRY TEMPLE PROVED HIS VALOUR. 283
XIII. HOW DURDANS WAS ILLUMINATED. 291
XIV. HOW MY LORD MADE HIS CONFESSION. 301
XV. HOW NANCY HAD A QUICK TONGUE. 308
XVI. HOW SPED THE MASQUERADE. 313
XVII. HOW KITTY PREVENTED A DUEL. 326
XVIII. HOW HARRY GOT RELEASED. 344
XIX. HOW WILL LEVETT WAS DISAPPOINTED. 360
XX. HOW WILL WOULD NOT BE CROSSED. 379
XXI. HOW KITTY WENT TO LONDON. 417
XXII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH RECEIVED HIS FREEDOM. 435
THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET.
Part I.
_WITHIN THE RULES._