vi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 

 XXX. — THE CROSS-ROADS AT DALLINGTON BURN . .191 



XXXI.— BOLTING THE BADGER 199 



XXXII.— MR. PUFFINGTON ; OR, THE YOUNG MAN ABOUT TOWN . . 205 



XXXIII. — A SWELL HUNTSMAN 215 



XXXIV.— LORD SCAMPERDALE AT JAWLEYFORD COURT . . . 226 



XXXV. — MR. PUFFINGTON's DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS . 237 



XXXVI. — A DAY WITH PUFFINGTON'S HOUNDS 242 



XXXVII.— WRITING A RUN ... 250 



XXXVIII.— A LITERARY BLOOMER . . ... 261 



XXXIX.— A DINNER AND A DEAL 266 



XL. — THE MORNING'S REFLECTIONS ... . 277 



XLI.— WANTED— A RICH GOD-PAPA ! . 288 



XLII.— THE DISCOMFITED DIPLOMATIST 294 



XLIII. — PUDDINGPOTE BOWER, THE SEAT OF JOGGLEBURY CROWDEY, 



ESQ 303 



XLIV. — A FAMILY BREAKFAST ON A HUNTING MORNING 311 



XLV. — HUNTING THE HOUNDS .... 319 



XLVI.— COUNTRY QUARTERS ... .... 324 



XLVII. — SIR HARRY SCATTERCASH'S H0UND3 328 



XLVIII. — FARMER PEASTRAW'-S dInE-MATINEE ... 338 



XLIX. — PUDDINGPOTE BOWER . 351 



L. — THE TRIGGER ..... 360 



LI.— NONSUCH HOUSE AGAIN ... 367 



LII.— THE DEBATE 377 



LIII. — FACEY ROMFORD AT HOME ... . . 388 



LIV. — NONSUCH HOUSE AGAIN . 396 



LV. — THE RISING GENERATION ... . . 409 



LVL— THE KENNEL AND 'ITIE STUD . ... 409 



LVII.— THE HUNT 415 



LVIII.— MR. SPONGE AT HOME .428 



LIX. — HOW THE GRAND ARISTOCRATIC CAME OFF 435 



LX. — HOW OTHER THINGS CAME OFF ...... 445 



