Henrietta Temple: A Love Story

_Some Account of the Family of Armine, and Especially of Sir Ferdinand and of Sir Ratcliffe._ THE family of Armine entered England with William the Norman. Ralph d’Arm...

_Armine Described_. AFTER his marriage Sir Ratcliffe determined to reside at Armine. In one of the largest parks in England there yet remained a fragment of a vast Elizabethan pil...

_Arrival of Glastonbury._ ADRIAN GLASTONBURY was a younger son of an old but decayed English family. He had been educated at a college of Jesuits in France, and had entered at an ...

_Progress of Affairs at Armine_. LIFE is adventurous. Events are perpetually occurring, even in the calmness of domestic existence, which change in an instant the whole train and ...

_A Domestic Scene._ YEARS glided away without any remarkable incidents in the life of young Ferdinand. He seldom quitted home, except as companion to Glastonbury in his pedestrian...

_Containing Another Domestic Scene_. LADY ARMINE and Glastonbury were both too much interested in the welfare of Sir Ratcliffe not to observe with deep concern that a great, altho...

_Containing an Unexpected Visit to London, and Its Consequences._ THE day after the conversation in the library to which Glastonbury had been an unwilling listener, he inform...

_A Visit to Glastonbury’s Chamber_. IT WAS arranged that Ferdinand should join his regiment by the next Mediterranean packet, which was not to quit Falmouth for a fortnight. Glast...

_The Last Day and the Last Night_. IN THE meantime, the approaching I departure of Ferdinand was the great topic of interest at Armine, It was settled that his father should accom...

_The Advantage of Being a Favourite Grandson_. THE exhausted Ferdinand found consolation in sleep. When he woke the dawn was just breaking. He dressed and went forth to look, for ...

_Partly Retrospective, yet Very Necessary to be Perused_. EARLY five years had elapsed between the event which formed the subject of our last chapter and the recall to England of ...

_In Which Captain Armine Achieves with Rapidity a Result Which Always Requires Great Deliberation_. It so happened that the regiment in which Captain Armine had the honour of...

_Which Ferdinand Returns to Armine_. IT WAS settled that a year must elapse from the death of Lord Grandison before the young couple could be united: a reprieve which did not occa...

_In Which Some Light Is Thrown on the Title of This Work_. HOW delicious after a long absence to wake on a sunny morning and find ourselves at home! Ferdinand could scarcely credi...

_In Which Captain Armine Is Very Absent during Dinner_. YOU are well mounted,’ said Mr. Temple to Ferdinand. ‘’Tis a barb. I brought it over with me.’ ‘’Tis a beautiful creature...

_In Which Captain Armine Pays His First Visit to Ducie_. YES! it is the morning. Is it possible? Shall he again behold her? That form of surpassing beauty: that bright, ...

_In Which Captain Armine Indulges in a Reverie_. THE squire’s carriage was announced, and then came his lady’s shawl. How happy was Ferdinand when he recollected that he was to r...

_A Strange Dream_. RESTLESS are the dreams of the lover that is young. Ferdinand Armine started awake from the agony of a terrible slumber. He had been walking in a garden with He...

_Which I Hope May Prove as Agreeable to the Reader as to Our Hero_. FERDINAND’S servant, whom he had despatched the previous evening to Armine, returned early with his master...

_Evening Stroll_. IN SPITE of his perilous situation, an indefinable sensation of happiness pervaded the soul of Ferdinand Armine, as he made his hurried toilet, and hastened to t...

_A Morning Walk_. IT WAS solitude that brought despair to Ferdinand Armine. The moment he was alone his real situation thrust itself upon him; the moment he had quitted the presen...

_Containing an Ominous Incident_. THE last adieus are bidden: Ferdinand is on his road to Armine, flying from the woman whom he adores, to meet the woman to whom he is betrothed. ...

_In Which Captain Armine Finds Reason to Believe in the Existence of Fairies._ IT IS difficult to describe the restlessness of Ferdinand Armine. His solitary dinner was an ex...

_Containing an Incident Which Is the Termination of Most Tales, though Almost the Beginning of the Present._ IT WAS about two hours before sunset that Captain Armine summon...

_In Which Captain Armine Proves Himself a Complete Tactician_. THE midnight moon flung its broad beams over the glades and avenues of Armine, as Ferdinand, riding Miss Temple...

_A Day of Love_. MEANWHILE the beautiful Henrietta sat in her bower, her music neglected, her drawing thrown aside. Even her birds were forgotten, and her flowers untended. A soft...

_Which on the Whole Is Found Very Consoling_. THE separation of lovers, even with an immediate prospect of union, involves a sentiment of deep melancholy. The reaction of our soli...

_Henrietta Visits Armine, Which Leads to a Rather Perplexing Encounter_. THE communion of this day, of the spirit of which the conversation just noticed may convey an intima...

_Which Contains Something Very Unexpected_. MISS TEMPLE had run up stairs to take off her bonnet; Ferdinand stood before the wood fire in the salon. Its clear, fragrant flame was ...

_Which Contains a Love-Letter_. LET us pause. We have endeavoured to trace, in the preceding portion of this history, the development of that passion which is at once the principl...

_Which, Supposing the Reader Is Interested in the Correspondence, Pursues It_. DEAREST! A thousand, thousand thanks, a thousand, thousand blessings, for your letter from Armi...

_Containing the Arrival at Ducie of a Distinguished Guest_. IT WAS about three weeks after Ferdinand Armine had quitted Ducie that Mr. Temple entered the breakfast-room one mornin...

_Containing Some Account of the Viscountess Dowager Bellair_. THE Viscountess Dowager Bellair was the last remaining link between the two centuries. Herself born of a noble f...

_In Which Lady Bellair Gives Some Account of Some of Her Friends_. LADY BELLAIR really loved Henrietta Temple. She was her prime and her permanent favourite, and she was alwa...

_Containing a Conversation Not Quite so Amusing as the Last_. IN THE evening Henrietta amused her guests with music. Mrs. Montgomery Floyd was enthusiastically fond of music,...

_In Which Mr. Temple Pays a Visit to His Daughter’s Chamber_. HENRIETTA, when she quitted the room, never stopped until she had gained her own chamber. She had no light but a...

_In Which Glastonbury Is Very Much Astonished_. IT WAS a gusty autumnal night; Glastonbury sat alone in his tower; every now and then the wind, amid a chorus of groaning branches ...

_In Which Glastonbury Finds That a Serene Temper Does Not Always Bring a Serene Life_. THOSE quiet slumbers, that the regular life and innocent heart of the good Glastonbury ...

_In Which Ferdinand Armine Is Much Concerned_. THE contingency which Glastonbury feared, surely happened; Miss Grandison insisted upon immediately rushing to her Ferdinand; and as...

_In Which Ferdinand Begins to Be a Little Troublesome_. FROM the moment of this happy slumber Ferdinand continued to improve. Each day the bulletin was more favourable, until his ...

_Containing the Intimation of a Somewhat Mysterious Adventure_. IT WAS absolutely necessary that Lady Armine’s interview with her son be confined merely to observations about...

_In Which the Family Perplexities Rather Increase than Diminish_. IF EVER there were a man who deserved a serene and happy life it was Adrian Glastonbury. He had purs...

_In Which Some Light Is Thrown upon Some Circumstances Which Were Before Rather Mysterious_. LADY ARMINE now proposed that the family should meet in Ferdinand’s room after di...

_Which Leaves Affairs in General in a Scarcely More Satisfactory Position than the Former One_. FERDINAND felt much calmer in his mind after this conversation with his cousin...

_Containing the Appearance on Our Stage of a New and Important Character_. THE Marquis of Montfort was the grandson of that nobleman who had been Glastonbury’s earliest patro...

_In Which Lord Montfort Contrives That Miss Temple Should be Left Alone_. AND how do you like my friend, Henrietta?’ said Mr. Temple, as they drove home. ‘I like your friend...

_In Which Mr. Temple and His Daughter, with Their New Friend, Make an Unexpected Excursion_. ONE delicious morning, remarkable even in the south, Lord Montfort called upon th...

_Showing That It Is the First Step That Is Ever the Most Difficult_. ABOUT a week after this visit to the villa, Mr. Temple and his daughter were absolutely induced to accomp...

_Which Contains Some Rather Painful Explanations_. THE reader will not perhaps be much surprised that the Marquis of Montfort soon became the declared admirer of Miss Temple. He m...

_Which Contains an Event Not Less Important Than the One Which Concluded Our Second Book_. LORD MONTFORT was scarcely disheartened by this interview with Miss Temple. His lo...

_Which Contains a Remarkable Change of Fortune_. ALTHOUGH Lord Montfort was now the received and recognised admirer of Miss Temple, their intended union was not immediate. Henriet...

_In Which the Reader Is Again Introduced to Captain Armine, during His Visit to London_. MISS GRANDISON had resolved upon taking a house in London for the season, and had o...

_In Which Glastonbury Meets the Very Last Person in the World He Expected, and the Strange Consequences_. WHEN Glastonbury arrived at the mansion of the good old duchess, he ...

_In Which Mr. Glastonbury Informs Captain Armine of His Meeting with Miss Temple_. IT WAS still an early hour when Mr. Glastonbury arrived at his hotel. He understood, howeve...

_Which, on the Whole, Is Perhaps as Remarkable a Chapter as Any in the Work_. WRETCHED as he was, the harsh business of life could not be neglected; Captain Armine was oblig...

_Containing an Evening Assembly at Bellair House_. SEATED on an ottoman in the octagon library, occasionally throwing a glance at her illuminated and crowded saloons, or beckoning...

_Containing a Very Important Communication_. BETWEEN the unexpected meeting with Captain Armine in the morning and the evening assembly at Bellair House, a communication had been ...

_Which Is Rather Strange_. IT WAS on the morning after the assembly at Bellair House that Ferdinand was roused from his welcome slumbers, for he had passed an almost sleepless nig...

_Which Is on the Whole Almost as Perplexing as the Preceding One_. WHEN Ferdinand found himself dining in St. James’-square, in the very same room where he had passed so many...

_In Which Captain Armine Increases His Knowledge of the Value of Money, and Also Becomes Aware of the Advantage of an Acquaintance Who Burns Coals_. FERDINAND returned ...

_In Which Captain Armine Unexpectedly Resumes His Acquaintance with Lord Catchimwhocan, Who Introduces Him to Mr. Bond Sharpe_. FERDINAND quitted his kind friend Mr....

_Miss Grandison Makes a Remarkable Discovery_. IN THE mean time, while the gloomy morning which Ferdinand had anticipated terminated with so agreeable an adventure, Henrietta and ...

_In Which Ferdinand Has the Honour of Dining with Mr. Bond Sharpe_. WHEN Ferdinand arrived at Mr. Bond Sharpe’s he was welcomed by his host in a magnificent suite of saloons,...

_Miss Grandison Piques the Curiosity of Lord Montfort, and Count Mirabel Drives Ferdinand Down to Richmond, Which Drive Ends in an Agreeable Adventure and an Unexpecte...

_In Which the Count Mirabel Commences His Operations with Great Success_. IS THERE a more gay and graceful spectacle in the world than Hyde Park, at the end of a long sunny ...

_In Which Mr. Temple Surprises His Daughter Weeping_. THE Count Mirabel proceeded with his projects with all the ardour, address, and audacity of one habituated to success. By som...

_In Which Ferdinand Has a Very Stormy Interview with His Father_. IF WE pause now to take a calm and comprehensive review of the state and prospects of the three families, ...

_Ferdinand Is Arrested by Messrs. Morris and Levison, and Taken to a Spunging-House_. IT MUST be confessed that the affairs of our friends were in a critical state: everyone ...

_The Crisis Rapidly Advances_. HENRIETTA TEMPLE began once more to droop. This change was not unnoticed by her constant companion Lord Montfort, and yet he never permitted her to ...

_In Which Ferdinand Receives More than One Visit, and Finds That Adversity Has Not Quite Deprived Him of His Friends_. IN THE mean time morning broke upon the unfortunate Fe...

_The Crisis_. ALTHOUGH, when Ferdinand was once more left alone to his reflections, it did not appear to him that anything had occurred which should change his opinion of his forl...

_Ferdinand Meditates over His Good Fortune_. IN MOMENTS of deep feeling, alike sudden bursts of prosperity as in darker hours, man must be alone. It requires some self-communion t...

_Ferdinand Receives the Most Interesting Invitation to Dinner Ever Offered to Him_. IS NOT it wonderful?’ said Ferdinand, when he had finished his history to Count Mirabel. ...

_Some Account of the Party, and Its Result_. IN SPITE of the Count Mirabel’s inspiring companionship, it must be confessed that Ferdinand’s heart failed him when he entered Mr. Te...

_Which, Though Final, It Is Hoped Will Prove Satisfactory_. OUR kind reader will easily comprehend that from the happy day we have just noticed, Ferdinand Armine was seldom absent...