Book 2

, chap. iii.]

[Illustration: "LOUISA, MY DEAR, YOU ARE THE SUBJECT OF A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO ME"--Chap. xv.]

[Illustration: "THIS, SIR," SAID BOUNDERBY, "IS MY WIFE, MRS. BOUNDERBY"-- Book 2 , chap. ii.]

[Illustration: "HEAVEN HELP US ALL IN THIS WORLD!"-- Book 2 , chap. v.]

[Illustration: "MRS. BOUNDERBY, I ESTEEM IT A MOST FORTUNATE ACCIDENT THAT I FIND YOU ALONE HERE"-- Book 2 , chap. vii.]

[Illustration: MRS. SPARSIT ADVANCED CLOSER TO THEM-- Book 2 , chap. xi.]

[Illustration: LEFT ALONE WITH HER MOTHER, LOUISA SAW HER LYING WITH AN AWFUL LULL UPON HER FACE-- Book 2 , chap. ix]

[Illustration: "I ONLY ENTREAT YOU TO BELIEVE, MY FAVOURITE CHILD, THAT I HAVE MEANT TO DO RIGHT"-- Book 3 , chap. i.]

[Illustration: "YOU HAVE SEEN ME ONCE BEFORE, YOUNG LADY," SAID RACHAEL-- Book 3 , chap. iv.]

[Illustration: "NOW, THETHILIA, I DON'T ATHK TO KNOW ANY THECRETH, BUT I THUPPOTHE I MAY CONTHIDER THITH TO BE MITH THQUIRE"-- Book 3 , chap. vii.]

[Illustration: SHE STOOPED DOWN ON THE GRASS AT HIS SIDE, AND BENT OVER HIM-- Book 3 , chap. vi.]

[Illustration: HERE WAS LOUISA, ON THE NIGHT OF THE SAME DAY, WATCHING THE FIRE AS IN THE DAYS OF YORE-- Book 3 , chap. ix.]

[Illustration: HE DREW UP A PLACARD, OFFERING TWENTY POUNDS REWARD, FOR THE APPREHENSION OF STEPHEN BLACKWOOD--