The Last Chronicle of Barset

Last Chronicle of Barset, by
Anthony Trollope

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Author: Anthony Trollope
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The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

CONTENTS
I How Did He Get It? II By Heavens, He Had Better Not! III The
Archdeacon's Threat IV The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock V
What the World Thought about it VI Grace Crawley VII Miss
Prettyman's Private Room VIII Mr Crawley is Taken to Silverbridge IX
Grace Crawley Goes to Allington X Dinner at Framley Court XI The
Bishop Sends his Inhibition XII Mr Crawley Seeks for Sympathy XIII
The Bishop's Angel XIV Major Grantly Consults a Friend XV Up in
London XVI Down in Allington XVII Mr Crawley is Summoned to
Barchester XVIII The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed XIX Where Did
it Come From? XX What Mr Walker Thought about it XXI Mr Robarts
on his Embassy XXII Major Grantly at Home XXIII Miss Lily Dale's
Resolution XXIV Mrs Dobbs Broughton's Dinner-Party XXV Miss
Madalina Demolines XXVI The Picture XXVII A Hero at Home
XXVIII Showing How Major Grantly took a Walk XXIX Miss Lily
Dale's Logic XXX Showing what Major Grantly did after his Walk
XXXI Showing how Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick XXXII Mr

Toogood XXXIII The Plumstead Foxes XXXIV Mrs Proudie Sends for
her Lawyer XXXV Lily Dale writes Two Words in her Book XXXVI
Grace Crawley Returns Home XXXVII Hook Court XXXVIII Jael
XXXIX A New Flirtation XL Mr Toogood's Ideas about Society XLI
Grace Crawley at Home XLII Mr Toogood Travels Professionally
XLIII Mr Crosbie Goes to the City XLIV 'I Suppose I Must Let You
Have It' XLV Lily Dale Goes to London XLVI The Bayswater
Romance XLVII Dr Tempest at the Palace XLVIII The Softness of Sir
Raffle Buffle XLIX Near the Close L Lady Lufton's Proposition LI Mrs
Dobbs Broughton Piles her Fagots LII Why don't you have an 'It' for
Yourself? LIII Rotten Row LIV The Clerical Commission LV Framley
Parsonage LVI The Archdeacon Goes to Framley LVII A Double
Pledge LVIII The Cross-grainedness of Men LIX A Lady Presents her
Compliments to Miss L.D. LX The End of Jael and Sisera LXI 'It's
Dogged as Does It' LXII Mr Crawley's Letter to the Dean LXIII Two
Vistors to Hogglestock LXIV The Tragedy in Hook Court LXV Miss
Van Siever makes her Choice LXVI Requiescat in Pace LXVII In
Memoriam LXVIII The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley LXIX Mr Crawley's
Last Appearance in his own Pulpit LXX Mrs Arabin is Caught LXXI
Mr Toogood at Silverbridge LXXII There is Comfort at Plumstead
LXXIV The Crawleys are Informed LXXV Madalina's Heart is
Bleeding LXXVI I Think he is Light of Heart LXXVII The Shattered
Tree LXXVIII The Arabins Return to Barchester LXXIX Mr Crawley
Speaks of his Coat LXXX Miss Demolines Desires to Become a
Finger-post LXXXI Barchester Cloisters LXXXII The Last Scene at
Hogglestock LXXXIII Mr Crawley is Conquered LXXXIV Conclusion
CHAPTER I
HOW DID HE GET IT?
'I can never bring myself to believe it, John,' said Mary Walker the
pretty daughter of Mr George Walker, attorney of Silverbridge. Walker
and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable
people, who did all the solicitors' business that had to be done in that
part of Barsetshire on behalf of the Crown, were employed on the local
business of the Duke of Omnium, who is great in those parts, and

altogether held their heads up high, as provincial lawyers often do.
They--the Walkers--lived in a great brick house in the middle of the
town, gave dinners,