The Claverings

E-text prepared by Mike Mariano from page images generously made available by the Making of America Collection of the Cornell University Library (http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/) and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., using illustrations generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org).

Editorial note:

The Claverings was published first in serial form in The Cornhill Magazine from February, 1866, to May, 1867, and then in book form by Smith, Elder and Co. in 1867.

The Cornhill version contained 16 full-page illustrations and 16 quarter-page vignettes by Mary Ellen Edwards, a respected and successful illustrator. The Smith, Elder first edition contained only the full-page illustrations. Both the full-page illustrations and the vignettes are included in this e-book. They can be seen by viewing the HTML version of this file. See 15766-h.htm or 15766-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15766/pg15766-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15766/15766-h.zip)

Images of the original illustrations are available through Internet Archive. For Chapters I-XV see https://archive.org/details/claverings01trolrich Chapters XVI-XXXIII see https://archive.org/details/claverings02trolrich and Chapters XXXIV-XLVIII see https://archive.org/details/claverings03trolrich

THE CLAVERINGS

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

CONTENTS

I. JULIA BRABAZON. II. HARRY CLAVERING CHOOSES HIS PROFESSION. III. LORD ONGAR. IV. FLORENCE BURTON. V. LADY ONGAR'S RETURN. VI. THE REV. SAMUEL SAUL. VII. SOME SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTESS. VIII. THE HOUSE IN ONSLOW CRESCENT. IX. TOO PRUDENT BY HALF. X. FLORENCE BURTON AT THE RECTORY. XI. SIR HUGH AND HIS BROTHER ARCHIE. XII. LADY ONGAR TAKES POSSESSION. XIII. A VISITOR CALLS AT ONGAR PARK. XIV. COUNT PATEROFF AND HIS SISTER. XV. AN EVENING IN BOLTON STREET. XVI. THE RIVALS. XVII. "LET HER KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE." XVIII. CAPTAIN CLAVERING MAKES HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. XIX. THE BLUE POSTS. XX. DESOLATION. XXI. YES; WRONG;--CERTAINLY WRONG. XXII. THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL. XXIII. CUMBERLY LANE WITHOUT THE MUD. XXIV. THE RUSSIAN SPY. XXV. "WHAT WOULD MEN SAY OF YOU?" XXVI. THE MAN WHO DUSTED HIS BOOTS WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF. XXVII. FRESHWATER GATE. XXVIII. WHAT CECILIA BURTON DID FOR HER SISTER-IN-LAW. XXIX. HOW DAMON PARTED FROM PYTHIAS. XXX. DOODLES IN MOUNT STREET. XXXI. HARRY CLAVERING'S CONFESSION. XXXII. FLORENCE BURTON PACKS UP A PACKET. XXXIII. SHOWING WHY HARRY CLAVERING WAS WANTED AT THE RECTORY. XXXIV. MR. SAUL'S ABODE. XXXV. PARTING. XXXVI. CAPTAIN CLAVERING MAKES HIS LAST ATTEMPT. XXXVII. WHAT LADY ONGAR THOUGHT ABOUT IT. XXXVIII. HOW TO DISPOSE OF A WIFE. XXXIX. FAREWELL TO DOODLES. XL. SHEWING HOW MRS. BURTON FOUGHT HER BATTLE. XLI. THE SHEEP RETURNS TO THE FOLD. XLII. RESTITUTION. XLIII. LADY ONGAR'S REVENGE. XLIV. SHEWING WHAT HAPPENED OFF HELIGOLAND. XLV. IS SHE MAD? XLVI. MADAME GORDELOUP RETIRES FROM BRITISH DIPLOMACY. XLVII. SHOWING HOW THINGS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT THE RECTORY. XLVIII. CONCLUSION.