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  THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET

  by

  WALTER BESANT and JAMES RICE

  Library Edition

  LondonChatto And Windus, Piccadilly1888

  Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.Edinburgh and London.

  CONTENTS.

  Part I.

  _WITHIN THE RULES._

  CHAP. PAGE

  I. HOW KITTY LOST HER FATHER AND HER FRIENDS. 9

  II. HOW KITTY MADE ENGAGEMENTS. 19

  III. HOW WE CAME TO LONDON ON THE COACH. 25

  IV. HOW KITTY FIRST SAW THE DOCTOR. 41

  V. HOW KITTY WITNESSED A FLEET WEDDING. 59

  VI. HOW KITTY BEGAN TO ENJOY THE LIBERTIES OF THE FLEET. 76

  VII. HOW KITTY LEARNED TO KNOW THE DOCTOR. 88

  VIII. HOW KITTY SPENT HER TIME. 93

  IX. HOW THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE MADE TWO WOMEN PRISONERS. 105

  X. HOW THE DOCTOR WAS AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS. 110

  XI. HOW THE DOCTOR DISMISSED HIS FRIENDS. 126

  XII. HOW KITTY EXECUTED THE DOCTOR'S REVENGE. 132

  XIII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WOKE OUT OF SLEEP. 145

  XIV. HOW MRS. DEBORAH WAS RELEASED. 152

  XV. HOW MRS. ESTHER WAS DISCHARGED. 158

  Part II.

  _THE QUEEN OF THE WELLS._

  I. HOW WE RETURNED TO THE POLITE WORLD. 177

  II. HOW WE WENT TO THE WELLS. 186

  III. HOW NANCY RECKONED UP THE COMPANY. 194

  IV. HOW KITTY WENT TO HER FIRST BALL. 209

  V. HOW KITTY WORE HER CROWN. 225

  VI. HOW THE DOCTOR WROTE TO KITTY. 236

  VII. HOW KITTY BROKE HER PROMISE. 241

  VIII. HOW KITTY HAD LETTERS AND VERSES. 250

  IX. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WENT TO LONDON. 258

  X. HOW TWO OLD FRIENDS CAME TO EPSOM. 265

  XI. HOW SIR MILES RENEWED HIS OFFER. 276

  XII. HOW HARRY TEMPLE PROVED HIS VALOUR. 283

  XIII. HOW DURDANS WAS ILLUMINATED. 291

  XIV. HOW MY LORD MADE HIS CONFESSION. 301

  XV. HOW NANCY HAD A QUICK TONGUE. 308

  XVI. HOW SPED THE MASQUERADE. 313

  XVII. HOW KITTY PREVENTED A DUEL. 326

  XVIII. HOW HARRY GOT RELEASED. 344

  XIX. HOW WILL LEVETT WAS DISAPPOINTED. 360

  XX. HOW WILL WOULD NOT BE CROSSED. 379

  XXI. HOW KITTY WENT TO LONDON. 417

  XXII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH RECEIVED HIS FREEDOM. 435

  THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET.

  Part I.

  _WITHIN THE RULES._