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An aspirational young man must decide between his wealthy and widowed first love, and his affianced and honest second.
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Harry Clavering is an able, ambitious, and attractive young man, son of a country vicar and cousin to a baronet. His love for the baronet's beautiful sister-in-law is at first reciprocated, but then rebuffed as her own ambitions incline her towards marrying a wealthy but personally repellent earl. Harry licks his wounds, and seeks to make his own fortune by training for a career as a civil engineer.
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: Showing How Mrs. Burton Fought Her Battle
XLI: The Sheep Returns to the Fold
XLII: Restitution
XLIII: Lady Ongar's Revenge
XLIV: Showing 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