BOOK IV. A Slip Betwixt Cup and Lip

A SLIP BETWIXT CUP AND LIP

I. Lady Louisa Barking Traces the Finger of Providence 302

II. Telling How Vanity Fair Made Acquaintance with Richard Calmady 314

III. In which Katherine Tries to Nail Up the Weather-glass to Set Fair 324

IV. A Lesson Upon the Eleventh Commandment--"Parents Obey Your Children" 337

V. Iphigenia 350

VI. In which Honoria St. Quentin Takes the Field 362

VII. Recording the Astonishing Valour Displayed by a Certain Small Mouse in a Corner 375

VIII. A Manifestation of the Spirit 386

IX. In which Dickie Shakes Hands with the Devil 397