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The Way We Live Now

By Anthony Trollope.

Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint I: Three Editors II: The Carbury Family III: The Beargarden IV: Madame Melmotte’s Ball V: After the Ball VI: Roger Carbury and Paul Montague VII: Mentor VIII: Lovesick IX: The Great Railway to Vera Cruz X: Mr. Fisker’s Success XI: Lady Carbury at Home XII: Sir Felix in His Mother’s House XIII: The Longestaffes XIV: Carbury Manor XV: “You Should Remember That I Am His Mother.” XVI: The Bishop and the Priest XVII: Marie Melmotte Hears a Love Tale XVIII: Ruby Ruggles Hears a Love Tale XIX: Hetta Carbury Hears a Love Tale XX: Lady Pomona’s Dinner Party XXI: Everybody Goes to Them XXII: Lord Nidderdale’s Morality XXIII: “Yes;—I’m a Baronet.” XXIV: Miles Grendall’s Triumph XXV: In Grosvenor Square XXVI: Mrs. Hurtle XXVII: Mrs. Hurtle Goes to the Play XXVIII: Dolly Longestaffe Goes Into the City XXIX: Miss Melmotte’s Courage XXX: Mr. Melmotte’s Promise XXXI: Mr. Broune Has Made Up His Mind XXXII: Lady Monogram XXXIII: John Crumb XXXIV: Ruby Ruggles Obeys Her Grandfather XXXV: Melmotte’s Glory XXXVI: Mr. Broune’s Perils XXXVII: The Boardroom XXXVIII: Paul Montague’s Troubles XXXIX: “I Do Love Him.” XL: “Unanimity Is the Very Soul of These Things.” XLI: All Prepared XLII: “Can You Be Ready in Ten Minutes?” XLIII: The City Road XLIV: The Coming Election XLV: Mr. Melmotte Is Pressed for Time XLVI: Roger Carbury and His Two Friends XLVII: Mrs. Hurtle at Lowestoft XLVIII: Ruby a Prisoner XLIX: Sir Felix Makes Himself Ready L: The Journey to Liverpool LI: Which Shall It Be? LII: The Results of Love and Wine LIII: A Day in the City LIV: The India Office LV: Clerical Charities LVI: Father Barham Visits London LVII: Lord Nidderdale Tries His Hand Again LVIII: Mr. Squercum Is Employed LIX: The Dinner LX: Miss Longestaffe’s Lover LXI: Lady Monogram Prepares for the Party LXII: The Party LXIII: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election LXIV: The Election LXV: Miss Longestaffe Writes Home LXVI: “So Shall Be My Enmity.” LXVII: Sir Felix Protects His Sister LXVIII: Miss Melmotte Declares Her Purpose LXIX: Melmotte in Parliament LXX: Sir Felix Meddles with Many Matters LXXI: John Crumb Falls Into Trouble LXXII: “Ask Himself.” LXXIII: Marie’s Fortune LXXIV: Melmotte Makes a Friend LXXV: In Bruton Street LXXVI: Hetta and Her Lover LXXVII: Another Scene in Bruton Street LXXVIII: Miss Longestaffe Again at Caversham LXXIX: The Brehgert Correspondence LXXX: Ruby Prepares for Service LXXXI: Mr. Cohenlupe Leaves London LXXXII: Marie’s Perseverance LXXXIII: Melmotte Again at the House LXXXIV: Paul Montague’s Vindication LXXXV: Breakfast in Berkeley Square LXXXVI: The Meeting in Bruton Street LXXXVII: Down at Carbury LXXXVIII: The Inquest LXXXIX: “The Wheel of Fortune.” XC: Hetta’s Sorrow XCI: The Rivals XCII: Hamilton K. Fisker Again XCIII: A True Lover XCIV: John Crumb’s Victory XCV: The Longestaffe Marriages XCVI: Where “The Wild Asses Quench Their Thirst” XCVII: Mrs. Hurtle’s Fate XCVIII: Marie Melmotte’s Fate XCIX: Lady Carbury and Mr. Broune C: Down in Suffolk Colophon Uncopyright Imprint The Standard Ebooks logo.

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I Three Editors

Let the reader be introduced to Lady Carbury, upon whose character and doings much will depend of whatever interest these pages may have, as she sits at her writing-table in her own room in her own house in Welbeck Street. Lady Carbury spent many hours at her desk, and wrote many letters⁠—wrote also very much beside letters. She spoke of herself in these days as a woman devoted to Literature, always spelling the word with a big L. Something of the nature of her devotion may be learned by the perusal of three letters which on this morning she had written with a quickly running hand. Lady Carbury was rapid in everything, and in nothing more rapid than in the writing of letters. Here is Letter No. 1;⁠—

Thursday, Welbeck Street.

Dear Friend⁠—

I have taken care that you shall have the early sheets of my two new volumes tomorrow, or Saturday at latest, so that you may, if so minded, give a poor struggler like myself a lift in your next week’s paper. Do give a poor struggler a lift. You and I have so much in common, and I have ventured to flatter myself that we are really friends! I do not flatter you when I say, that not only would aid from you help me more than from any other quarter, but also that

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