Plot
The Rev. Mr. Peacocke, after
a brilliant record at Trinity, became vicepresident
of a college in
Stimulated by Mrs. Stantiloup, a woman who had
been worsted by Dr. Wortle in a suit involving school
fees, rumors arose that the past of the Peacockes
would not bear investigation. The Bishop interfered and Dr. Wortle
made inquiry of his teacher, whose story was sympathetically received. The same
day Robert Lefroy, Ferdinand's brother, appeared at
the school in an attempt at blackmail, but, finding that the story he had to
tell was already known, admitted that his brother had since died. To obtain
proof of this statement Mr. Peacocke induced Lefroy to accompany him to
The love story of Mary Wortle and the young Lord
Carstairs is incidental to the main theme.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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