The Small House at Allington

Serial originally published in the Cornhill Magazine, Sept. 1862 - April 1864. Illustration depicts Adolphus Crosbie and Lady Alexandrina de Courcy as in Chapter XLVIII: 'When Crosbie returned home after this little conversation about the baby, he was told by his wife that they were to dine with the Gazebees on the next Sunday. On hearing this he shook his head with vexation. He knew, however, that he had no right to make complaint, as he had been only taken to St. John's Wood once since they had come home from their marriage trip. There was, however, one point as to which he could grumble. "Why, on earth, on Sunday?"'