Preface

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THE PRIME MINISTER

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

First published in monthly installments in 1875 and 1876

and in book form in 1876

CONTENTS

Volume I

I.

Ferdinand Lopez

II.

Everett Wharton

III.

Mr. Abel Wharton, Q.C.

IV.

Mrs. Roby

V.

"No One Knows Anything About Him"

VI.

An Old Friend Goes to Windsor

VII.

Another Old Friend

VIII.

The Beginning of a New Career

IX.

Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.—No. I

X.

Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.—No. II

XI.

Carlton Terrace

XII.

The Gathering of Clouds

XIII.

Mr. Wharton Complains

XIV.

A Lover's Perseverance

XV.

Arthur Fletcher

XVI.

Never Run Away!

XVII.

Good-Bye

XVIII.

The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself

XIX.

Vulgarity

XX.

Sir Orlando's Policy

XXI.

The Duchess's New Swan

XXII.

St. James's Park

XXIII.

Surrender

XXIV.

The Marriage

XXV.

The Beginning of the Honeymoon

XXVI.

The End of the Honeymoon

XXVII.

The Duke's Misery

XXVIII.

The Duchess Is Much Troubled

XXIX.

The Two Candidates for Silverbridge

XXX.

"Yes;—a Lie!"

XXXI.

"Yes;—with a Horsewhip in My Hand"

XXXII.

"What Business Is It of You rs?"

XXXIII.

Showing That a Man Should Not Howl

XXXIV.

The Silverbridge Election

XXXV.

Lopez Back in London

XXXVI.

The Jolly Blackbird

XXXVII.

The Horns

XXXVIII. Sir Orlando Retires

XXXIX.

"Get Round Him"

XL.

"Come and Try It"

Volume II

XLI.

The Value of a Thick Skin

XLII.

Retribution

XLIII.

Kauri Gum

XLIV.

Mr. Wharton Intends to Make a New Will

XLV.

Mrs. Sexty Parker

XLVI.

"He Wants to Get Rich Too Quick"

XLVII.

As for Love!

XLVIII.

"Has He Ill-treated You?"

XLIX.

"Where Is Guatemala?"

L.

Mr. Slide's Revenge

LI.

Coddling the Prime Minister

LII.

"I Can Sleep Here To-night, I Suppose?"

LIII.

Mr. Hartlepod

LIV.

Lizzie

LV.

Mrs. Parker's Sorrows

LVI.

What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband

LVII.

The Explanation

LVIII.

"Quite Settled"

LIX.

"The First and the Last"

LX.

The Tenway Junction

LXI.

The Widow and Her Friends

LXII.

Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read

LXIII.

The Duchess and Her Friend

LXIV.

The New K.G.

LXV.

"The re Must Be Time"

LXVI.

The End of the Session

LXVII.

Mrs. Lopez Prepares to Move

LXVIII.

The Prime Minister's Political Creed

LXIX.

Mrs. Parker's Fate

LXX.

At Wharton

LXXI.

The Ladies at Longbarns Doubt

LXXII.

"He Thinks That Our Days Are Numbered"

LXXIII.

Only the Duke of Omnium

LXXIV.

"I Am Disgraced and Shamed"

LXXV.

The Great Wharton Alliance

LXXVI.

Who Will It Be?

LXXVII.

The Duchess in Manchester Square

LXXVIII. The New Ministry

LXXIX.

The Wharton We dding

LXXX.

The Last Meeting at Matching

VOLUME I