Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Robert Smith Surtees Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Table of Contents Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt................................................................................................................1 Robert Smith Surtees.....................................................................................................................................1 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER I. THE OLDEN TIMES..............................................................................................................3 CHAPTER II. THE RIVAL DOCTORS AND M.C.....................................................................................9 CHAPTER III. THE RIVAL ORATORS....................................................................................................13 CHAPTER IV. THE HUNT BALL.............................................................................................................18 CHAPTER V. THE HUNT COMMITTEE.................................................................................................25 CHAPTER VI. THE CLIMAX OF DISASTER.........................................................................................32 The Honourable Committee of Management of the Handley Cross Fox−hounds.......................................34 CHAPTER VII. MR. JORROCKS..............................................................................................................36 ONE PINT (Wine measure).........................................................................................................................42 CHAPTER VIII. CAPTAIN DOLEFUL'S DIFFICULTIES.......................................................................46 CHAPTER IX. THE CONQUERING HERO COMES..............................................................................48 CHAPTER X. THE CONQUERING HERO'S PUBLIC ENTRY..............................................................51 CHAPTER XI. THE ORATIONS...............................................................................................................55 CHAPTER XII. CAPTAIN DOLEFUL AGAIN........................................................................................58 CHAPTER XIII. A FAMILY DINNER......................................................................................................60 CHAPTER XIV. MR. JORROCKS AND HIS SECRETARY...................................................................62 CHAPTER XV. THE COCKNEY WHIPPER−IN......................................................................................69 CHAPTER XVI. SIR ARCHEY DEPECARDE.........................................................................................78 CHAPTER XVII. THE PLUCKWELLE PRESERVES.............................................................................81 CHAPTER XVIII. A SPORTING LECTOR...............................................................................................83 CHAPTER XIX. HUNTSMAN WANTED................................................................................................94 CHAPTER XX. JAMES PIGG....................................................................................................................98 CHAPTER XXI. A FRIGHTFUL COLLISION! BECKFORD v. BEN...................................................103 CHAPTER XXII. THE CUT−'EM−DOWN CAPTAINS.........................................................................106 CHAPTER XXIII. THE CUT−'EM−DOWN CAPTAIN'S GROOM.......................................................109 CHAPTER XXIV. BELINDA'S BEAU....................................................................................................110 CHAPTER XXV. MR. JORROCKS AT EARTH....................................................................................119 CHAPTER XXVI. A QUIET EYE............................................................................................................123 CHAPTER XXVII. ANOTHER BENIGHTED SPORTSMAN...............................................................136 CHAPTER XXVIII....................................................................................................................................144 CHAPTER XXIX. COOKING UP A HUNT DINNER............................................................................150 CHAPTER XXX. SERVING UP A HUNT DINNER..............................................................................154 CHAPTER XXXI. THE FANCY BALL...................................................................................................162 CHAPTER XXXII. ANOTHER SPORTING LECTOR...........................................................................168 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LECTOR RESUMED.....................................................................................180 CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. JORROCKS'S JOURNAL...............................................................................184 CHAPTER XXXV. THE "CAT AND CUSTARD−POT" DAY..............................................................187 CHAPTER XXXVI. JAMES PIGG AGAIN!!!.........................................................................................192 CHAPTER XXXVII. MR. JORROCKS'S JOURNAL.............................................................................196 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN DAY................................................200 CHAPTER XXXIX. MR. MARMADUKE MULEYGRUBS..................................................................206 CHAPTER XL. THE TWO PROFESSORS..............................................................................................218 CHAPTER XLI. ANOTHER CATASTROPHE.......................................................................................222 CHAPTER XLII. THE GREAT MR. PRETTYFAT................................................................................227 CHAPTER XLIII. M.F.H. BUGGINSON.................................................................................................229 i Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Table of Contents Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. CHAPTER XLIV. PINCH−ME−NEAR FOREST....................................................................................232 CHAPTER XLV. A FRIEND IN NEED, &C...........................................................................................237 CHAPTER XLVI. THE SHORTEST DAY..............................................................................................240 CHAPTER XLVII. JAMES PIGG AGAIN!!!...........................................................................................240 CHAPTER XLVIII. MR. JORROCKS'S JOURNAL...............................................................................242 CHAPTER XLIX. THE CUT 'EM DOWN CAPTAIN'S QUADS...........................................................244 HUNTERS FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, BY MR. TAPPINGTON, IN THE IMPERIAL HOTEL YARD, LOOPLINE, (The property of an Officer going Abroad), the following very superior HORSES, well known with Sir Peregrine Cropper's and Mr. Slasher's hounds........................................................244 CHAPTER L. POMPONIUS EGO............................................................................................................248 CHAPTER LI. THE POMPONIUS EGO DAY........................................................................................253 CHAPTER LII. A BAD CHURNING.......................................................................................................264 CHAPTER LIII. THE PIGG TESTIMONIAL..........................................................................................268 CHAPTER LIV. THE WANING SEASON..............................................................................................270 CHAPTER LV. PRESENTATION OF THE PIGG TESTIMONIAL......................................................273 CHAPTER LVI. SUPERINTENDENT CONSTABLES SHARK AND CHIZELER.............................278 CHAPTER LVII. THE PROPHET GABRIEL..........................................................................................282 CHAPTER LVIII. ANOTHER LAST DAY.............................................................................................284 CHAPTER LIX. ANOTHER SPORTING LECTOR................................................................................288 CHAPTER LX. THE STUD SALE...........................................................................................................294 CHAPTER LXI. THE PRIVATE DEAL..................................................................................................301 CHAPTER LXII. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; OR, THE A.D.C.....................................................308 CHAPTER LXIII. MR. JORROCKS'S DRAFT.......................................................................................317 CHAPTER LXIV. DOLEFUL v. JORROCKS.........................................................................................320 CHAPTER LXV. THE CAPTAIN'S WINDFALL...................................................................................335 CHAPTER LXVI. JORROCKS IN TROUBLE........................................................................................337 CHAPTER LXVII. THE COMMISSION RESUMED.............................................................................349 CHAPTER LXVIII. THE COURT RESUMES........................................................................................352