A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy

A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES Contents: Preface Part I–Before Dinner The First Countess of Wessex Barbara of the House of Grebe The Marchioness of Stonehenge Lady Mottisfont Part II–After Dinner The Lady Icenway Squire Petrick’s Lady Anna, Lady Baxby The Lady Penelope The Duchess Of Hamptonshire The Honourable Laura PREFACE The pedigrees of our county

A Changed Man and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy

A CHANGED MAN AND OTHER TALES Contents: Prefatory Note A Changed Man The Waiting Supper Alicia’s Diary The Grave by the Handpost Enter a Dragoon A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork What the Shepherd Saw A Committee Man of ‘The Terror’ Master John Horseleigh, Knight The Duke’s Reappearance A Mere Interlude PREFATORY NOTE I reprint