GEORGE MACDONALD'S WRITINGS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL.
"A mine of original and quaint similitudes. Their deep perceptions ofhuman nature are certainly remarkable."—The Century Magazine.
Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood.
The Seaboard Parish. A Sequel to Annals of a QuietNeighborhood.
Guild Court. A London Story.
Alec Forbes of Howglen.
Robert Falconer.
The Vicar's Daughter. An Autobiographical Story.
Paul Faber. Surgeon.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate.
Wilfrid Cumbermede. An Autobiographical Story.
Sir Gibbie.
St. George and St. Michael. A Novel.
{ The Portent. A Story.
{ Phantastes. A Faerie Romance for Men and Women.
David Elginbrod.
Adela Cathcart.
Malcolm.
The Marquis of Lossie.
Warlock O' Glenwarlock. A Homely Romance.
Mary Marston.
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GUILD COURT
A LONDON STORY
By GEORGE MACDONALD
Author of "ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD," "THE SEABOARDPARISH," Etc., Etc., Etc.
NEW YORK:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS,
9 Lafayette Place.
1883.
Guild Court.
CHAPTER I.
THE WALK TO THE COUNTING-HOUSE.
In the month of November, not many years ago, a young man was walkingfrom Highbury to the City. It was one of those grand mornings that dawnonly twice or thrice in the course of the year, and are so independentof times and seasons that November even comes in