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"UNCLE SILAS," "TENANTS OF MALORY," "WYLDEN'S HAND," ETC. ETC.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 198, PICCADILLY. 1876.
SWIFT AND CO., PRINTERS, NEWTON STREET, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.
CHAP. PAGE TO THE READER 1 I.--AN ARRIVAL 6 II.--OUR CURIOSITY IS PIQUED 15 III.--THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT 21 IV.--MY FATHER 26 V.--THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK 34 VI.--A STRANGER APPEARS 41 VII.--TASSO 47 VIII.--THUNDER 53 IX.--AWAKENED 57 X.--A SIGHT FROM THE WINDOWS 61 XI.--CATASTROPHE 66 XII.--OUR GUEST 71 XIII.--MEETING IN THE GARDEN 77 XIV.--THE INTRUDER 81 XV.--A WARNING 87 XVI.--DOUBTS 91 XVII.--LEMUEL BLOUNT 100 XVIII.--IDENTIFIED 108 XIX.--PISTOLS FOR TWO 113 XX.--THE WOOD OF PLAS YLWD 120 XXI.--THE PATIENT AT PLAS YLWD 124 XXII.--THE OUTLAW 129 XXIII.--A JOURNEY 133 XXIV.--ARRIVALS 137 XXV.--THE DOCTOR'S NEWS 143 XXVI.--LADY LORRIMER 149 XXVII.--WHAT CAN SHE MEAN? 155 XXVIII.--A SEMI-QUARREL 159 XXIX.--MY BOUQUET 168 XXX.--THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK CASTLE 173 XXXI.--RUSTICATION 179 XXXII.--AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON 187 XXXIII.--NOTICE TO QUIT 194 XXXIV.--SIR HARRY'S ANSWER 199 XXXV.--LADY MARDYKES'S BALL 207 XXXVI.--NEWS OF LADY LORRIMER 213 XXXVII.--A LAST LOOK 221 XXXVIII.--STORM 228 XXXIX.--FAREWELL, MISS WARE 237 XL.--A RAINY DAY 245 XLI.--THE FLITTING 250 XLII.--A FORLORN HOPE 257 XLIII.--COLD STEEL 263 XLIV.--AN OMINOUS VISIT 272 XLV.--CONFIDENTIAL 276 XLVI.--AFTER OFFICE HOURS 285 XLVII.--SIR HARRY SPEAKS 289 XLVIII.--THE OLD LOVE 292 XLIX.--ALONE IN THE WORLD 295 L.--A PROTECTOR 300 LI.--A WARNING 305 LII.--MINE ENEMY 310 LIII.--ONE MORE CHANCE 318 LIV.--DANGEROUS GROUND 327 LV.--MR. CARMEL TAKES HIS LEAVE 332 LVI.--"LOVE TOOK UP THE GLASS OF TIME." 338 LVII.--AN AWKWARD PROPOSAL 342 LVIII.--DANGER 347 LIX.--AN INTRUDER 351 LX.--SIR HARRY'S KEY 355 LXI.--A DISCOVERY 358 LXII.--SIR HARRY WITHDRAWS 363 LXIII.--AT THE THREE NUNS 369 LXIV.--THE WILL 374 LXV.--THE SERPENT'S SMILE 380 LXVI.--LAURA GREY 384 LXVII.--A CHAPTER OF EXPLANATIONS 388 LXVIII.--THE LAST OF THE ROKESTONES 394 LXIX.--SEARCH FOR THE WILL 398 LXX.--A DISAPPOINTMENT 403 LXXI.--A WOMAN'S HEART 408