CONTENTS.

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I.The First Gift,[9]
II.The Sibyl’s Cave,[20]
III.Chaleco and his Plunder,[28]
IV.The Midnight Ramble,[37]
V.Fairy Scenes and Fatal Passions,[56]
VI.The Sibyl and the Lovers,[59]
VII.Waiting for Vengeance,[66]
VIII.The Broken Idol,[70]
IX.Waiting and Fearing—A Wilderness of Beauty,[79]
X.The Courier and his Wild Visitor,[83]
XI.A Traveller’s Toilet,[88]
XII.Temptations and Resolutions,[92]
XIII.The Weird Wedding,[99]
XIV.The Gitanilla’s Oath,[104]
XV.The Mansion and the Cottage,[110]
XVI.Concealments and Suspicions,[115]
XVII.The Old Escritoir,[124]
XVIII.The Lady of Marston Court,[130]
XIX.My First Heart Tempest,[139]
XX.My Mother’s Last Appeal,[143]
XXI.The Oath Redeemed,[151]
XXII.Lost Memories,[156]
XXIII.The Threshold of my Father’s House,[162]
XXIV.A Paradise of Rest,[167]
XXV.Myself and my Shadow,[174]
XXVI.The Fairy at the Pool,[181]
XXVII.Funerals and Orphans,[187]
XXVIII.Pleasant Days and Pleasant Teachings,[196]
XXIX.My Strange Acquaintance,[204]
XXX.The Involuntary Hunt and its Consequences,[207]
XXXI.My Unexpected Escort,[216]
XXXII.The Unwelcome Visitor,[224]
XXXIII.Turner’s Struggle against Marriage,[230]
XXXIV.The Reluctant Proposal,[236]
XXXV.The Jovial Wedding and Random Shot,[240]
XXXVI.My First Visit to Greenhurst—The Two Miniatures,[250]
XXXVII.Sorrows, Doubts and Conjectures,[260]
XXXVIII.The Hazlenut Hedge,[270]
XXXIX.My Father’s Return,[276]
XL.Once More at Greenhurst,[284]
XLI.My Strange Visitor,[290]
XLII.Visions and Retrospections,[301]
XLIII.The Desolate Bridal Chambers,[310]
XLIV.The Bronze Coffer and my Mother’s Journal,[319]
XLV.The Shadowy Death-Chamber,[330]
XLVI.A Visit to my Arch Enemy,[339]
XLVII.My Lost Friend and my Lost Home,[352]
XLVIII.Our Flight from Marston Court,[366]
XLIX.The Mountain Lake and Hill-side Cottage,[368]
L.The Antique Bible,[376]
LI.The Island Cove,[382]
LII.The Sheep-Farmer and his Wife,[391]
LIII.Chaleco’s Triumph,[397]
LIV.Irving and his Mother,[404]
LV.Self-Abnegation,[411]
LVI.The Old Tower Chamber,[425]