Illustrations

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“I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress”[Frontispiece]
“What was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore Leavenworth standing at the side of her uncle’s bed, with his pistol in her hand”[48]
“Pausing only long enough on the threshold to compose myself for the interview, I lifted my hand to knock”[50]
“Her whole appearance was so startling, so extraordinary, that I held my breath in surprise”[52]
“She . . . was fumbling with the waist of her dress in a way to convince me she had something concealed there which she was anxious to dispose of”[88]
“He pushed me upwards. ‘Go back!’ he whispered, . . . ‘Go back!’”[164]
“I could not prevent a feeling of sickly apprehension from seizing me as I turned towards the silent figure stretched so near”[276]
“I crawled up on to the ledge of the slanting roof last night . . . and . . . saw her moving round the room”[280]
“At the sight of his face, the man in our arms quivered, shrieked, and gave one bound that would have overturned Mr. Clavering, . . . had not Mr. Gryce interposed”[374]