CONTENTS.

[PROLOGUE.]
[CHAPTER I. A QUEER ADVENTURE]
[CHAPTER II. A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT]
[PART I.]
[CHAPTER I. MRS. DACRE DARROW]
[CHAPTER II. A RED RAG TO A BULL]
[CHAPTER III. POVERTY HALL]
[CHAPTER IV. MR. BARTON'S VISITOR]
[CHAPTER V. BEHIND THE SCENES]
[CHAPTER VI. MRS. DARROW'S BOMBSHELL]
[CHAPTER VII. IN THE WOODS]
[CHAPTER VIII. SHORTY]
[CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW]
[CHAPTER X. THE SQUIRE'S SECRET]
[CHAPTER XI. UNMASKED]
[CHAPTER XII. MIRIAM KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT]
[CHAPTER XIII. MRS. DARROW BECOMES REFRACTORY]
[CHAPTER XIV. ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT]
[CHAPTER XV. A NINE DAYS' WONDER]
[CHAPTER XVI. A LITTLE FEMININE DIPLOMACY]
[CHAPTER XVII. A ROMAN FATHER]
[CHAPTER XVIII. THE REWARD OF MIRIAM]
[PART II.]
[CHAPTER I. 5A, ROSARY MANSIONS]
[CHAPTER II. JABEZ REDIVIVUS]
[CHAPTER III. MRS. PARSLEY'S PROTÉGÉ]
[CHAPTER IV. DICKY'S DISCOVERY]
[CHAPTER V. JUST IN TIME]
[CHAPTER VI. SOME MUTUAL COMPLIMENTS AND A CONFESSION]
[CHAPTER VII. MRS. DARROW SYMPATHISES]
[CHAPTER VIII. MRS. PARSLEY SEES A GHOST]
[CHAPTER IX. MORE TROUBLE]
[CHAPTER X. THE MAJOR'S POINT OF VIEW]
[CHAPTER XI. IN THE DEPTHS]
[CHAPTER XII. JABEZ SEEKS AN OLD FRIEND]
[CHAPTER XIII. THE END OF GERALD ARKEL]
[CHAPTER XIV. A QUEER STORY QUEERLY TOLD]
[EPILOGUE.]
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