CONTENTS [CHAPTER I. JOAN HASTE.] [CHAPTER II. SAMUEL ROCK DECLARES HIMSELF.] [CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNINGS OF FATE.] [CHAPTER IV. THE HOME-COMING OF HENRY GRAVES.] [CHAPTER V. THE LEVINGERS VISIT ROSHAM.] [CHAPTER VI. MR. LEVINGER PUTS A CASE.] [CHAPTER VII. A PROPOSAL AND A DIFFERENCE.] [CHAPTER VIII. TWO CONVERSATIONS.] [CHAPTER IX. MUTUAL ADMIRATION.] [CHAPTER X. AZRAEL’S WING ] [CHAPTER XI. ELLEN GROWS ALARMED.] [CHAPTER XII. ELLEN FINDS A REMEDY.] [CHAPTER XIII. A MEETING BY THE MERE.] [CHAPTER XIV. SOWING THE WIND.] [CHAPTER XV. THE FIRSTFRUITS.] [CHAPTER XVI. FORTITER IN RE.] [CHAPTER XVII. BETWEEN DUTY AND DUTY.] [CHAPTER XVIII. CONGRATULATIONS.] [CHAPTER XIX. RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.] [CHAPTER XX. “LET IT REMAIN OPEN.”] [CHAPTER XXI. A LUNCHEON PARTY.] [CHAPTER XXII. AN INTERLUDE.] [CHAPTER XXIII. A NEW DEPARTURE.] [CHAPTER XXIV. MESSRS. BLACK AND PARKER.] [CHAPTER XXV. “I FORBID YOU.”] [CHAPTER XXVI. A LOVE LETTER.] [CHAPTER XXVII. LUCK AT LAST.] [CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PRICE OF INNOCENT BLOOD.] [CHAPTER XXIX. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.] [CHAPTER XXX. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.] [CHAPTER XXXI. THE GATE OF PARADISE.] [CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING OF THE GATE.] [CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GATE OF HELL.] [CHAPTER XXXIV. THE OPENING OF THE GATE.] [CHAPTER XXXV. DISENCHANTMENT.] [CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DESIRE OF DEATH— AND THE FEAR OF HIM.] [CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH.] [CHAPTER XXXVIII. A GHOST OF THE PAST.] [CHAPTER XXXIX. HUSBAND AND WIFE.] [CHAPTER XL. FULL MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN AND RUNNING OVER.]