CONTENTS.

[I. ALICE MAYBELL]

[II. THE VALE OF CARWELL]

[III. THE GRANGE]

[IV. THE OLD SQUIRE AND ALICE MAYBELL]

[V. THE TERRACE GARDEN]

[VI. THE OLD SQUIRE UNLIKE HIMSELF]

[VII. THE SQUIRE’S ELDEST SON COMES HOME]

[VIII. NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH]

[IX. IN WHICH THE SQUIRE LOSES HIS GOLD-HEADED CANE]

[X. THE DRIVE OVER CRESSLEY COMMON BY MOONLIGHT]

[XI. HOME]

[XII. THE OMEN OF CARWELL GRANGE]

[XIII. AN INSPECTION OF CARWELL GRANGE]

[XIV. A LETTER]

[XV. HARRY ARRIVES]

[XVI. A PARTY OF THREE]

[XVII. MILDRED TARNLEY’S WARNING STORY]

[XVIII. THE BROTHERS’ WALK]

[XIX. COMING IN]

[XX. HARRY APPEARS AT THE GRANGE]

[XXI. HARRY’S BEER AND CONVERSATION]

[XXII. THE TROUT]

[XXIII. THE VISITOR]

[XXIV. THE SUMMONS]

[XXV. LILLY DOGGER IS SENT TO BED]

[XXVI. THE LADY HAS HER TEA]

[XXVII. THROUGH THE HOUSE]

[XXVIII. THE BELL RINGS]

[XXIX. TOM IS ORDERED UP]

[XXX. THE OLD SOLDIER GROWS MORE FRIENDLY, AND FRIGHTENS MRS. TARNLEY]

[XXXI. NEWS FROM CRESSLEY COMMON]

[XXXII. AN UNLOOKED-FOR RETURN]

[XXXIII. CHARLES FAIRFIELD ALONE]

[XXXIV. AWAKE]

[XXXV. RESTLESS]

[XXXVI. THROUGH THE WALL]

[XXXVII. A MESSENGER]

[XXXVIII. UNREASONABLE BERTHA]

[XXXIX. AN ABDUCTION]

[XL. PURSUIT]

[XLI. DAY—TWILIGHT—DARKNESS]

[XLII. HATHERTON]

[XLIII. THE WELCOME]

[XLIV. THE WYKEFORD DOCTOR]

[XLV. SPEECH RETURNS]

[XLVI. HARRY DRINKS A GLASS AND SPILLS A GLASS]

[XLVII. HOME TO WYVERN]

[XLVIII. A TWILIGHT VISIT]

[XLIX. THE HEIR OF THE FAIRFIELDS]

[L. BERTHA VELDERKAUST]

[LI. SERGEANT-MAJOR ARCHDALE]

[LII. A TALK WITH THE SQUIRE]

[LIII. HARRY FAIRFIELD GROWS UNEASY]

[LIV. A DRIVE TO TWYFORD]

[LV. HOW FARES THE CHILD?]

[LVI. THE OLD SQUIRE LEAVES WYVERN]

[LVII. MARJORY TREVELLIAN]

[LVIII. THE ENCHANTED GARDEN]

[LIX. AN OLD FRIEND]

[LX. TOM ORANGE]

[LXI. THE HOUR AND THE MAN]

[LXII. THE MARCH TO NOULTON FARM]

[LXIII. A SILENT FAREWELL]

[LXIV. THE MARCH BY NIGHT]

[CONCLUSION]