CONTENTS.

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I. A Social Mystery[7]
II. The Mystery Deepens[13]
III. Prof. Poppendorf[19]
IV. Prof. Poppendorf's Lecture[29]
V. A Conversation with the Disagreeable Woman[41]
VI. Count Penelli[50]
VII. Macy's[61]
VIII. The Professor in Love[71]
IX. An Evening at the Boarding-House[82]
X. A Rustic Admirer[93]
XI. A Poor Patient[104]
XII. The Disagreeable Woman in a New Light[112]
XIII. Mrs. Wyman's Curiosity[117]
XIV. The Quality of Mercy[122]
XV. The Professor's Courtship[128]
XVI. Sits the Wind in that Quarter?[139]
XVII. My Rich Patient[150]
XVIII. The Professor's Book[156]
XIX. A Speech from the Throne[162]
XX. A Startling Discovery[169]
XXI. After Three Months[174]
XXII. I Appeal to the Disagreeable Woman[181]
XXIII. At Last[185]
XXIV. The Light of Hope[189]