CONTENTS

[I. PENELOPE]

[II. ULYSSES]

[III. ON THE WRONG ROAD]

[IV. THE LAST STAGE]

[V. FORTY YEARS AFTER]

[VI. MAULEVRIER'S HUMBLE FRIEND]

[VII. IN THE SUMMER MORNING]

[VIII. THERE IS ALWAYS A SKELETON]

[IX. A CRY IN THE DARKNESS]

[X. 'O BITTERNESS OF THINGS TOO SWEET']

[XI. 'IF I WERE TO DO AS ISEULT DID']

[XII. 'THE GREATER CANTLE OF THE WORLD IS LOST']

[XIII. 'SINCE PAINTED OR NOT PAINTED ALL SHALL FADE']

[XIV. 'NOT YET']

[XV. 'OF ALL MEN ELSE I HAVE AVOIDED THEE']

[XVI. 'HER FACE RESIGNED TO BLISS OR BALE']

[XVII. 'AND THE SPRING COMES SLOWLY UP THIS WAY']

[XVIII. 'AND COME AGEN, BE IT BY NIGHT OR DAY']

[XIX. THE OLD MAN ON THE FELL]

[XX. LADY MAULEVRIER'S LETTER-BAG]

[XXI. ON THE DARK BROW OF HELVELLYN]

[XXII. WISER THAN LESBIA]

[XXIII. 'A YOUNG LAMB'S HEART AMONG THE FULL-GROWN FLOCKS']

[XXIV. 'NOW NOTHING LEFT TO LOVE OR HATE']

[XXV. CARTE BLANCHE]

[XXVI. 'PROUD CAN I NEVER BE OF WHAT I HATE']

[XXVII. LESBIA CROSSES PICCADILLY]

[XXVIII. 'CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, IN WILD DISORDER SEEN']

[XXIX. 'SWIFT, SUBTLE POST, CARRIER OF GRISLY CARE']

[XXX. 'ROSES CHOKED AMONG THORNS AND THISTLES']

[XXXI. 'KIND IS MY LOVE TO-DAY, TO-MORROW KIND']

[XXXII. WAYS AND MEANS]

[XXXIII. BY SPECIAL LICENCE]

[XXXIV. 'OUR LOVE WAS NEW, AND THEN BUT IN THE SPRING']

[XXXV. 'ALL FANCY, PRIDE, AND FICKLE MAIDENHOOD']

[XXXVI. A RASTAQUOUÈRE]

[XXXVII. LORD HARTFIELD REFUSES A FORTUNE]

[XXXVIII. ON BOARD THE 'CAYMAN']

[XXXIX. IN STORM AND DARKNESS]

[XL. A NOTE OF ALARM]

[XLI. PRIVILEGED INFORMATION]

[XLII. 'SHALL IT BE?']

[XLIII. 'ALAS, FOR SORROW IS ALL THE END OF THIS']

[XLIV. 'OH, SAD KISSED MOUTH, HOW SORROWFUL IT IS!']

[XLV. 'THAT FELL ARREST WITHOUT ALL BAIL']

[XLVI. THE DAY OF RECKONING]

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H. French, del.) (T. Symmons, sc "The old man sat looking at Mary in silence for some moments."