CONTENTS.

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I.The Heir Presumptive[7]
II.Jasper Treverton’s Will[19]
III.A Mysterious Visitor[24]
IV.La Chicot[33]
V.A Disappointed Lover[45]
VI.La Chicot has her Own Way[51]
VII.‘A Little While such Lips as Thine to Kiss’[60]
VIII.‘Days that are Over, Dreams that are Done’[76]
IX.‘And art Thou Come! and art Thou True!’[86]
X.Engaged[94]
XI.No Trousseau[102]
XII.An Ill-Omened Wedding[107]
XIII.The Settlement[117]
XIV.‘You have but to say the Word’[120]
XV.Edward Clare Discovers a Likeness[126]
XVI.Shall it be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’?[134]
XVII.Murder[140]
XVIII.What the Diamonds were Worth[146]
XIX.‘To a Deep Lawny Dell they Came’[156]
XX.The Church near Camelot[163]
XXI.Halcyon Days[169]
XXII.A Village Iago[174]
XXIII.‘In the Meanwhile the Skies ’gan Rumble Sore’[183]
XXIV.‘And Purple Light Shone over All’[188]
XXV.The Children’s Party[192]
XXVI.A Disinterested Parent[196]
XXVII.Desrolles is not Communicative[211]
XXVIII.Edward Clare goes on a Voyage of Discovery[217]
XXIX.George Gerard[228]
XXX.Thou art the Man[233]
XXXI.Why don’t You trust Me?[241]
XXXII.On His Defence[246]
XXXIII.At the Morgue[255]
XXXIV.George Gerard in Danger[260]
XXXV.On a Voyage of Discovery[268]
XXXVI.Kergariou’s Wife[274]
XXXVII.The Tenant from Beechampton[280]
XXXVIII.Celia’s Lovers[285]
XXXIX.On Suspicion[301]
XL.Mr. Leopold asks Irrelevant Questions[307]
XLI.Mrs. Evitt makes a Revelation[312]
XLII.The Undertaker’s Evidence[325]
XLIII.An Old Lady’s Diary[332]
XLIV.Three Witnesses[338]
XLV.The Hunt for Desrolles[341]
Epilogue[349]