CONTENTS[CHAPTER I.—"GATHERING CLOUDS."][CHAPTER II.—BREAKING NEW GROUND.][CHAPTER III.—THE LAWYER'S VISIT.][CHAPTER IV.—"A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS."][CHAPTER V.—"INTO THE SHADOWS."][CHAPTER VI.—"SHIFTING SCENES."][CHAPTER VII.—THE BEGINNING OF THE END.][CHAPTER VIII.—"THE LONG TASK IS DONE."][CHAPTER IX.—"TEMPTATION."][CHAPTER X.—"FRUITION."][CHAPTER XI.—"A NEW PHASE."][CHAPTER XII.—"I WAS A STRANGER AND YE TOOK ME IN."][CHAPTER XIII.—RECOGNITION.][CHAPTER XIV.—IN THE TOILS.][CHAPTER XV.—CROSS PURPOSES.][CHAPTER XVI.—HANDLING THE RIBBONS.][CHAPTER XVII.—TAKING COUNSEL.][CHAPTER XVIII.—"MRS. NEEDHAM."][CHAPTER XIX.—CONFESSION.][CHAPTER XX.—PLENARY ABSOLUTION.][CHAPTER XXI.—"NO."][CHAPTER XXII.—"WARP AND WOOF."][CHAPTER XXIII.—A WANDERER RETURNS.][CHAPTER XXIV.—A TRAVELLER'S STORY.][CHAPTER XXV.—"BREAD CAST ON THE WATERS."][CHAPTER XXVI.—COLONEL AND MRS. ORMONDE.][CHAPTER XXVII.—A DINNER AT MRS. NEEDHAM'S.][CHAPTER XXVIII.—KATHERINE IN OFFICE.][CHAPTER XXIX.—DE BURGH AGAIN.][CHAPTER XXX.—"CIS AND CHARLIE."][CHAPTER XXXI.—"MISS BRADLEY AT HOME."][CHAPTER XXXII.—ILL MET.][CHAPTER XXXIII.—REPULSION.][CHAPTER XXXIV.—RECONCILIATION.][CHAPTER XXXV.—THE END.]CHAPTER I.