MRS. HENRY WOOD.

AUTHOR OF
"EAST LYNNE," "THE CHANNINGS," "JOHNNY LUDLOW," ETC.
Forty-second Thousand.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,

Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1897.
(All rights reserved.)

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS
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[PART THE FIRST.]

CHAPTER
[I]. The Anonymous Letter.
[II.] Ellen Adair.
[III.] In Mrs. Gass's Parlour.
[IV.] Alone with the Truth.
[V.] Retrospect.
[VI.] Watching the Funeral.
[VII.] After the Funeral.
[VIII.] Madam's Listening Closet.
[IX.] In Lawyer Dale's Office.
[X.] Put to his Conscience..
[XI.] A Quiet Wedding.
[XII.] Jelly's Indiscretion.
[XIII.]Coming Home.

[PART THE SECOND.]

[I.]What was, and what might be.
[II.] Mrs. Gass amid the Workmen.
[III.] Morning Visitors.
[IV.] Three Letters for Dr. Rane.
[V.] Madam's Advice.
[VI.] Mary Dallory.
[VII.] Love among the Roses.
[VIII.] The Tontine.
[IX.] At the Seaside.
[X.] A Last Proposal.
[XI.] Under the Cedar-tree.
[XII.] An Interruption.
[XIII.] Panic.
[XIV.] What Jelly saw.
[XV.] Desolation.
[XVI.] In the Churchyard.
[XVII.] At Sir Nash Bohun's.
[XVIII.] Jelly's Troubles.
[XIX.] Coming Home to Die.
[XX.] Richard North's Revelation.
[XXI.] Under the Same Roof.
[XXII.] Tangled Threads.
[XXIII.] Jelly's Two Evening Visits.
[XXIV.] Mischief brewing in North Inlet.
[XXV.] Days of Pain.
[XXVI.] Mrs. Gass at Home.
[XXVII.] Once Again.
[XXVIII.] Coming very Near.
[XXIX.] In the Shrubbery.
[XXX.] Lying in Wait.
[XXXI.] Disturbing the Grave.
[XXXII.] A Night Expedition.

[PART THE THIRD.]

[I.] In Grosvenor Place.
[II.] No Hope.
[III.] Brought Home to him.
[IV.] Conclusion.