Copyright, 1893,

By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

Electrotyped and Printed

at the Appleton Press, U. S. A.

DEDICATED TO

HENRY IRVING, Esq.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.FATE[1]
II.AN INITIAL LETTER[12]
III.EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF HUGH PAULL[25]
IV.A MORAL DUEL[56]
V.A STARTLING PROPOSAL[82]
VI.THE LOCKET[104]
VII.FOUND IN AN OLD NOTEBOOK OF LILIA PYM[123]
VIII.DIARY OF HUGH PAULL[139]
IX.THE BEGINNING OF THE SEQUEL[155]
X.A DISAPPOINTMENT[186]
XI.MERCEDES[197]
XII.“’TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP”[213]
XIII.HER DREAM[224]
XIV.A QUESTIONABLE DOCTRINE[238]
XV.EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF DR. HUGH PAULL[251]
XVI.MIZPAH[268]

DR. PAULL’S THEORY.

CHAPTER I.
FATE.