Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court, for the Southern District of New York.
W. H. Tinson, Stereotyper,
43 Centre street.
George Russell & Co., Printers,
61 Beekman Street.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The First Gift, | [9] |
| II. | The Sibyl’s Cave, | [20] |
| III. | Chaleco and his Plunder, | [28] |
| IV. | The Midnight Ramble, | [37] |
| V. | Fairy Scenes and Fatal Passions, | [56] |
| VI. | The Sibyl and the Lovers, | [59] |
| VII. | Waiting for Vengeance, | [66] |
| VIII. | The Broken Idol, | [70] |
| IX. | Waiting and Fearing—A Wilderness of Beauty, | [79] |
| X. | The Courier and his Wild Visitor, | [83] |
| XI. | A Traveller’s Toilet, | [88] |
| XII. | Temptations and Resolutions, | [92] |
| XIII. | The Weird Wedding, | [99] |
| XIV. | The Gitanilla’s Oath, | [104] |
| XV. | The Mansion and the Cottage, | [110] |
| XVI. | Concealments and Suspicions, | [115] |
| XVII. | The Old Escritoir, | [124] |
| XVIII. | The Lady of Marston Court, | [130] |
| XIX. | My First Heart Tempest, | [139] |
| XX. | My Mother’s Last Appeal, | [143] |
| XXI. | The Oath Redeemed, | [151] |
| XXII. | Lost Memories, | [156] |
| XXIII. | The Threshold of my Father’s House, | [162] |
| XXIV. | A Paradise of Rest, | [167] |
| XXV. | Myself and my Shadow, | [174] |
| XXVI. | The Fairy at the Pool, | [181] |
| XXVII. | Funerals and Orphans, | [187] |
| XXVIII. | Pleasant Days and Pleasant Teachings, | [196] |
| XXIX. | My Strange Acquaintance, | [204] |
| XXX. | The Involuntary Hunt and its Consequences, | [207] |
| XXXI. | My Unexpected Escort, | [216] |
| XXXII. | The Unwelcome Visitor, | [224] |
| XXXIII. | Turner’s Struggle against Marriage, | [230] |
| XXXIV. | The Reluctant Proposal, | [236] |
| XXXV. | The Jovial Wedding and Random Shot, | [240] |
| XXXVI. | My First Visit to Greenhurst—The Two Miniatures, | [250] |
| XXXVII. | Sorrows, Doubts and Conjectures, | [260] |
| XXXVIII. | The Hazlenut Hedge, | [270] |
| XXXIX. | My Father’s Return, | [276] |
| XL. | Once More at Greenhurst, | [284] |
| XLI. | My Strange Visitor, | [290] |
| XLII. | Visions and Retrospections, | [301] |
| XLIII. | The Desolate Bridal Chambers, | [310] |
| XLIV. | The Bronze Coffer and my Mother’s Journal, | [319] |
| XLV. | The Shadowy Death-Chamber, | [330] |
| XLVI. | A Visit to my Arch Enemy, | [339] |
| XLVII. | My Lost Friend and my Lost Home, | [352] |
| XLVIII. | Our Flight from Marston Court, | [366] |
| XLIX. | The Mountain Lake and Hill-side Cottage, | [368] |
| L. | The Antique Bible, | [376] |
| LI. | The Island Cove, | [382] |
| LII. | The Sheep-Farmer and his Wife, | [391] |
| LIII. | Chaleco’s Triumph, | [397] |
| LIV. | Irving and his Mother, | [404] |
| LV. | Self-Abnegation, | [411] |
| LVI. | The Old Tower Chamber, | [425] |