E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.KEPT IN THE DARKbyANTHONY TROLLOPEFirst published in serial form May through December, 1882, in Good Wordsand in book form in 1882. Trollope died during the last month of serial publication.CONTENTSVOLUME I. I. [CECILIA HOLT AND HER THREE FRIENDS.]II. [SIR FRANCIS GERALDINE.]III. [THE END OF THAT EPISODE.]IV. [MR. WESTERN.]V. [CECILIA'S SECOND CHANCE.]VI. [WHAT ALL HER FRIENDS SAID ABOUT IT.]VII. [MISS ALTIFIORLA'S ARRIVAL.]VIII. [LADY GRANT.]IX. [MISS ALTIFIORLA'S DEPARTURE.]X. [SIR FRANCIS TRAVELS WITH MISS ALTIFIORLA.]XI. [MR. WESTERN HEARS THE STORY.]XII. [MR. WESTERN'S DECISION.] VOLUME II. XIII. [MRS. WESTERN PREPARES TO LEAVE.]XIV. [TO WHAT A PUNISHMENT!]XV. [ONCE MORE AT EXETER.]XVI. ["IT IS ALTOGETHER UNTRUE."]XVII. [MISS ALTIFIORLA RISES IN THE WORLD.]XVIII. [A MAN'S PRIDE.]XIX. [DICK TAKES HIS FINAL LEAVE.]XX. [THE SECRET ESCAPES.]XXI. [LADY GRANT AT DRESDEN.]XXII. [MR. WESTERN YIELDS.]XXIII. [SIR FRANCIS' ESCAPE.]XXIV. [CONCLUSION.]