BOOK I

[CHAPTER I--Reconstruction]
[CHAPTER II--The Woman with an Alias]
[CHAPTER III--Wanted—A Politician]
[CHAPTER IV--The Duchess Asks a Question]
[CHAPTER V--The Hesitation of Mr. Mannering]
[CHAPTER VI--Sacrifice]
[CHAPTER VII--The Duchess's "At Home"]
[CHAPTER VIII--The Mannering Mystery]
[CHAPTER IX--The Pumping of Mrs. Phillimore]
[CHAPTER X--The Man with a Motive]
[CHAPTER XI--Mannering's Alternative]

BOOK II

[CHAPTER I--Borrowdean makes a Bargain]
[CHAPTER II--"Cherchez la Femme"]
[CHAPTER III--One of the "Sufferers"]
[CHAPTER IV--Debts of Honour]
[CHAPTER V--Love versus Politics]
[CHAPTER VI--The Conscience of a Statesman]
[CHAPTER VII--A Blow for Borrowdean]
[CHAPTER VIII--A Page from the Past]
[CHAPTER IX--The Faltering of Mannering]
[CHAPTER X--The End of a Dream]
[CHAPTER XI--Borrowdean shows his "Hand"]
[CHAPTER XII--Sir Leslie Borrowdean incurs a Heavy Debt]
[CHAPTER XIII--The Woman and—the Other Woman]

BOOK III

[CHAPTER I--Matrimony and an Awkward Meeting]
[CHAPTER II--The Snub for Borrowdean]
[CHAPTER III--Clouds—and a Call to Arms]
[CHAPTER IV--Disaster]
[CHAPTER V--The Journalist Intervenes]
[CHAPTER VI--Treachery and a Telegram]
[CHAPTER VII--Mr. Mannering, M.P.]
[CHAPTER VIII--Playing the Game]
[CHAPTER IX--The Tragedy of a Key]
[CHAPTER X--Blanche finds a Way Out]

BOOK IV

[CHAPTER I--The Persistency of Borrowdean]
[CHAPTER II--Hester Thinks it "A Great Pity"]
[CHAPTER III--Summoned to Windsor]
[CHAPTER IV--Checkmate to Borrowdean]
[CHAPTER V--A Brazen Proceeding]
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