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CONTENTS OF VOL. II. | |
| CHAP. | |
| [I.] | Day. |
| [II.] | Full Compensation. |
| [III.] | Three Letters. |
| [IV.] | Hayes Meredith's Revelation. |
| [V.] | Consultation. |
| [VI.] | The Return. |
| [VII.] | The Marriage. |
| [VIII.] | Shadows. |
| [IX.] | Family Affairs. |
| [X.] | Margaret's Presentiment. |
| [XI.] | After a Year. |
A RIGHTED WRONG.
[CHAPTER I.]
DAY.
It will probably be entirely unnecessary to inform the intelligent reader what was the nature of the contents of the letter which James Dugdale had handed to Mrs. Hungerford. Retrospect, present knowledge, or anticipation will convey a sufficiently accurate perception of it to all the readers of this story.
The writing of that letter was the result of a long and entirely unreserved conversation which had taken place between Lady Davyntry and her brother, after the last-recorded interview between the former and Margaret.
So entirely confident was Eleanor of Mr. Baldwin's feelings and intentions, that she no longer hesitated to speak to him on the matter nearest her heart from any apprehension of defeating her own purpose by precipitation.
In the doubts and fears, in the passionate and painful burst of reminiscence which had given her added insight into Margaret's nature. Lady Davyntry had seen, far more plainly than Margaret,--or at least than ever she had confessed to herself,--that a new love, a fresh hope, had come to her. The very strife of feeling which she confessed and described betrayed her to the older woman, whose wisdom, though rather of the heart than of the understanding, was true in this case.