CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | ON CHRISTMAS EVE | [ 1] |
| II. | THE DUCHESS OF PENARVON | [ 17] |
| III. | THE HOUSE OF MOURNING | [ 32] |
| IV. | THE DUKE’S HEIR | [ 48] |
| V. | MAN OF THE WORLD AND MYSTIC | [ 63] |
| VI. | THE GOSPEL OF DISCONTENT | [ 78] |
| VII. | THE KINDLED SPARK | [ 94] |
| VIII. | BRIDE’S PERPLEXITIES | [ 111] |
| IX. | THE WAVE OF REVOLT | [ 129] |
| X. | A STRANGE NIGHT | [ 145] |
| XI. | DUKE AND DEFAULTER | [ 160] |
| XII. | AUTUMN DAYS | [ 176] |
| XIII. | TWO ENCOUNTERS | [ 193] |
| XIV. | EUSTACE’S DILEMMA | [ 209] |
| XV. | STIRRING DAYS | [ 225] |
| XVI. | THE POLLING AT PENTREATH | [ 242] |
| XVII. | THE DUKE’S CARRIAGE | [ 258] |
| XVIII. | ABNER’S PATIENT | [ 274] |
| XIX. | THE BULL’S HORNS | [ 289] |
| XX. | BRIDE’S VIGIL | [ 307] |
| XXI. | FROM THE DEAD | [ 322] |
| XXII. | SAUL TRESITHNY | [ 337] |
| XXIII. | BRIDE’S PROPOSAL | [ 353] |
| XXIV. | CONCLUSION | [ 368] |
EUSTACE MARCHMONT
CHAPTER I
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
“Yer’s tu thee, old apple-tree,
Be zure yu bud, be zure yu blaw,
And bring voth apples gude enough
Hats vul! caps vul!