Charred Wood

CONTENTS

I [THE LADY OF THE TREE]
II [MONSIGNORE]
III [UNDER SUSPICION]
IV [KILLIMAGA]
V [WITH EMPTY HANDS]
VI [WHO IS RUTH?]
VII [BITTER BREAD]
VIII [FATHER MURRAY OF SIHASSET]
IX [THE BISHOP'S CONFESSION]
X [AT THE MYSTERY TREE]
XI [THIN ICE]
XII [HIS EXCELLENCY SUGGESTS]
XIII [THE ABDUCTION]
XIV [THE INEXPLICABLE]
XV ["I AM NOT THE DUCHESS!"]
XVI [HIS EXCELLENCY IS WORRIED]
XVII [THE OPEN DOOR]
XVIII [SAUNDERS SCORES]
XIX [CAPITULATION]
XX [THE "DUCHESS" ABDICATES]
XXI [THE BECKONING HAND]
XXII [RUTH'S CONFESSION]
XXIII [CHARRED WOOD]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

On Killimaga's Cliff. . . . . Frontispiece

Something white swished quickly past him and he stared,
bewildered . . . She had stepped out of nowhere.

[ Saunders looked long and earnestly at his face.
"He's the man!" he announced. ]

[ "God rest her," Father Murray said after what seemed
an age to Mark; "it is not Ruth!" ]

[Transcriber's note: The Frontispiece and the "Something white…" illustration were missing from the book.]