“O Godfrey,” said Molly, as he embraced her in her turn, “I knew that God would send you back to me!”
A week later Godfrey and Molly were married by special license, and left England the same day for the South of France. They are now back again at the Hall, and as happy as two young people could well expect to be. The clouds that shadowed their lives at one time are now completely dispersed, but, if Godfrey lives to be a hundred, he will never forget the agony he suffered in connection with what the newspapers called “The Mystery of the Clasped Hands.”
THE END
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| 53. Joost Avelingh. By M. Maartens. |
| 54. Katy of Catoctin. By G. A. Townsend. |
| 55. Throckmorton. By M. E. Seawell. |
| 56. Expatriation. By the author of Aristocracy. |
| 57. Geoffrey Hampstead. By T. S. Jarvis. |
| 58. Dmitri. By F. W. Bain, M. A. |
| 59. Part of the Property. By B. Whitby. |
| 60. Bismarck in Private Life. By a Fellow-Student. |
| 61. In Low Relief. By M. Roberts. |
| 62. The Canadians of Old. By P. Gaspé. |
| 63. A Squire of Low Degree. By L. A. Long. |
| 64. A Fluttered Dovecote. By G. M. Fenn. |
| 65. The Nugents of Carriconna. By T. Hopkins. |
| 66. A Sensitive Plant. By E. and D. Gerard. |
| 67. Doña Luz. By J. Valera. Translated by Mrs. M. J. Serrano. |
| 68. Pepita Ximenez. By J. Valera. Translated by Mrs. M. J. Serrano. |
| 69. The Primes and their Neighbors. By R. M. Johnston. |
| 70. The Iron Game. By H. F. Keenan. |
| 71. Stories of Old New Spain. By T. A. Janvier. |
| 72. The Maid of Honor. By Hon. L. Wingfield. |
| 73. In the Heart of the Storm. By M. Gray. |
| 74. Consequences. By E. Castle. |
| 75. The Three Miss Kings. By A. Cambridge. |
| 76. A Matter of Skill. By B. Whitby. |
| 77. Maid Marian, and Other Stories. By M. E. Seawell. |
| 78. One Woman’s Way. By E. Pendleton. |
| 79. A Merciful Divorce. By F. W. Maude. |
| 80. Stephen Ellicott’s Daughter. By Mrs. J. H. Needell. |
| 81. One Reason Why. By B. Whitby. |
| 82. The Tragedy of Ida Noble. By W. C. Russell. |
| 83. The Johnstown Stage, and Other Stories. By R. H. Fletcher. |
| 84. A Widower Indeed. By R. Broughton and E. Bisland. |
| 85. The Flight of a Shadow. By G. MacDonald. |
| 86. Love or Money. By K. Lee. |
| 87. Not All in Vain. By A. Cambridge. |
| 88. It Happened Yesterday. By F. Marshall. |
| 89. My Guardian. By A. Cambridge. |
| 90. The Story of Philip Methuen. By Mrs. J. H. Needell. |
| 91. Amethyst. By C. R. Coleridge. |
| 92. Don Braulio. By J. Valera. Translated by C. Bell. |
| 93. The Chronicles of Mr. Bill Williams. By R. M. Johnston. |
| 94. A Queen of Curds and Cream. By D. Gerard. |
| 95. “La Bella” and Others. By E. Castle. |
| 96. “December Roses.” By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 97. Jean de Kerdren. By J. Schultz. |
| 98. Etelka’s Vow. By D. Gerard. |
| 99. Cross Currents. By M. A. Dickens. |
| 100. His life’s Magnet. By T. Elmslie. |
| 101. Passing the Love of Women. By Mrs. J. H. Needell. |
| 102. In Old St. Stephen’s. By J. Drake. |
| 103. The Berkeleys and their Neighbors. By M. E. Seawell. |
| 104. Mono Maclean, Medical Student. By G. Travers. |
| 105. Mrs. Bligh. By R. Broughton. |
| 106. A Stumble on the Threshold. By J. Payn. |
| 107. Hanging Moss. By P. Lindau. |
| 108. A Comedy of Elopement. By C. Reid. |
| 109. In the Suntime of her Youth. By B. Whitby. |
| 110. Stories in Black and White. By T. Hardy and Others. |
| 110½. An Englishman in Paris. |
| 111. Commander Mendoza. By J. Valera. |
| 112. Dr. Paull’s Theory. By Mrs. A. M. Diehl. |
| 113. Children of Destiny. By M. E. Seawell. |
| 114. A Little Minx. By A. Cambridge. |
| 115. Capt’n Davy’s Honeymoon. By H. Caine. |
| 116. The Voice of a Flower. By E. Gerard. |
| 117. Singularly Deluded. By S. Grand. |
| 118. Suspected. By L. Stratenus. |
| 119. Lucia, Hugh, and Another. By Mrs. J. H. Needell. |
| 120. The Tutor’s Secret. By V. Cherbuliez. |
| 121. From the Five Rivers. By Mrs. F. A. Steel. |
| 122. An Innocent Impostor, and Other Stories. By M. Gray. |
| 123. Ideala. By S. Grand. |
| 124. A Comedy of Masks. By E. Dowson and A. Moore. |
| 125. Relics. By F. MacNab. |
| 126. Dodo: A Detail of the Day. By E. F. Benson. |
| 127. A Woman of Forty. By E. Stuart. |
| 128. Diana Tempest. By M. Cholmondeley. |
| 129. The Recipe for Diamonds. By C. J. C. Hyne. |
| 130. Christina Chard. By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 131. A Gray Eye or So. By F. F. Moore. |
| 132. Earlscourt. By A. Allardyce. |
| 133. A Marriage Ceremony. By A. Cambridge. |
| 134. A Ward in Chancery. By Mrs. Alexander. |
| 135. Lot 13. By D. Gerard. |
| 136. Our Manifold Nature. By S. Grand. |
| 137. A Costly Freak. By M. Gray. |
| 138. A Beginner. By R. Broughton. |
| 139. A Yellow Aster. By Mrs. M. Caffyn (“Iota”). |
| 140. The Rubicon. By E. F. Benson. |
| 141. The Trespasser. By G. Parker. |
| 142. The Rich Miss Riddell. By D. Gerard. |
| 143. Mary Fenwick’s Daughter. By B. Whitby. |
| 144. Red Diamonds. By J. McCarthy. |
| 145. A Daughter of Music. By G. Colmore. |
| 146. Outlaw and Lawmaker. By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 147. Dr. Janet of Harley Street. By A. Kenealy. |
| 148. George Mandeville’s Husband. By C. E. Raimond. |
| 149. Vashti and Esther. |
| 150. Timar’s Two Worlds. By M. Jokai. |
| 151. A Victim of Good Luck. By W. E. Norris. |
| 152. The Trail of the Sword. By G. Parker. |
| 153. A Mild Barbarian. By E. Fawcett. |
| 154. The God in the Car. By A. Hope. |
| 155. Children of Circumstance. By Mrs. M. Caffyn. |
| 156. At the Gate of Samaria. By W. J. Locke. |
| 157. The Justification of Andrew Lebrun. By F. Barrett. |
| 158. Dust and Laurels. By M. L. Pendered. |
| 159. The Good Ship Mohock. By W. C. Russell. |
| 160. Noémi. By S. Baring-Gould. |
| 161. The Honour of Savelli. By S. L. Yeats. |
| 162. Kitty’s Engagement. By F. Warden. |
| 163. The Mermaid. By L. Dougall. |
| 164. An Arranged Marriage. By D. Gerard. |
| 165. Eve’s Ransom. By G. Gissing. |
| 166. The Marriage of Esther. By G. Boothby. |
| 167. Fidelis. By A. Cambridge. |
| 168. Into the Highways and Hedges. By F. F. Montrésor. |
| 169. The Vengeance of James Vansittart. By Mrs. J. H. Needell. |
| 170. A Study in Prejudices. By G. Paston. |
| 171. The Mistress of Quest. By A. Sergeant. |
| 172. In the Year of Jubilee. By G. Gissing. |
| 173. In Old New England. By H. Butterworth. |
| 174. Mrs. Musgrave—and Her Husband. By R. Marsh. |
| 175. Not Counting the Cost. By Tasma. |
| 176. Out of Due Season. By A. Sergeant. |
| 177. Scylla or Charybdis? By R. Broughton. |
| 178. In Defiance of the King. By C. C. Hotchkiss. |
| 179. A Bid for Fortune. By G. Boothby. |
| 180. The King of Andaman. By J. M. Cobban. |
| 181. Mrs. Tregaskiss. By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 182. The Desire of the Moth. By C. Vane. |
| 183. A Self-Denying Ordinance. By M. Hamilton. |
| 184. Successors to the Title. By Mrs. L. B. Walford. |
| 185. The Lost Stradivarius. By J. M. Falkner. |
| 186. The Wrong Man. By D. Gerard. |
| 187. In the Day of Adversity. By J. Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 188. Mistress Dorothy Marvin. By J. C. Snaith. |
| 189. A Flash of Summer. By Mrs. W. K. Clifford. |
| 190. The Dancer in Yellow. By W. E. Norris. |
| 191. The Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. By A. Morrison. |
| 192. A Winning Hazard. By Mrs. Alexander. |
| 193. The Picture of Las Cruces. By C. Reid. |
| 194. The Madonna of a Day. By L. Dougall. |
| 195. The Riddle Ring. By J. McCarthy. |
| 196. A Humble Enterprise. By A. Cambridge. |
| 197. Dr. Nikola. By G. Boothby. |
| 198. An Outcast of the Islands. By J. Conrad. |
| 199. The King’s Revenge. By C. Bray. |
| 200. Denounced. By J. Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 201. A Court Intrigue. By B. Thompson. |
| 202. The Idol-Maker. By A. Sergeant. |
| 203. The Intriguers. By J. D. Barry. |
| 204. Master Ardick, Buccaneer. By F. H. Costello. |
| 205. With Fortune Made. By V. Cherbuliez. |
| 206. Fellow Travellers. By G. Travers. |
| 207. McLeod of the Camerons. By M. Hamilton. |
| 208. The Career of Candida. By G. Paston. |
| 209. Arrested. By E. Stuart. |
| 210. Tatterley. By T. Gallon. |
| 211. A Pinchbeck Goddess. By Mrs. J. M. Fleming (A. M. Kipling). |
| 212. Perfection City. By Mrs. Orpen. |
| 213. A Spotless Reputation. By D. Gerard. |
| 214. A Galahad of the Creeks. By S. L. Yeats. |
| 215. The Beautiful White Devil. By G. Boothby. |
| 216. The Sun of Saratoga. By J. A. Altsheler. |
| 217. Fierceheart, the Soldier. By J. C. Snaith. |
| 218. Marietta’s Marriage. By W. E. Norris. |
| 219. Dear Faustina. By R. Broughton. |
| 220. Nùlma. By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 221. The Folly of Pen Harrington. By J. Sturgis. |
| 222. A Colonial Free-Lance. By C. C. Hotchkiss. |
| 223. His Majesty’s Greatest Subject. By S. S. Thorburn. |
| 224. Mifanwy: A Welsh Singer. By A. Raine. |
| 225. A Soldier of Manhattan. By J. A. Altsheler. |
| 226. Fortune’s Footballs. By G. B. Burgin. |
| 227. The Clash of Arms. By J. Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 228. God’s Foundling. By A. J. Dawson. |
| 229. Miss Providence. By D. Gerard. |
| 230. The Freedom of Henry Meredyth. By M. Hamilton. |
| 231. Sweethearts and Friends. By M. Gray. |
| 232. Sunset. By B. Whitby. |
| 233. A Fiery Ordeal. By Tasma. |
| 234. A Prince of Mischance. By T. Gallon. |
| 235. A Passionate Pilgrim. By P. White. |
| 236. This Little World. By D. C. Murray. |
| 237. A Forgotten Sin. By D. Gerard. |
| 238. The Incidental Bishop. By G. Allen. |
| 239. The Lake of Wine. By B. Capes. |
| 240. A Trooper of the Empress. By C. Ross. |
| 241. Torn Sails. By A. Raine. |
| 242. Materfamilias. By A. Cambridge. |
| 243. John of Strathbourne. By R. D. Chetwode. |
| 244. The Millionaires. By F. F. Moore. |
| 245. The Looms of Time. By Mrs. H. Fraser. |
| 246. The Queen’s Cup. By G. A. Henty. |
| 247. Dicky Monteith. By T. Gallon. |
| 248. The Lust of Hate. By G. Boothby. |
| 249. The Gospel Writ in Steel. By Arthur Paterson. |
| 250. The Widower. By W. E. Norris. |
| 251. The Scourge of God. By J. Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 252. Concerning Isabel Carnaby. By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler. |
| 253. The Impediment. By D. Gerard. |
| 254. Belinda—and Some Others. By Ethel Maude. |
| 255. The Key of the Holy House. By Albert Lee. |
| 256. A Writer of Books. By G. Paston. |
| 257. The Knight of the Golden Chain. By R. D. Chetwode. |
| 258. Ricroft of Withens. By Halliwell Sutcliffe. |
| 259. The Procession of Life. By Horace A. Vachell. |
| 260. By Berwen Banks. By A. Raine. |
| 261. Pharos, the Egyptian. By Guy Boothby. |
| 262. Paul Carah, Cornishman. By Charles Lee. |
| 263. Pursued by the Law. By J. MacLaren Cobban. |
| 264. Madame Izàn. By Mrs. Campbell-Praed. |
| 265. Fortune’s my Foe. By J. Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 266. A Cosmopolitan Comedy. By Anna Robeson Brown. |
| 267. The Kingdom of Hate. By T. Gallon. |
| 268. The Game and the Candle. By Rhoda Broughton. |
| 269. Dr. Nikola’s Experiment. By Guy Boothby. |
| 270. The Strange Story of Hester Wynne. By G. Colmore. |
| 271. Lady Barbarity. By J. C. Snaith. |
| 272. A Bitter Heritage. By John Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 273. The Heiress of the Season. By Sir William Magnay, Bart. |
| 274. A Voyage at Anchor. By W. Clark Russell. |
| 275. The Idol of the Blind. By T. Gallon. |
| 276. A Corner of the West. By Edith Henrietta Fowler. |
| 277. The Story of Ronald Kestrel. By A. J. Dawson. |
| 278. The World’s Mercy. By M. Gray. |
| 279. The Gentleman Pensioner. By Albert Lee. |
| 280. A Maker of Nations. By Guy Boothby. |
| 281. Mirry-Ann. By Norma Lorimer. |
| 282. The Immortal Garland. By Anna Robeson Brown. |
| 283. Garthowen. By Allen Raine. |
| 284. The Lunatic at Large. By J. Storer Clouston. |
| 285. The Seafarers. By John Bloundelle-Burton. |
| 286. The Minister’s Guest. By Isabel Smith. |
| 287. The Last Sentence. By M. Gray. |
| 288. Brown of Lost River. By Mary E. Stickney. |
| 289. The Jay-Hawkers. By Adela E. Orpen. |
| 290. The Flower of the Flock. By W. E. Norris. |
| 291. A Private Chivalry. By Francis Lynde. |
| 292. King Stork of the Netherlands. By Albert Lee. |
| 293. Path and Goal. By Ada Cambridge. |
| 294. My Indian Queen. By Guy Boothby. |
| 295. A Hero in Homespun. By Wm. E. Barton. |
| 296. A Royal Exchange. By J. MacLaren Cobban. |