1895

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To

I. H.

‘Indeed, in that moment she was lovely.’

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. JOAN HASTE.]
[CHAPTER II. SAMUEL ROCK DECLARES HIMSELF.]
[CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNINGS OF FATE.]
[CHAPTER IV. THE HOME-COMING OF HENRY GRAVES.]
[CHAPTER V. THE LEVINGERS VISIT ROSHAM.]
[CHAPTER VI. MR. LEVINGER PUTS A CASE.]
[CHAPTER VII. A PROPOSAL AND A DIFFERENCE.]
[CHAPTER VIII. TWO CONVERSATIONS.]
[CHAPTER IX. MUTUAL ADMIRATION.]
[CHAPTER X. AZRAEL’S WING ]
[CHAPTER XI. ELLEN GROWS ALARMED.]
[CHAPTER XII. ELLEN FINDS A REMEDY.]
[CHAPTER XIII. A MEETING BY THE MERE.]
[CHAPTER XIV. SOWING THE WIND.]
[CHAPTER XV. THE FIRSTFRUITS.]
[CHAPTER XVI. FORTITER IN RE.]
[CHAPTER XVII. BETWEEN DUTY AND DUTY.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. CONGRATULATIONS.]
[CHAPTER XIX. RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.]
[CHAPTER XX. “LET IT REMAIN OPEN.”]
[CHAPTER XXI. A LUNCHEON PARTY.]
[CHAPTER XXII. AN INTERLUDE.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. A NEW DEPARTURE.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. MESSRS. BLACK AND PARKER.]
[CHAPTER XXV. “I FORBID YOU.”]
[CHAPTER XXVI. A LOVE LETTER.]
[CHAPTER XXVII. LUCK AT LAST.]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PRICE OF INNOCENT BLOOD.]
[CHAPTER XXIX. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.]
[CHAPTER XXX. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.]
[CHAPTER XXXI. THE GATE OF PARADISE.]
[CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING OF THE GATE.]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GATE OF HELL.]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. THE OPENING OF THE GATE.]
[CHAPTER XXXV. DISENCHANTMENT.]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DESIRE OF DEATH— AND THE FEAR OF HIM.]
[CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH.]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII. A GHOST OF THE PAST.]
[CHAPTER XXXIX. HUSBAND AND WIFE.]
[CHAPTER XL. FULL MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN AND RUNNING OVER.]

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