The Witch’s Head

by H. Rider Haggard

AUTHOR OF

“DAWN,” “MR. MEESON’S WILL,” “ALLAN’S WIFE,” “KING SOLOMON’S MINES,” “SHE,” “JESS,” ETC. ETC.

WITH SIXTEEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES KERR, REPRODUCED BY BOUSSOD, VALADON ET CIE, OF PARIS

TWENTY-SIXTH THOUSAND

LONDON
SPENCER BLACKETT
MILTON HOUSE, 35 ST. BRIDE STREET, LUDGATE CIRCUS
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Contents

[BOOK I.]
[CHAPTER I. ERNEST’S APPEARANCE]
[CHAPTER II. REGINALD CARDUS, ESQ., MISANTHROPE]
[CHAPTER III. OLD DUM’S NESS]
[CHAPTER IV. BOYS TOGETHER]
[CHAPTER V. EVA’S PROMISE]
[CHAPTER VI. JEREMY FALLS IN LOVE]
[CHAPTER VII. ERNEST IS INDISCREET]
[CHAPTER VIII. A GARDEN IDYL]
[CHAPTER IX. EVA FINDS SOMETHING]
[CHAPTER X. WHAT EVA FOUND]
[CHAPTER XI. DEEP WATERS]
[CHAPTER XII. DEEPER YET]
[CHAPTER XIII. MR. CARDUS UNFOLDS HIS PLANS]
[CHAPTER XIV. GOOD-BYE]
[CHAPTER XV. ERNEST GETS INTO TROUBLE]
[CHAPTER XVI. MADAME’S WORK]
[BOOK II.]
[CHAPTER I. MY POOR EVA]
[CHAPTER II. THE LOCUM TENENS]
[CHAPTER III. EVA TAKES A DISTRICT]
[CHAPTER IV. JEREMY’S IDEA OF A SHAKING]
[CHAPTER V. FLORENCE ON MARRIAGE]
[CHAPTER VI. MR. PLOWDEN GOES A-WOOING]
[CHAPTER VII. OVER THE WATER]
[CHAPTER VIII. A HOMERIC COMBAT]
[CHAPTER IX. ERNEST’S LOVE-LETTER]
[CHAPTER X. A WAY OF ESCAPE]
[CHAPTER XI. FOUND WANTING]
[CHAPTER XII. ERNEST RUNS AWAY]
[CHAPTER XIII. MR. PLOWDEN ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE VIRGIN MARTYR]
[CHAPTER XV. HANS’S CITY OF REST]
[CHAPTER XVI. ERNEST ACCEPTS A COMMISSION]
[CHAPTER XVII. HANS PROPHESIES EVIL]
[CHAPTER XVIII. MR. ALSTON’S VIEWS]
[CHAPTER XIX. ISANDHLWANA]
[CHAPTER XX. THE END OF ALSTON’S HORSE]
[BOOK III.]
[CHAPTER I. THE CLIFFS OF OLD ENGLAND]
[CHAPTER II. ERNEST’S EVIL DESTINY]
[CHAPTER III. INTROSPECTIVE]
[CHAPTER IV. AFTER MANY DAYS]
[CHAPTER V. HOME AGAIN]
[CHAPTER VI. HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT]
[CHAPTER VII. MAZOOKU’S FAREWELL]
[CHAPTER VIII. R. CARDUS ACCOMPLISHES HIS REVENGE]
[CHAPTER IX. MAD ATTERLEIGH’S LAST RIDE]
[CHAPTER X. DOROTHY’S TRIUMPH]