XXIV. Tremendous Excitement.—The Hour Approaches, and with it the Man.
—The Lady of the Ice.—A Tumultuous Meeting.—Outpouring of Tender
Emotions.—Agitation of the Lady.—A Sudden Interruption.—An Injured
Man, an Awful, Fearful, Direful, and Utterly-crushing Revelation.—Who
is the Lady of the Ice?
XXV. Recovery from the last Great Shock.—Geniality of mine Host.—Off again among Antiquities.—The Fenians.—A Startling Revelation by one of the Inner Circle.—Politics, Poetry, and Pathos.—Far-reaching Plans and Deep-seated Purposes.
XXVI. A few Parting Words with O'Halloran.—His touching Parental Tenderness, High Chivalric Sentiment, and lofty sense of Honor.—Pistols for Two.—Pleasant and Harmonious Arrangement.—"Me Boy, Ye're and Honor to Yer Sex!"
XXVII. Sensational!—Terrific!—Tremendous!—I leave the house in Strange Whirl.—A Storm.—The Driving Sleet.—I Wander About.—The voices of the Storm, and of the River.—The clangor of the Bells.—The Shadow in the Doorway.—The Mysterious Companion.—A Terrible Walk.—Familiar Voices.—Sinking into Senselessness.—The Lady of the Ice is Revealed At Last amid the Storm!
XXVIII. My Lady of the Ice.—Snow and Sleet.—Reawakening.—A Desperate
Situation.—Saved a Second Time.—Snatched from a Worse Fate.—Borne in
My Arms Once More.—The Open Door.
XXIX. Puzzling Questions which cannot be Answered as yet.—A Step toward Reconcilation.—Reunion of a Broken Friendship.—Pieces all Collected and Joined.—Joy of Jack.—Solemn Debates over the Great Puzzle of the period.—Friendly Conferences and Confidences.—An Important Communication.
XXX. A Letter!—Strange Hesitation.—Gloomy Forebodings.—Jack down deep in
the Dumps.—Fresh Confessions.—Why he Missed the Tryst.—Remorse and
Revenge.—Jack's Vows of Vengeance.—A very Singular and Unaccountable
Character.—Jack's Gloomy Menaces.
XXXI. A Friendly Call.—Preliminaries of the Duel Neatly Arranged.—A Damp
Journey, and Depressed Spirits.—A Secluded Spot.—Difficulties
which attend a Duel in a Canadian Spring.—A Masterly Decision.
—Debates about the niceties of the Code of Honor.—Who shall have the
First Shot, Struggle for Precedence.—A very Singular and Obstinate
Dispute.—I save O'Halloran from Death by Rheumatism.
XXXII. Home again.—The Growls of a Confirmed Growler.—Hospitality.—The
well-known Room.—Vision of a Lady.—Alone with Marion.—Interchange of
Thought and Sentiment.—Two Beautiful Women.—An Evening to be
Remembered.—The Conviviality of O'Halloran.—The Humors of
O'Halloran, and his Bacchic Joy.
XXXIII. From April to June.—Tempora Mutantur, et nos Mutamur in Illis.
—Startling Change in Marion!—And Why?—Jack and his Woes.—The
Vengeance of Miss Phillips.—Ladies who refuse to allow their Hearts to
be Broken.—Noble Attitude of the Widow.—Consolations of Louie.