I. [MERLWOOD]
II. [HESTER MAULE]
III. [KASHGATE—A RETROSPECT]
IV. [PLAYING WITH FIRE]
V. [THE COUSINS]
VI. [ANNOT DRUMMOND]
VII. ['IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?']
VIII. ['IT WAS NO DREAM']
IX. [THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW]
X. [ROLAND'S HOME-COMING]
XI. [A COLD RECEPTION]
XII. [MAUDE]
XIII. [ROLAND'S VEXATION]
XIV. [MAUDE'S SECRET]
XV. [MR. HAWKEY SHARPE SEEKS COUNSEL]
XVI. [FOOL'S PARADISE]
XVII. [AT EARLSHAUGH]
XVIII. ['MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET']
XIX. [HESTER RECEIVES A PROPOSAL]
XX. [MR. SHARPE MAKES A MISTAKE]
XXI. [MALCOLM SKENE]
XXII. [A FATAL SHOT]
XXIII. [THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS—OCTOBER IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS!]
XXIV. [JACK ELLIOT'S PERIL]
XXV. [THE WILL]
XXVI. [MOLOCH]
XXVII. [ANNOT'S MISGIVINGS]
XXVIII. [THE FIRST OF OCTOBER]
XXIX. [ALARM AND ANXIETY]
XXX. [THE KELPIE'S CLEUGH]
XXXI. ['ALL OVER NOW!']
XXXII. [PELION ON OSSA]
XXXIII. [A TANGLED SKEIN]
XXXIV. [THE PRESENTIMENT]
XXXV. [LOST IN THE DESERT]
XXXVI. [ALONE!]
XXXVII. [THE FIRST QUARREL]
XXXVIII. [THE CRISIS]
XXXIX. [TURNING THE TABLES]
XL. [THE NEW POSITION]
XLI. [THE CAPTIVE]
XLII. [THE ZEREBA OF SHEIKH MOUSSA]
XLIII. [A MARRIAGE]
XLIV. [THE TROOPSHIP]
XLV. [THE DEATH WRESTLE]
XLVI. [MAUDE'S VISITOR]
XLVII. [THE RESULT]
XLVIII. ['INFIRM OF PURPOSE!']
XLIX. [CHRISTMAS DAY IN CAMP AT KORTI]
L. [THE START FOR KHARTOUM]
LI. [THE MARCH IN THE DESERT]
LII. [THE PRESENTIMENT FULFILLED]
LIII. [A HOMEWARD GLANCE]
LIV. [THE LONG-SUSPENDED SWORD]
LV. [WITH GENERAL EARLE's COLUMN]
LVI. [THE BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN]
LVII. [THE SICK CONVOY]
LVIII. [IN THE SHOUBRAH GARDENS]
LIX. [CONCLUSION]
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
CHAPTER I.
MERLWOOD.
''Pon my word, cousin, I think I should actually fall in love with you, but that—that——'
'What?' asked the girl, with a curious smile.
'One so seldom falls in love with one they have known for a life long.'
The girl sighed softly, and said, still smiling sweetly:
'Looking upon her as almost a sister, you mean, Roland.'
'Or almost as a brother, as the case may be.'