[CHAPTER VII.]

The Conference, Continued.—Mutual Security.—The Oaken Door and the Strange Appearance.—Mysteries Thicken.

[CHAPTER VIII.]

The Mansion.—Offers of Magnitude.—The Double Plot.

[CHAPTER IX.]

London in 1742.—Gray’s Home.—The Child.—The Voice of Conscience.—A Visit.

[CHAPTER X.]

The Disappearance.—Mrs. Bridget Strangeways and the Old Oaken Chest.—Albert’s Grief and Despair.

[CHAPTER XI.]

Learmont in London.—The Endeavour to Drown Thought.—Life in 1742.—All is not Gold that Glitters.