LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 198, PICCADILLY.
1876.

[All rights reserved.]


LONDON:

SWIFT AND CO., PRINTERS, NEWTON STREET, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.


CONTENTS.

chap.page
To the Reader[1]
I.An Arrival[6]
II.Our Curiosity is piqued[15]
III.The Thief in the Night[21]
IV.My Father[26]
V.The Little Black Book[34]
VI.A Stranger appears[41]
VII.Tasso[47]
VIII.Thunder[53]
IX.Awakened[57]
X.A Sight from the Window[61]
XI.Catastrophe[66]
XII.Our Guest[71]
XIII.Meeting in the Garden[77]
XIV.The Intruder[81]
XV.A Warning[87]
XVI.Doubts[91]
XVII.Lemuel Blount[100]
XVIII.Identified[108]
XIX.Pistols for Two[113]
XX.The Wood of Plas Ylwd[120]
XXI.The Patient at Plas Ylwd[124]
XXII.The Outlaw[129]
XXIII.A Journey[133]
XXIV.Arrivals[137]
XXV.The Doctor's News[143]
XXVI.Lady Lorrimer[149]
XXVII.What can she mean?[155]
XXVIII.A Semi-quarrel[159]
XXIX.My Bouquet[168]
XXX.The Knight of the Black Castle[173]
XXXI.Rustication[179]
XXXII.At the George and Dragon[187]
XXXIII.Notice To Quit[194]
XXXIV.Sir Harry's Answer[199]
XXXV.Lady Mardykes's Ball[207]
XXXVI.News of Lady Lorrimer[213]
XXXVII.A Last Look[221]
XXXVIII.Storm[228]
XXXIX.Farewell, Miss Ware[237]
XL.A Rainy Day[245]
XLI.The Flitting[250]
XLII.A Forlorn Hope[257]
XLIII.Cold Steel[263]
XLIV.An Ominous Visit[272]
XLV.Confidential[276]
XLVI.After Office Hours[285]
XLVII.Sir Harry speaks[289]
XLVIII.The Old Love[292]
XLIX.Alone in the World[295]
L.A Protector[300]
LI.A Warning[305]
LII.Mine Enemy[310]
LIII.One more Chance[318]
LIV.Dangerous Ground[327]
LV.Mr. Carmel takes his leave[332]
LVI."Love took up the Glass of Time."[338]
LVII.An Awkward Proposal[342]
LVIII.Danger[347]
LIX.An Intruder[351]
LX.Sir Harry's Key[355]
LXI.A Discovery[358]
LXII.Sir Harry withdraws[363]
LXIII.At the Three Nuns[369]
LXIV.The Will[374]
LXV.The Serpent's Smile[380]
LXVI.Laura Grey[384]
LXVII.A Chapter of Explanations[388]
LXVIII.The Last of the Rokestones[394]
LXIX.Search for the Will[398]
LXX.A Disappointment[403]
LXXI.A Woman's Heart[408]