HENRY DUNBAR

A Novel

By M.E. Braddon

DEDICATION

THIS STORY IS INSCRIBED TO

JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE, ESQ.

IN SINCERE ADMIRATION OF
HIS GENIUS AS A DRAMATIC AUTHOR
AND POPULAR ACTOR.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [ AFTER OFFICE HOURS IN THE HOUSE OF DUNBAR, DUNBAR, AND BALDERBY]
II. [ MARGARET'S FATHER]
III. [ THE MEETING AT THE RAILWAY STATION]
IV. [ THE STROKE OF DEATH]
V. [ SINKING THE PAST]
VI. [ CLEMENT AUSTIN'S DIARY]
VII. [ AFTER FIVE-AND-THIRTY YEARS]
VIII. [ THE FIRST STAGE ON THE JOURNEY HOME]
IX. [ HOW HENRY DUNBAR WAITED DINNER]
X. [ LAURA DUNBAR]
XI. [ THE INQUEST]
XII. [ ARRESTED]
XIII. [ THE PRISONER IS REMANDED]
XIV. [ MARGARET'S JOURNEY]
XV. [ BAFFLED]
XVI. [ IS IT LOVE OR FEAR?]
XVII. [ THE BROKEN PICTURE]
XVIII. [ THREE WHO SUSPECT]
XIX. [ LAURA DUNBAR'S DISAPPOINTMENT]
XX. [ NEW HOPES MAY BLOOM]
XXI. [ A NEW LIFE]
XXII. [ THE STEEPLE-CHASE]
XXIII. [ THE BRIDE THAT THE RAIN RAINS ON]
XXIV. [ THE UNBIDDEN GUEST WHO CAME TO LAURA DUNBAR'S WEDDING]
XXV. [ AFTER THE WEDDING]
XXVI. [ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BACK PARLOUR, OF THE BANKING-HOUSE]
XXVII. [ CLEMENT AUSTIN'S WOOING]
XXVIII. [ BUYING DIAMONDS]
XXIX. [ GOING AWAY]
XXX. [ STOPPED UPON THE WAY]
XXXI. [ CLEMENT AUSTIN MAKES A SACRIFICE]
XXXII. [ WHAT HAPPENED AT MAUDESLEY ABBEY]
XXXIII. [ MARGARET'S RETURN]
XXXIV. [ FAREWELL]
XXXV. [ A DISCOVERY AT THE LUXEMBOURG]
XXXVI. [ LOOKING FOR THE PORTRAIT]
XXXVII. [ MARGARET'S LETTER]
XXXVIII. [ NOTES FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY CLEMENT AUSTIN DURING HIS JOURNEY TO WINCHESTER]
XXXIX. [ CLEMENT AUSTIN'S JOURNAL, CONTINUED]
XL. [ FLIGHT]
XLI. [ AT MAUDESLEY ABBEY]
XLII. [ THE HOUSEMAID AT WOODBINE COTTAGE]
XLIII. [ ON THE TRACK]
XLIV. [ CHASING THE "CROW"]
XLV. [ GIVING IT UP]
XLVI. [ CLEMENT'S STORY,—BEFORE THE DAWN]
XLVII. [ THE DAWN]
THE EPILOGUE: [ ADDED BY CLEMENT AUSTIN SEVEN YEARS AFTERWARDS]