VERNER'S PRIDE
MRS. HENRY WOOD
ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD
LONDON & GLASGOW
COLLINS' CLEAR-TYPE PRESS
CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I.] RACHEL FROST
[CHAPTER II.] THE WILLOW POND
[CHAPTER III.] THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME
[CHAPTER IV.] THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT
[CHAPTER V.] THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE
[CHAPTER VI.] DINAH ROY'S "GHOST"
[CHAPTER VII.] THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST
[CHAPTER VIII.] ROBIN'S VOW
[CHAPTER IX.] MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT
[CHAPTER X.] LADY VERNER
[CHAPTER XI.] LUCY TEMPEST
[CHAPTER XII.] DR. WEST'S HOME
[CHAPTER XIII.] A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE
[CHAPTER XIV.] THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
[CHAPTER XV.] A TROUBLED MIND
[CHAPTER XVI.] AN ALTERED WILL
[CHAPTER XVII.] DISAPPEARED
[CHAPTER XVIII.] PERPLEXITY
[CHAPTER XIX.] THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER
[CHAPTER XX.] DRY WORK
[CHAPTER XXI.] A WHISPERED SUSPICION
[CHAPTER XXII.] PECKABY'S SHOP
[CHAPTER XXIII.] DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN
[CHAPTER XXIV.] DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP
[CHAPTER XXV.] HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL
[CHAPTER XXVI.] THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER
[CHAPTER XXVII.] DR. WEST'S SANCTUM
[CHAPTER XXVIII.] MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT
[CHAPTER XXIX.] AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY
[CHAPTER XXX.] NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
[CHAPTER XXXI.] ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE
[CHAPTER XXXII.] "IT'S APPLEPLEXY"
[CHAPTER XXXIII.] JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD
[CHAPTER XXXIV.] IMPROVEMENTS
[CHAPTER XXXV.] BACK AGAIN
[CHAPTER XXXVI.] A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM
[CHAPTER XXXVII.] NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY
[CHAPTER XXXVIII.] THE MISSES WEST EN PAPILLOTES
[CHAPTER XXXIX.] BROTHER JARRUM
[CHAPTER XL.] A VISIT OF CEREMONY
[CHAPTER XLI.] A SPECIAL VISION TOUCHING MRS. PECKABY
[CHAPTER XLII.] A SURPRISE FOR MRS. TYNN
[CHAPTER XLIII.] LIONEL'S PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
[CHAPTER XLIV.] FARMER BLOW'S WHITE-TAILED PONY
[CHAPTER XLV.] STIFLED WITH DISHONOUR
[CHAPTER XLVI.] SHADOWED-FORTH EMBARRASSMENT
[CHAPTER XLVII.] THE YEW-TREE ON THE LAWN
[CHAPTER XLVIII.] MR. DAN DUFF IN CONVULSIONS
[CHAPTER XLIX.] "I SEE'D A DEAD MAN!"
[CHAPTER L.] MR. AND MRS. VERNER
[CHAPTER LI.] COMMOTION IN DEERHAM
[CHAPTER LII.] MATTHEW FROST'S NIGHT ENCOUNTER
[CHAPTER LIII.] MASTER CHEESE'S FRIGHT—OTHER FRIGHTS
[CHAPTER LIV.] MRS. DUFF'S BILL
[CHAPTER LV.] A LIFE HOVERING IN THE BALANCE
[CHAPTER LVI.] SELF WILL
[CHAPTER LVII.] A WALK IN THE RAIN
[CHAPTER LVIII.] THE THUNDER-STORM
[CHAPTER LIX.] A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER
[CHAPTER LX.] MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF
[CHAPTER LXI.] MEETING THE NEWS
[CHAPTER LXII.] TYNN PUMPED DRY
[CHAPTER LXIII.] LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST
[CHAPTER LXIV.] ENDURANCE
[CHAPTER LXV.] CAPTAIN CANNONBY
[CHAPTER LXVI.] "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!"
[CHAPTER LXVII.] DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST
[CHAPTER LXVIII.] A THREAT TO JAN
[CHAPTER LXIX.] NO HOME
[CHAPTER LXX.] TURNING OUT
[CHAPTER LXXI.] UNPREMEDITATED WORDS
[CHAPTER LXXII.] JAN'S SAVINGS
[CHAPTER LXXIII.] A PROPOSAL
[CHAPTER LXXIV.] TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY
[CHAPTER LXXV.] AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S
[CHAPTER LXXVI.] AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL
[CHAPTER LXXVII.] AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S
[CHAPTER LXXVIII.] AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD
[CHAPTER LXXIX.] A SIN AND A SHAME
[CHAPTER LXXX.] RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY
[CHAPTER LXXXI.] A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE
[CHAPTER LXXXII.] TRYING ON WREATHS
[CHAPTER LXXXIII.] WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT
[CHAPTER LXXXIV.] GOING TO THE BALL
[CHAPTER LXXXV.] DECIMA'S ROMANCE
[CHAPTER LXXXVI.] WAS IT A SPECTRE?
[CHAPTER LXXXVII.] THE LAMP BURNS OUT AT LAST
[CHAPTER LXXXVIII.] ACHING HEARTS
[CHAPTER LXXXIX.] MASTER CHEESE BLOWN UP
[CHAPTER XC.] LIGHT THROWN ON OBSCURITY
[CHAPTER XCI.] MEDICAL ATTENDANCE GRATIS
[CHAPTER XCII.] AT LAST!
[CHAPTER XCIII.] LADY VERNER'S "FEAR"
[CHAPTER XCIV.] IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JAN!
[CHAPTER XCV.] SUNDRY ARRIVALS