TO
EDMOND POWER, ESQ.,
OF SPRINGFIELD,
Whose kindness to Mine and to Me
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHILE I AM.

CONTENTS.

Part I.—A Plain Gold Guard—continued.

XII.[—THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE ]1
XIII.[—ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP RODWELL ]26
XIV.[—ON THE RIVER ]42
XV.[—THE FUTURE AS IT SEEMED ]59
XVI.[—THE PRESENT AS IT WAS ]80
XVII.[—THE ASCENT OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE ]95
XVIII.[—ON THE TOP ]113

Part II.—The Towers of Silence.

I.[—A STRANGER AT THE CASTLE ]127
II.[—THE READING OF THE WILL ]148
III.[—"COUSIN MAUD"—"NO; MAUD" ]173
IV.[—THE TWO GUARDIANS ]200
V.[—THE INDEFINITE PRESENT ]216
VI.[—THE TYRANNICAL PAST ]235

THE WEIRD SISTERS.