CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A STRANGE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER II. A MONSTROUS PROPOSITION.
CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE STRANGER ADOPTED.
CHAPTER IV. A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE AND AN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER V. A GRAVE CONSULTATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE DEVELOPMENTS OF SEVERAL YEARS.
CHAPTER VII. GEOFFREY ENTERS COLLEGE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE HAZER HAZED.
CHAPTER IX. A STRANGE ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER X. MRS. BREVORT’S RECEPTION.
CHAPTER XI. MARGERY.
CHAPTER XII. THE RECEPTION.
CHAPTER XIII. “FIRST IN TIME, FIRST BY RIGHT!”
CHAPTER XIV. A CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XV. A DECLARATION.
CHAPTER XVI. OUT OF COLLEGE AT LAST.
CHAPTER XVII. A DISAPPOINTED LOVER.
CHAPTER XVIII. A LONG AND INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER XIX. EVERET MAPLESON RETURNS TO VUE DE L’EAU.
CHAPTER XX. AN INTERESTING DWELLING.
CHAPTER XXI. AN OCTOGENARIAN INTERVIEWED.
CHAPTER XXII. A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXIII. EVERET MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XXIV. EVERET MAKES A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXV. GEOFFREY PICKS UP A THREAD.
CHAPTER XXVI. A THRILLING STORY.
CHAPTER XXVII. JACK’S STORY CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXVIII. GEOFFREY VISITS THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.
CHAPTER XXIX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
CHAPTER XXX. A STARTLING RECOGNITION.
CHAPTER XXXI. A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE.
CHAPTER XXXII. GEOFFREY FINDS A RELIC.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A WEDDING IN PROSPECT.
CHAPTER XXXIV. ROBERT DALE’S WILL BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXXV. TWO LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. “HE IS NOT NAMELESS.”
CHAPTER XXXVII. A THREAT AND A WEDDING-RING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WEDDING.
CHAPTER XXXIX. WHAT BECAME OF GEOFFREY.
CHAPTER XL. AN ACCIDENT REVEALS AN HEIR-LOOM.
CHAPTER XLI. GEOFFREY LEARNS THE TRUTH AT LAST.
CHAPTER XLII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
CHAPTER XLIII. COLONEL MAPLESON’S STORY.
CHAPTER XLIV. THE COLONEL’S STORY CONCLUDED.
CHAPTER XLV. MRS. MAPLESON’S CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XLVI. MRS. MAPLESON’S STORY CONCLUDED.
CHAPTER XLVII. AN UNEXPECTED RETURN.
CHAPTER XLVIII. PEACE AT LAST.