| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | A Sad Farewell | 1 |
| II. | Rupert Godwin the Banker | 7 |
| III. | An Importunate Creditor | 16 |
| IV. | A new Way to pay old Debts | 23 |
| V. | Love’s Young Dream | 33 |
| VI. | The Story of the Past | 38 |
| VII. | The Stolen Letter | 47 |
| VIII. | The Day of Desolation | 54 |
| IX. | A Pitiless Claimant | 58 |
| X. | Hidden in the Yew-tree | 62 |
| XI. | Homeless and Friendless | 71 |
| XII. | Maternal Manœuvres | 76 |
| XIII. | A Daughter’s Trial | 86 |
| XIV. | Love at Sight | 89 |
| XV. | Violet Resolves upon Entering a New Sphere | 93 |
| XVI. | Behind the Scenes | 101 |
| XVII. | Cruel Kindness | 105 |
| XVIII. | Wilmingdon Hall | 112 |
| XIX. | A Recognition and a Disappointment | 119 |
| XX. | The Marquis of Roxleydale | 123 |
| XXI. | Bent but not Broken | 131 |
| XXII. | Julia’s Protégé | 134 |
| XXIII. | On the Threshold | 139 |
| XXIV. | Miss Vanberg is Malicious | 143 |
| XXV. | Falcon and Dove | 150 |
| XXVI. | In the Labyrinth | 160 |
| XXVII. | A Dark Journey | 164 |
| XXVIII. | The Housekeeper’s Story | 170 |
| XXIX. | “She Wept, delivered from her Danger” | 177 |
| XXX. | Underground | 185 |
| XXXI. | On the Track | 191 |
| XXXII. | Esther Vanberg has her way | 202 |
| XXXIII. | The Evidence of the Miniature | 208 |
| XXXIV. | Fever-stricken | 214 |
| XXXV. | An alarming Discovery | 222 |
| XXXVI. | Discomfited | 225 |
| XXXVII. | Put to the Test | 237 |
| XXXVIII. | Riding to her Doom | 238 |
| XXXIX. | The Shadow of Death | 247 |
| XL. | A Fatal Lesson | 251 |
| XLI. | Silenced | 259 |
| XLII. | Girt with Fire | 267 |
| XLIII. | The Clerk’s Story | 272 |
| XLIV. | The Duke of Harlingford makes a Discovery | 278 |
| XLV. | The Face of the Lost | 286 |
| XLVI. | Suspense | 291 |
| XLVII. | Resurgam | 298 |
| XLVIII. | “Vengeance is Mine” | 306 |