CONTENTS.


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