'PRISCILLA'
XIV. I MEET OLD FRIENDS

BOOK 3.
XV. WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST
XVI. THE STATUE ON THE PROMONTORY
XVII. MY FATHER BREATHES, MOVES, AND SPEAKS
XVIII. WE PASS A DELIGHTFUL EVENING, AND I HAVE A MORNING VISION
XIX. OUR RETURN HOMEWARD
XX. NEWS OF A FRESH CONQUEST OF MY FATHER'S
XXI. A PROMENADE IN BATH
XXII. CONCLUSION OF THE BATH EPISODE

BOOK 4.
XXIII. MY TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
XXIV. I MEET THE PRINCESS
XXV. ON BOARD A YACHT
XXVI. IN VIEW OF THE HOHENZOLLERN'S BIRTHPLACE
XXVII. THE TIME OF ROSES
XXVIII. OTTILIA
XXIX. AN EVENING WITH DR. JULIUS VON KARSTEG
XXX. A SUMMER STORM, AND LOVE
XXXI. PRINCESS OTTILIA'S LETTER
XXXII. AN INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ERNEST AND A MEETING WITH PRINCE OTTO

BOOK 5.
XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF A SHILLING
XXXIV. I GAIN A PERCEPTION OF PRINCELY STATE
XXXV. THE SCENE IN THE LAKE-PALACE LIBRARY
XXXVI. HOMEWARD AND HOME AGAIN.
XXXVII. JANET RENOUNCES ME
XXXVIII. MY BANKERS' BOOK.

BOOK 6.
XXXIX. I SEE MY FATHER TAKING THE TIDE AND AM CARRIED ON IT MYSELF
XL. MY FATHER'S MEETING WITH MY GRANDFATHER
XLI. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SPLENDOURS AND PERPLEXITIES OF MY FATHER'S
GRAND PARADE
XLII. THE MARQUIS OF EDBURY AND HIS PUPPET
XLIII. I BECOME ONE OF THE CHOSEN OF THE NATION
XLIV. MY FATHER IS MIRACULOUSLY RELIEVED BY FORTUNE

BOOK 7.
XLV. WITHIN AN INCH OF MY LIFE .
XLVI. AMONG GIPSY WOMEN
XLVII. MY FATHER ACTS THE CHARMER AGAIN
XLVIII. THE PRINCESS ENTRAPPED
XLIX. WHICH FORESHADOWS A GENERAL GATHERING
L. WE ARE ALL IN MY FATHER'S NET
LI. AN ENCOUNTER SHOWING MY FATHER'S GENIUS IN A STRONG LIGHT

BOOK 8.
LII. STRANGE REVELATIONS, AND MY GRANDFATHER HAS HIS LAST OUTBURST
LIII. THE HEIRESS PROVES THAT SHE INHERITS THE FEUD AND I GO DRIFTING
LIV. MY RETURN TO ENGLAND
LV. I MEET MY FIRST PLAYFELLOW AND TAKE MY PUNISHMENT
LVI. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER I

I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION

One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were
awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great
hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the
household were, his daughter Dorothy Beltham; a married daughter Mrs.
Richmond; Benjamin Sewis, an old half-caste butler; various domestic
servants; and a little boy, christe