I. A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM 237

XXXVII. NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY 248

XXXVIII. THE MISSES WEST EN PAPILLOTES 254

XXXIX. BROTHER JARRUM 258

XL. A VISIT OF CEREMONY 268

XLI. A SPECIAL VISION TOUCHING MRS. PECKABY 278

XLII. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. TYNN 287

XLIII. LIONEL'S PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS 298

XLIV. FARMER BLOW'S WHITE-TAILED PONY 307

XLV. STIFLED WITH DISHONOUR 312

XLVI. SHADOWED-FORTH EMBARRASSMENT 318

XLVII. THE YEW-TREE ON THE LAWN 328

XLVIII. MR. DAN DUFF IN CONVULSIONS 336

XLIX. "I SEE'D A DEAD MAN!" 338

L. MR. AND MRS. VERNER 349

LI. COMMOTION IN DEERHAM 353

LII. MATTHEW FROST'S NIGHT ENCOUNTER 360

LIII. MASTER CHEESE'S FRIGHT--OTHER FRIGHTS 370

LIV. MRS. DUFF'S BILL 380

LV. SELF WILL 390

LVI. A LIFE HOVERING IN THE BALANCE 396

LVII. A WALK IN THE RAIN 401

LVIII. THE THUNDER-STORM 407

LIX. A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER 412

LX. MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF 422

LXI. MEETING THE NEWS 430

LXII. TYNN PUMPED DRY 435

LXIII. LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST 443

LXIV. ENDURANCE 449

LXV. CAPTAIN CANNONBY 453

LXVI. "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!" 461

LXVII. DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST 464

LXVIII. A THREAT TO JAN 473

LXIX. NO HOME 478

LXX. TURNING OUT 485

LXXI. UNPREMEDITATED WORDS 493

LXXII. JAN'S SAVINGS 498

LXXIII. A PROPOSAL 505

LXXIV. TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY 509

LXXV. AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S 519

LXXVI. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 526

LXXVII. AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S 534

LXXVIII. AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD 540

LXXIX. A SIN AND A SHAME 546

LXXX. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY 550

LXXXI. A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE 558

LXXXII. TRYING ON WREATHS 565

LXXXIII. WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT 573

LXXXIV. GOING TO THE BALL 578

LXXXV. DECIMA'S ROMANCE 586

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