137
XIV. WHEELS WITHIN WHEEL 143
XV. CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS 155
XVI. FACE TO FACE 167
XVII. GATHERING CLUES 184
XVIII. THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S
KNIFE 191
XIX. A DUAL RENUNCIATION 203
XX. STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE 215
XXI. HAGAR AND CORA 229
XXII. TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER 239
XXIII. SETTING SOME SNARES 244
XXIV. A VERITABLE GHOST 251
XXV. SOME DAYS OF WAITING 257
XXVI. NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK 265
XXVII. CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE 272
XXVIII. THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE MIMIC STAGE 279
XXIX. A STARTLING EPISODE 291
XXX. WAITING 299
XXXI. MR. PERCY SHAKES HIMSELF 303
XXXII. A SILKEN BELT 310
XXXIII. CROSS PURPOSES 316
XXXIV. A SLIGHT COMPLICATION 322
XXXV. "THOU SHALT NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS" SET AT
NAUGHT 332
XXXVI. MR. LORD'S LETTER 337
XXXVII. "I HAVE COME BACK TO MY OWN!" 341
XXXVIII. CORA UNDER ORDERS 356
XXXIX. MYSTIFIED PEOPLE 367
XL. DAVLIN'S "POINTS." 378
XLI. THE DAYS PASS BY 385
XLII. A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 389
XLIII. THE DOCTOR'S WOOING 397
XLIV. A FRESH COMPLICATION 403
XLV. MRS. RALSTON'S STORY 409
XLVI. CORA "STIRS UP THE ANIMALS." 416
XLVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 423
XLVIII. THE SWORD OF FATE 427
XLIX. AS THE FOOL DIETH 442
L. "AND THEN COMES REST." 447

[Illustration: "Lucian Davlin was among the arrivals, and at the end
of the depot platform stood the dainty