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Title: The Doctor's Dilemma

Author: Hesba Stretton

Release Date: December 24, 2004 [EBook #14454]

Language: English

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THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA.

_A NOVEL_.

BY HESBA STRETTON

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1872.

CONTENTS.

_PART THE FIRST_.

I.--AN OPEN DOOR
II.--TO SOUTHAMPTON
III.--A ROUGH NIGHT AT SEA
IV.--A SAFE HAVEN
V.--WILL IT DO?
VI.--TOO MUCH ALONE
VII.--A FALSE STEP
VIII.--AN ISLAND WITHOUT A DOCTOR

_PART THE SECOND_.

I.--DR. MARTIN DOBREE
II.--A PATIENT IN SARK
III.--WITHOUT RESOURCES
IV.--A RIVAL PRACTITIONER
V.--LOCKS OF HAIR
VI.--WHO IS SHE?
VII.--WHO ARE HER FRIENDS?
VIII.--THE SIXTIES OF GUERNSEY
IX.--A CLEW TO THE SECRET
X.--JULIA'S WEDDING-DRESS
XI.--TRUE TO BOTH
XII.--STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET
XIII.--ONE IN A THOUSAND.
XIV.--OVERHEAD IN LOVE
XV.--IN A FIX
XVI.--A MIDNIGHT RIDE
XVII.--A LONG HALF-HOUR
XVIII.--BROKEN OFF
XIX.--THE DOBREES' GOOD NAME
XX.--TWO LETTERS
XXI.--ALL WRONG
XXII.--DEAD TO HONOR
XXIII.--IN EXILE
XXIV.--OVERMATCHED.
XXV.--HOME AGAIN
XXVI.--A NEW PATIENT
XXVII.--SET FREE
XXVIII.--A BRIGHT BEGINNING
XXIX.--THE GOULIOT CAVES
XXX.--A GLOOMY ENDING
XXXI.--A STORY IN DETAIL
XXXII.--OLIVIA GONE
XXXIII.--THE EBB OF LIFE
XXXIV.--A DISCONSOLATE WIDOWER
XXXV.--THE WIDOWER COMFORTED
XXXVI.--FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
XXXVII.--THE TABLES TURNED
XXXVIII.--OLIVIA'S HUSBAND
XXXIX.--SAD NEWS
XL.--A TORMENTING DOUBT
XLI.--MARTIN DOBREE'S PLEDGE
XLII.--NOIREAU
XLIII.--A SECOND PURSUER
XLIV.--THE LAW OF MARRIAGE
XXV.--FULFILLING THE PLEDGE
XLVI.--A DEED OF SEPARATION
XLVII.--A FRIENDLY CABMAN
XLVIII.--JULIA