BESSY RANE.
Reading edition
A Novel.
BY
MRS. HENRY WOOD.
AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE," "THE CHANNINGS," "JOHNNY LUDLOW," ETC.
Forty-second Thousand.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1897.
(All rights reserved.)
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS ----- PART THE FIRST.
CHAPTER
I. The Anonymous Letter.
II. Ellen Adair.
III. In Mrs. Gass's Parlour.
IV. Alone with the Truth.
V. Retrospect.
VI. Watching the Funeral.
VII. After the Funeral.
VIII. Madam's Listening Closet.
IX. In Lawyer Dale's Office.
X. Put to his Conscience..
XI. A Quiet Wedding.
XII. Jelly's Indiscretion.
XIII. Coming Home.
PART THE SECOND.
I. What was, and what might be.
II. Mrs. Gass amid the Workmen.
III. Morning Visitors.
IV. Three Letters for Dr. Rane.
V. Madam's Advice.
VI. Mary Dallory.
VII. Love among the Roses.
VIII. The Tontine.
IX. At the Seaside.
X. A Last Proposal.
XI. Under the Cedar-tree.
XII. An Interruption.
XIII. Panic.
XIV. What Jelly saw.
XV. Desolation.
XVI. In the Churchyard.
XVII. At Sir Nash Bohun's.
XVIII. Jelly's Troubles.
XIX. Coming Home to Die.
XX. Richard North's Revelation.
XXI. Under the Same Roof.
XXII. Tangled Threads.
XXIII. Jelly's Two Evening Visits.
XXIV. Mischief brewing in North Inlet.
XXV. Days of Pain.
XXVI. Mrs. Gass at Home.
XXVII. Once Again.
XXVIII. Coming very Near.
XXIX. In the Shrubbery.
XXX. Lying in Wait.
XXXI. Disturbing the Grave.
XXXII. A Night Expedition.
PART THE THIRD.
I. In Grosvenor Place.
II. No Hope.
III. Brought Home to him.
IV. Conclusion.