Helen Vardon's confessionFront matterReading editionChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPrologueChapter I · The Crack of DoomChapter II · Atra CuraChapter III · The CovenantChapter IV · The Eleventh HourChapter V · On the BrinkChapter VI · A Meeting and a PartingChapter VII · The Terms of ReleaseChapter VIII · “Whom God Hath Joined——”Chapter IX · Testimony and CounselChapter X · The Turning of the PageChapter XI · A Harbour of RefugeChapter XII · The Hidden HandChapter XIII · A Crystal-Gazer and Other MattersChapter XIV · Jasper DavenantChapter XV · The Magic PendulumChapter XVI · The Sweated ArtistChapter XVII · The Apotheosis of the TitmouseChapter XVIII · Among the BreakersChapter XIX · Illusions and DisillusionsChapter XX · Cloud and SunshineChapter XXI · A Dreadful InheritanceChapter XXII · The CatastropheChapter XXIII · The Dead HandChapter XXIV · The Gathering CloudsChapter XXV · Suspense: and a DiscoveryChapter XXVI · The Adjourned InquiryChapter XXVII · The IndictmentChapter XXVIII · The VerdictEpilogueTRANSCRIBER’S NOTESBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PrologueAll chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPrologueChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Other sectionsEpilogueTRANSCRIBER’S NOTESHODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED LONDON◇Prologue →