THE IMPENDING SWORD.
Reading edition
LONDON: ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.
THE
IMPENDING SWORD.
A Novel.
BY
EDMUND YATES,
AUTHOR OF 'BLACK SHEEP,' 'THE ROCK AHEAD,' 'THE YELLOW FLAG,' ETC. ETC.
'Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven, Who,when He sees the hours ripe on earthWill rain hot vengeance on the offenders' heads.'
SHAKESPEARE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST. STRAND. 1874.
[The right of translation, dramatic adaptation, and reproduction is reserved.]
CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Book the Second. THE CRIME.
CHAP.
I. DOWN TO LIVERPOOL.
II. TRAPPED.
III. HELEN'S JOURNAL.
IV. 'SCOT FREE.'
V. A BLAZE OF TRIUMPH.
VI. STARTLING NEWS.
VII. ONLY TOO TRUE.
VIII. THORNTON CAREY.