Front matter

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

SHE SHRANK LOWER AND LOWER, TILL HER BOWED HEAD RESTED ON HER KNEES.

The Pride o' the Morning

BY

AGNES GIBERNE

AUTHOR OF "SUN, MOON AND STARS," "THE MIGHTY DEEP," "STORIES OF THE ABBEY PRECINCTS," "ROY: A TALE IN THE DAYS OF SIR JOHN MOORE," ETC.

London

S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO., LTD.

OLD BAILEY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. COLIN'S RETURN

II. MIDNIGHT MOVEMENTS

III. MRS. WYVERNE'S GRAND-DAUGHTERS

IV. THINGS PAST AND PRESENT

V. THE MIDFELL ATMOSPHERE

VI. A BURNISHED STREAM

VII. A STERN CHASE

VIII. MR. DUGDALE'S OUTSPOKENNESS

IX. A MOORLAND DEATH-TRAP

X. DIREFUL REALISATIONS

XI. CASTLE HILL PERPLEXITIES

XII. COLIN AND HIS WORK

XIII. THE OLD VILLAGE CHURCH

XIV. SCULPTOR AND SITTER

XV. AN INADVERTENT DISCOVERY

XVI. LEVEL PLAINS

XVII. DUTY VERSUS DESIRE

XVIII. A PAST EPISODE

XIX. A VANISHED PORTRAIT

XX. REVERSION TO A RUT

XXI. THE THINGS THAT ARE

XXII. THINGS THAT SHOULD BE

XXIII. COLIN'S CONQUESTS

XXIV. A FAMILIAR HANDWRITING

XXV. GILES OR SOMEBODY

XXVI. AN UNQUIET MIND

XXVII. RENEWED FIGHTING

XXVIII. NEW DEVELOPMENTS

XXIX. THE LOST HEIRLOOM

XXX. MRS. KEITH AND HER CORRESPONDENT

XXXI. GILES AND HIS HOPES

XXXII. A POSSIBLE COMPLICATION

XXXIII. COMING TO THE POINT

XXXIV. A FLARE-UP AND ITS SEQUELÆ

XXXV. THE OTHER MAN

XXXVI. THE COIL IN ITS BEGINNING

XXXVII. READJUSTMENTS

THE PRIDE O' THE MORNING