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CHAPTER I. RACHEL FROST CHAPTER II. THE WILLOW POND CHAPTER III. THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME CHAPTER IV. THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT CHAPTER V. THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE CHAPTER VI. DINAH ROY'S "GHOST" CHAPTER VII. THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST CHAPTER VIII. ROBIN'S VOW CHAPTER IX. MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT CHAPTER X. LADY VERNER CHAPTER XI. LUCY TEMPEST CHAPTER XII. DR. WEST'S HOME CHAPTER XIII. A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING CHAPTER XV. A TROUBLED MIND CHAPTER XVI. AN ALTERED WILL CHAPTER XVII. DISAPPEARED CHAPTER XVIII. PERPLEXITY CHAPTER XIX. THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER CHAPTER XX. DRY WORK CHAPTER XXI. A WHISPERED SUSPICION CHAPTER XXII. PECKABY'S SHOP CHAPTER XXIII. DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN CHAPTER XXIV. DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP CHAPTER XXV. HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL CHAPTER XXVI. THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER CHAPTER XXVII. DR. WEST'S SANCTUM CHAPTER XXVIII. MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT CHAPTER XXIX. AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY CHAPTER XXX. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA CHAPTER XXXI. ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE CHAPTER XXXII. "IT'S APPLEPLEXY" CHAPTER XXXIII. JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD CHAPTER XXXIV. IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER XXXV. BACK AGAIN CHAPTER XXXVI. A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM CHAPTER XXXVII. NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE MISSES WEST EN PAPILLOTES CHAPTER XXXIX. BROTHER JARRUM CHAPTER XL. A VISIT OF CEREMONY CHAPTER XLI. A SPECIAL VISION TOUCHING MRS. PECKABY CHAPTER XLII. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. TYNN CHAPTER XLIII. LIONEL'S PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS CHAPTER XLIV. FARMER BLOW'S WHITE-TAILED PONY CHAPTER XLV. STIFLED WITH DISHONOUR CHAPTER XLVI. SHADOWED-FORTH EMBARRASSMENT CHAPTER XLVII. THE YEW-TREE ON THE LAWN CHAPTER XLVIII. MR. DAN DUFF IN CONVULSIONS CHAPTER XLIX. "I SEE'D A DEAD MAN!" CHAPTER L. MR. AND MRS. VERNER CHAPTER LI. COMMOTION IN DEERHAM CHAPTER LII. MATTHEW FROST'S NIGHT ENCOUNTER CHAPTER LIII. MASTER CHEESE'S FRIGHT—OTHER FRIGHTS CHAPTER LIV. MRS. DUFF'S BILL CHAPTER LV. A LIFE HOVERING IN THE BALANCE CHAPTER LVI. SELF WILL CHAPTER LVII. A WALK IN THE RAIN CHAPTER LVIII. THE THUNDER-STORM CHAPTER LIX. A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER CHAPTER LX. MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF CHAPTER LXI. MEETING THE NEWS CHAPTER LXII. TYNN PUMPED DRY CHAPTER LXIII. LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST CHAPTER LXIV. ENDURANCE CHAPTER LXV. CAPTAIN CANNONBY CHAPTER LXVI. "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!" CHAPTER LXVII. DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST CHAPTER LXVIII. A THREAT TO JAN CHAPTER LXIX. NO HOME CHAPTER LXX. TURNING OUT CHAPTER LXXI. UNPREMEDITATED WORDS CHAPTER LXXII. JAN'S SAVINGS CHAPTER LXXIII. A PROPOSAL CHAPTER LXXIV. TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY CHAPTER LXXV. AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S CHAPTER LXXVI. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL CHAPTER LXXVII. AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S CHAPTER LXXVIII. AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD CHAPTER LXXIX. A SIN AND A SHAME CHAPTER LXXX. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY CHAPTER LXXXI. A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE CHAPTER LXXXII. TRYING ON WREATHS CHAPTER LXXXIII. WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT CHAPTER LXXXIV. GOING TO THE BALL CHAPTER LXXXV. DECIMA'S ROMANCE CHAPTER LXXXVI. WAS IT A SPECTRE? CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE LAMP BURNS OUT AT LAST CHAPTER LXXXVIII. ACHING HEARTS CHAPTER LXXXIX. MASTER CHEESE BLOWN UP CHAPTER XC. LIGHT THROWN ON OBSCURITY CHAPTER XCI. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE GRATIS CHAPTER XCII. AT LAST! CHAPTER XCIII. LADY VERNER'S "FEAR" CHAPTER XCIV. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JAN! CHAPTER XCV. SUNDRY ARRIVALS