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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

• PROLOGUE.

• CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE CASTLE-BUILDERS.

  The House by the Sea—The Round Window—God's eyes in
  Flowers—The Day-Dreamers—A Picture—An Angel—Old
  Nanny—On the Sea-Shore—Shell-Hunting—Bell's Freak and
  Mortimer's Dream—Asleep.

• CHAPTER II. THE DEAD HOPE.

  Time's Changes—Fall-down Castles—Little Bell waiting—
  When will Father come Home?—Little Bell weary—What the
  Sea said—Nevermore.

• CHAPTER III. SOUL-LAND.

  Autumn and Winter—By the Fireside—Where little Bell is
  going—Nanny sings about Chloe—Bell reads a poem—The flight
  of an Angel—The Funeral—The good Parson—The two Grave-stones.

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• CHAPTER IV. A FEW SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY.

  Down Town— Messrs. Flint & Snarle— Tim, the Office Boy,
  and the pale Book-keeper—The Escritoire—The Purloined
  Package—Mr. Flint goes Home—Midnight—Miss Daisy
  Snarle—The Poor Author.

• CHAPTER V. DAISY SNARLE.

  Sunday morning—Harvey Snarle and Mortimer—A Tale of
  Sorrow—The Snow-child—Mortimer takes Daisy's hand—
  Snarle's death.

• CHAPTER VI. THE PHANTOM AT SEA.

  A Storm in the Tropics—The Lone Ship—The Man at the
  Wheel—How he sang strange Songs—The Apparition—The
  drifting Bark.

• CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH THERE IS A MADMAN.

  Mr. Flint sips vino d'oro—The Stranger—The Letter—Mr.
  Flint Outwitted—Mr. Flint's Photograph—The Madman's
  Story—The Wrecked Soul—How Mr. Flint is troubled by his
  Conscience, and dreams of a Pair of Eyes.

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• CHAPTER VIII. MR. FLINT IS PERFECTLY ASTONISHED, AND MORTIMER HAS A
  VISION.

  The Light Heart—A Scene—The Sunny Heart—A Dream
  of Little Bell—A Hint.

• CHAPTER IX. DAISY AND THE NECKLACE.

  Our petite Heroine—How she talked to the Poets—The
  Morocco Case—Daisy's Eyes make Pictures—Tears, idle
  Tears!

• CHAPTER X. ST. AGNES' EVE.

  The Old Year—St. Agnes—Keats' Poem—The Circlet of
  Pearls—A Cloud—The Promise—Mrs. Snarle continues her
  Knitting.

• CHAPTER XI. MORTIMER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT PUBLISHER,
  AND MR. FLINT MAKES A DISCOVERY.

  H. H. Hardwill, Publisher—Criminal Literature—Alliterative
  Titles—Goldwood—Poor Authors—A Heaven for them in the
  Perspective—Flint's Discovery, and the Horns of his Dilemma.

• CHAPTER XII. WHAT DAISY DID.

  The Arrest—Doubt and Love—Daisy and the Necklace—
  The Search—The Heart of Daisy Snarle.

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• CHAPTER XIII. IN THE TOMBS.

  The Author's Summer Residence—The Egyptian Prison—
  Without and Within—A Picture—Sunshine in shadow—Joe
  Wilkes and his unique Proposal—Gloomy Prospects—The Face
  at the Cell-window.

• CHAPTER XIV. A CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING.

  The Strange Visit—The Lawyer—Walters and Mr. Flint—
  The Clouds—A Strip of Sunshine—Mortimer.

• CHAPTER XV. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.

  A Picture—The Lawyer's Note—Mr. Hardwill once more—
  The Scene at the Law Office—Mr. Flint Hors du Combat—
  Face to Face.

• CHAPTER XVI. THE OLD HOUSE BY THE SEA.

  Clap-trap—John Flint—The Old House—Joe Wilkes—
  Strephon and Chloe—Tim enjoying himself—Edward Walters
  and Little Bell—A Last Word.