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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• I. —THE DOCTOR 5

• II. —A FALL FROM HORSEBACK 7

• III. —THE BODY-SERVANT 10

• IV. —KNOWN AND UNKNOWN 11

• V. —IN THE DARKNESS 16

• VI. —RUTHVEN'S RESOLUTION 18

• VII. —FERGUS RIDES 19

• VIII. —THE TWO LETTERS 20

• IX. —IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES
  TO THE MOUNTAINS 22

• X. —HONORIA BRAND 24

• XI. —BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES 25

• XII. —AT RIVANNA 28

• XIII. —THE PORTRAIT 30

• XIV. —META 31

• XV. —TWO PICTURES 33

• XVI. —TWO HEARTS 34

• XVII. —MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 38

• XVIII. —HOW THEY DREW LOTS WHICH
  SHOULD EAT THE DUMB-CAKE 39

• XIX. —TERROR 40

• XX. —THE DUMB-CAKE 42

• XXI. —AT THREE IN THE MORNING 43

• XXII. —THE CRISIS 46

• XXIII. —DR. VANDYKE AND LADY BRAND 49

• XXIV. —THE HORROR 52

• XXV. —TREATMENT 55

• XXVI. —THE MYSTERY 58

• XXVII. —BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY 60

• XXVIII. —THE ASSEMBLY 62

• XXIX. —LINKS OF THE CHAIN 66

• XXX. —THE TWO RIVALS 68

• XXXI. —THE INTERVIEW 70

• XXXII. —DR. VANDYKE'S DISCOVERY 73

• XXXIII. —THE RING 77

• XXXIV. —PHIL CARY FINDS THE MOMENT 79

• XXXV. —A STRANGE COMFORTER 81

• XXXVI. —THE FAMILY IN CONCLAVE 82

• XXXVII. —THE EXPLANATION 85

• XXXVIII. —THE WILL 87

• XXXIX. —RUTHVEN'S OATH 89

• XL. —THE HEART OF A CHILD 92

• XLI. —THE RETURN 94

• XLII. —THE SEARCH FOR INNIS 95

• XLIII. —DR. VANDYKE'S DIAGNOSIS 97

• XLIV. —THE LETTER 100

• XLV. —IN WHICH DR. VANDYKE PROPOSES
  TO MAKE A NIGHT OF
  IT 101

• XLVI. —THE ROMANCE OF DR. VANDYKE 104

• XLVII. —HALLUCINATION 107

• XLVIII. —WHAT OCCURRED AT THE WEDDING-DINNER
  109

• XLIX. —THE CONTENTS OF RUTHVEN'S
  TRUNKS 114

• L. —META AND HER PHYSICIAN 116

• LI. —THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN LORD
  RUTHVEN AND DR. VANDYKE 118

• LII. —UNDER THE OAK 123

• LIII. —THE APPOINTMENT 123

• LIV. —THE MARRIAGE 126

• LV. —THE STEPS IN THE SNOW 128

• LVI. —THE LAST MEETING 129

• LVII. —THE ADVERSARIES 130

• LVIII. —THE COMBAT 132

• LIX. —THE BRIDAL CHAMBER 134

• LX. —THE STATEMENT AND THE PAPER 138

• EPILOGUE 141

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