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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• I. THE HOUSE OF SEACLIFF 7

• II. THE PEOPLE OF SEACLIFF 14

• III. THE GAYETIES OF SEACLIFF 29

• IV. DOMICILIATION 43

• V. CEREMONIAL AND MORAL 53

• VI. EQUESTRIAN AND EMOTIONAL 67

• VII. A MOTHER IN ISRAEL, AND TWO SONS OF BELIAL 83

• VIII. MR. WESTERVELT 95

• IX. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 107

• X. CERTAIN DISCOVERIES 122

• XI. APPROACHING THE MYSTERY 137

• XII. A CHANGE IN THE MYSTERY 153

• XIII. GENEVIEVE AND COUSIN JULE 170

• XIV. A FLIRTATION, AND A FINGER-RING 187

• XV. A FRIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 204

• XVI. THE SORROWS OF HUNTER 219

• XVII. THE MYSTERY A TORMENT 238

• XVIII. SAD HEART, AND SILLY HEAD 254

• XIX. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 269

• XX. CAKES AND ALE 274

• XXI. A RAY OF LIGHT 287

• XXII. TWILIGHT DIALOGUES 305

• XXIII. REJECTED ADDRESSES 319

• XXIV. RESULTS OF REJECTED ADDRESSES 335

• XXV. THE OLD, OLD STORY 346

• XXVI. WESTERVELT, SENIOR 356

• XXVII. OPEN PLEASURES, AND SECRET SORROWS 368

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• XXVIII. TRYING TO BELL THE CAT 383

• XXIX. THE MYSTERY FORCED 399

• XXX. CONFESSION 414

• XXXI. THE PRESENCE OF DEATH 430

• XXXII. FUNEREAL 448

• XXXIII. TWO YEARS AFTER 462