It is my wish that Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Company alone should publishthis story in the United States, and I appeal to the generosity andcourtesy of other Publishers, to allow me to gain some benefit from mywork on the American as well as English side of the Atlantic.
HESBA STRETTON.
PART I.
CHAPTER I. ABSCONDED
CHAPTER II. PHEBE MARLOWE
CHAPTER III. FELICITA
CHAPTER IV. UPFOLD FARM
CHAPTER V. A CONFESSION
CHAPTER VI. THE OLD BANK
CHAPTER VII. AN INTERRUPTED DAY-DREAM
CHAPTER VIII. THE SENIOR PARTNER
CHAPTER IX. FAST BOUND
CHAPTER X. LEAVING RIVERSBOROUGH
CHAPTER XI. OLD MARLOWE
CHAPTER XII. RECKLESS OF LIFE
CHAPTER XIII. SUSPENSE
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE ALTAR STEPS
CHAPTER XV. A SECOND FRAUD
CHAPTER XVI. PARTING WORDS
CHAPTER XVII. WAITING FOR THE NEWS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEAD ARE FORGIVEN
CHAPTER XIX. AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
CHAPTER XX. A DUMB MAN'S GRIEF
CHAPTER XXI. PLATO AND PAUL
CHAPTER XXII. A REJECTED SUITOR
CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER OFFER
CHAPTER XXIV. AT HOME IN LONDON
CHAPTER XXV. DEAD TO THE WORLD
PART II.
CHAPTER I. AFTER MANY YEARS
CHAPTER II. CANON PASCAL
CHAPTER III. FELICITA'S REFUSAL
CHAPTER IV. TAKING ORDERS
CHAPTER V. A LONDON CURACY
CHAPTER VI. OTHER PEOPLE'S SINS
CHAPTER VII. AN OLD MAN'S PARDON
CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAVE AT ENGELBERG
CHAPTER IX. THE LOWEST DEEPS
CHAPTER X. ALICE PASCAL
CHAPTER XI. COMING TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER XII. A GLIMPSE INTO PARADISE
CHAPTER XIII. A LONDON GARRET
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