PART I.

A WOMAN FACE TO FACE WITH THE WORLD.

CHAP.

I. A PICTURE AND A FACE.

II. ADELE AND MARGARET.

III. A WOMAN FACE TO FACE WITH THE WORLD.

IV. MORNING THOUGHTS--A RESOLVE TAKEN.

V. FOUND--A FRIEND.

VI. THE YOUNG HEIR.

VII. A CUNNING TEMPTER.

VIII. ARTHUR FALLS INTO THE SNARE.

IX. ARTHUR'S SECRET.

X. HOW ADELE RECEIVES THE DISCLOSURE.

XI. A FACE AT THE WINDOW.

XII. FLIGHT.

XIII. LESSONS IN WORLD-WISDOM.

XIV. LAURA.

XV. A DREAM OF THE SEA.

XVI. UNEXPECTED VISITORS AT MIDDLETHORPE.