BOOK I.

A VILLAGE MYSTERY.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. A WOMAN'S FACE 1

II. A LAWYER'S ADVENTURE 10

III. CONTINUATION OF A LAWYER'S ADVENTURE 27

IV. FLINT AND STEEL 36

V. DIFFICULTIES 45

VI. YOUNG MEN'S FANCIES 55

VII. THE WAY OPENS 71

VIII. A SEARCH AND ITS RESULTS 80

IX. THE TWO SISTERS 92

X. DORIS 97

XI. LOVE 109

XII. HOW MUCH DID IT MEAN? 122

XIII. FRESH DOUBTS 142

XIV. IN THE NIGHT WATCHES 150