CHAPTER XVI OF HOW I REPAID THE DEBT I OWED MY LADY 288

ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘I give the lives of these gentlemen to you. Your secret is your own’” (p. 180) _Frontispiece_

“Descending the steps, she stood facing me not ten paces distant” _facing_ 40

“‘You!’ my lady gasped in a choking voice” “ 90

“He leaned against its knotted trunk, while the blood dripped steadily upon the grass” “ 146

“A very brief examination sufficed to assure me that the fellow was but stunned” “ 224

“On the threshold stood the Earl of Cleeve himself” “ 262

MY LADY OF CLEEVE