BOOK I

THE SHADOW

PAGE

I.--THE CHILD, AND WHAT SHE LED ME INTO 1

II.--THE YOUNG DOCTOR AND THE OLD 6

III.--WHAT A DOOR HID 21

IV.--"HE DRANK IT ALONE" 32

V.--HOPE 38

VI.--A HAPPY INSPIRATION 50

VII.--THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN BY THE NEWEL-POST 54

VIII.--THE MAN BEHIND THE SCREEN 71

IX.--THE CLOCK THAT HAD RUN DOWN 88

X.--THE PENCIL 96

XI.--SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 101

XII.--GOSSIP 104

XIII.--INDICATIONS 110

XIV.--A SUDDEN TURN 127

XV.--THE MISSING POCKET 139

XVI.--IN THE PARLOUR AT MRS. PENRHYN'S 147