CONTENTS.

Chapter   Page
I. The First Gift, 9
II. The Sibyl’s Cave, 20
III. Chaleco and his Plunder, 28
IV. The Midnight Ramble, 37
V. Fairy Scenes and Fatal Passions, 56
VI. The Sibyl and the Lovers, 59
VII. Waiting for Vengeance, 66
VIII. The Broken Idol, 70
IX. Waiting and Fearing—A Wilderness of Beauty, 79
X. The Courier and his Wild Visitor, 83
XI. A Traveller’s Toilet, 88
XII. Temptations and Resolutions, 92
XIII. The Weird Wedding, 99
XIV. The Gitanilla’s Oath, 104
XV. The Mansion and the Cottage, 110
XVI. Concealments and Suspicions, 115
XVII. The Old Escritoir, 124
XVIII. The Lady of Marston Court, 130
XIX. My First Heart Tempest, 139
XX. My Mother’s Last Appeal, 143
XXI. The Oath Redeemed, 151
XXII. Lost Memories, 156
XXIII. The Threshold of my Father’s House, 162
XXIV. A Paradise of Rest, 167
XXV. Myself and my Shadow, 174
XXVI. The Fairy at the Pool, 181
XXVII. Funerals and Orphans, 187
XXVIII. Pleasant Days and Pleasant Teachings, 196
XXIX. My Strange Acquaintance, 204
XXX. The Involuntary Hunt and its Consequences, 207
XXXI. My Unexpected Escort, 216
XXXII. The Unwelcome Visitor, 224
XXXIII. Turner’s Struggle against Marriage, 230
XXXIV. The Reluctant Proposal, 236
XXXV. The Jovial Wedding and Random Shot, 240
XXXVI. My First Visit to Greenhurst—The Two Miniatures, 250
XXXVII. Sorrows, Doubts and Conjectures, 260
XXXVIII. The Hazlenut Hedge, 270
XXXIX. My Father’s Return, 276
XL. Once More at Greenhurst, 284
XLI. My Strange Visitor, 290
XLII. Visions and Retrospections, 301
XLIII. The Desolate Bridal Chambers, 310
XLIV. The Bronze Coffer and my Mother’s Journal, 319
XLV. The Shadowy Death-Chamber, 330
XLVI. A Visit to my Arch Enemy, 339
XLVII. My Lost Friend and my Lost Home, 352
XLVIII. Our Flight from Marston Court, 366
XLIX. The Mountain Lake and Hill-side Cottage, 368
L. The Antique Bible, 376
LI. The Island Cove, 382
LII. The Sheep-Farmer and his Wife, 391
LIII. Chaleco’s Triumph, 397
LIV. Irving and his Mother, 404
LV. Self-Abnegation, 411
LVI. The Old Tower Chamber, 425