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CONTENTS.CHAP.PAGEI.—WEDDING BELLS1II.—“YET OFT O’ER CREDULOUS YOUTH SUCH SIRENS TRIUMPH, AND LEAD THEIR CAPTIVE SENSE IN CHAINS AS STRONG AS ADAMANT.”17III.—COMING HOME35IV.—TRAVELLERS BY LAND AND SEA49V.—LORD AND LADY VERNER60VI.—IN WHICH DAME FORTUNE PLAYS OFF HER GRIM JOKE UPON LIONEL HAMMERTON74VII.—CONTAINS A LETTER FROM A DEAR FRIEND, AND TAKES THE READER ONCE MORE TO SEVERNTOWN88VIII.—PORTENDS A DEED OF VENGEANCE101IX.—GLANCES AT WILLIAMSON’S STORY, AND TERMINATES PAUL SOMERTON’S ADVENTURE112X.—“FROM GRAVE TO GAY”119XI.—EXPLANATIONS THAT CAME TOO LATE128XII.—“WHAT THE MOON SAW”144XIII.—IN WHICH THE SEVERNSHIRE CORONER HOLDS AN INQUEST157XIV.—THE CHIEF OF THE BRAZENCROOK POLICE MAKES A BOLD STROKE FOR THE GOVERNMENT REWARD175XV.—CONTAINS A CURIOUS ILLUSTRATION OF DETECTIVE PHILOSOPHY, AND IS AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THIS HISTORY184XVI.—“BAL. TO R. T., £300”198XVII.—IN THE FIRELIGHT209XVIII.—THE BEGINNING OF THE END221XIX.—IN WHICH SEVERAL PERSONS QUIT THE STAGE FOR EVER245XX.—CLOSING SCENES262

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