XXXI.--THE TOKEN 215
XXXII.--PLAIN JOHN MANNERS WINS HIS
BRIDE 222
XXXIII.--PEACE AT LAST 229




THE HEIRESS OF HADDON.




CHAPTER I.

AT FIRST SIGHT.

There is a spirit brooding o'er these walls
That tells the record of a bygone day,
When 'mid the splendour of these courtly halls,
A pageant shone, whose gorgeous array
Like pleasure's dream has passed away.

ANON.

Where both deliberate the love is slight;
Who ever loved that love not at first sight?

MARLOWE.