CONTENTS.

I. THE SISTERS
II. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
III. PASSION
IV. THE FATAL DEED
V. LOVE AND FATE
VI. A SECRET REVEALED
VII. MOTHER- AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
VIII. END OF THE SECRET MARRIAGE
IX. THE VICTIM
X. THE RIVALS
XI. THE MARTYRS OF LOVE
XII. HERMAN'S STORY
XIII. THE FLIGHT OF HERMAN
XIV. OVER NORA'S GRAVE
XV. NORA'S SON
XVI. THE FORSAKEN WIFE
XVII. THE COUNTESS AND THE CHILD
XVIII. BERENICE
XIX. NOBODY'S SON
XX. NEWS FROM HERMAN
XXI. ISHMAEL'S ADVENTURE
XXII. ISHMAEL GAINS HIS FIRST VERDICT
XXIII. ISHMAEL'S PROGRESS
XXIV. CLAUDIA TO THE RESCUE