BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE AMAZING WILL 1

II. IN THE EVENING 13

III. "AS YOU HOPE TO BE FORGIVEN" 21

IV. THE WICKED WOMAN IN FLORENCE 32

V. "YOUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER" 42

VI. MOLLY COMES OF AGE 55

VII. EDMUND GROSSE CONTINUES TO INTERFERE 68

VIII. AT GROOMBRIDGE CASTLE 78

IX. A LITTLE MORE THAN KIND 91

X. THE PET VICE 98

XI. THE THIN END OF A CLUE 109

XII. MOLLY'S NIGHT-WATCH 120

XIII. SIR DAVID'S MEMORY 126