XLVII. THE EXECUTION, 410
XLVIII. NEWS FOR CLAUDIA, 419
XLIX. THE FATE OF FAUSTINA, 433
L. LADY HURSTMONCEUX'S REVELATION, 439
LI. ISHMAEL'S ERRAND, 449
LII. THE MEETING OF THE SEVERILD PAIR, 466
LIII. HOME AGAIN, 475
LIV. WHICH IS THE BRIDE? 486
LV. CONCLUSION, 494




CHAPTER I.

RECOVERY.

Something I know. Oft, shall it come about
When every heart is full of hope for man,
The horizon straight is darkened, and a doubt
Clouds all. The work the youth so well began
Wastes down, and by some deed of shame is finished.
Ah, yet we will not be dismayed:
What seemed the triumph of the Fiend at length
Might be the effort of some dying devil,
Permitted to put forth his fullest strength
To loose it all forever!
--_Owen Meredith._