Pelops to that of Borgia, the same crimes, though under different garbs,
will stalk on our paths. Each age comprehends in itself specimens of
every virtue and every vice which has ever inspired our love or mowed our
horror.

LONDON, November 1, 1846.


CONTENTS

PART THE FIRST

PROLOGUE TO PART THE FIRST

CHAPTER
I A Family Group
II Lucretia
III Conferences
IV Guy's Oak
V Household Treason
VI The Will
VII The Engagement
VIII The Discovery
IX A Soul without Hope
X The Reconciliation between Father and Son

EPILOGUE TO PART THE FIRST

PART THE SECOND