CONTENTS: Book the First. FATAL FRIENDSHIP. I. THE HOUSE IN
CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY.
CHAPTER II. PHILIP SHELDON READS THE "LANCET."
CHAPTER III. MR. AND MRS. HALLIDAY.
CHAPTER IV. A PERPLEXING ILLNESS.
CHAPTER V. THE LETTER FROM THE "ALLIANCE" OFFICE.
CHAPTER VI. MR. BURKHAM'S UNCERTAINTIES.
CHAPTER I. A GOLDEN TEMPLE.
CHAPTER II. THE EASY DESCENT
CHAPTER III. "HEART BARE, HEART HUNGRY, VERY POOR."
CHAPTER I. A FORTUNATE MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER II. CHARLOTTE.
CHAPTER III. GEORGE SHELDON'S PROSPECTS.
CHAPTER IV. DIANA FINDS A NEW HOME.
CHAPTER V. AT THE LAWN.
CHAPTER VI. THE COMPACT OF GRAY'S INN.
CHAPTER VII. AUNT SARAH.
CHAPTER VIII. CHARLOTTE PROPHESIES RAIN.
CHAPTER IX. MR. SHELDON ON THE WATCH.
CHAPTER I. THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
CHAPTER II. MATTHEW HAYGARTH'S RESTING-PLACE.
CHAPTER III. MR. GOODGE'S WISDOM.
CHAPTER I. BETRAYED BY A BLOTTING-PAD.
CHAPTER II. VALENTINE INVOKES THE PHANTOMS OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER III. HUNTING THE JUDSONS.
CHAPTER IV. GLIMPSES OF A BYGONE LIFE.
CHAPTER I. DISAPPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER II. VALENTINE'S RECORD CONTINUED.
CHAPTER III. ARCADIA.
CHAPTER IV. IN PARADISE.
CHAPTER V. TOO FAIR TO LAST.
CHAPTER VI. FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
CHAPTER I. "IN YOUR PATIENCE YE ARE STRONG."
CHAPTER II. MRS. SHELDON ACCEPTS HER DESTINY.
CHAPTER III. MR. HAWKEHURST AND MR. GEORGE SHELDON COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER IV. MR. SHELDON IS PROPITIOUS
CHAPTER V. MR. SHELDON IS BENEVOLENT.
CHAPTER VI. RIDING THE HIGH HORSE.
CHAPTER VII. MR. SHELDON IS PRUDENT.
CHAPTER VIII. CHRISTMAS PEACE.
Title: Birds of Prey
Author: M. E. Braddon
Language: English
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