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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.—THE COMMON FEVER
CHAPTER II.—MARIAN'S STORY
CHAPTER III.—ACCEPTED
CHAPTER IV.—JOHN SALTRAM
CHAPTER V.—HALCYON DAYS
CHAPTER VI.—SENTENCE OF EXILE
CHAPTER VII.—"GOOD-BYE"
CHAPTER VIII.—MISSING
CHAPTER IX.—JOHN SALTRAM'S ADVICE
CHAPTER X.—JACOB NOWELL
CHAPTER XI.—THE MARRIAGE AT WYGROVE
CHAPTER XII.—A FRIENDLY COUNSELLOR
CHAPTER XIII.—MRS. PALLINSON HAS VIEWS
CHAPTER XIV.—FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER XV.—ON THE TRACK
CHAPTER XVI.—FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XVII.—MISS CARLEY'S ADMIRERS
CHAPTER XVIII.—JACOB NOWELL'S WILL
CHAPTER XIX.—GILBERT ASKS A QUESTION
CHAPTER XX.—DRIFTING AWAY
CHAPTER XXI.—FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XXII.—AT LIDFORD AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIII.—CALLED TO ACCOUNT
CHAPTER XXIV.—TORMENTED BY DOUBT
CHAPTER XXV.—MISSING AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVI.—IN BONDAGE
CHAPTER XXVII.—ONLY A WOMAN
CHAPTER XXVIII.—AT FAULT
CHAPTER XXIX.—BAFFLED, NOT BEATEN
CHAPTER XXX.—STRICKEN DOWN
CHAPTER XXXI.—ELLEN CARLEY'S TRIALS
CHAPTER XXXII.—THE PADLOCKED DOOR AT WYNCOMB
CHAPTER XXXIII.—"WHAT MUST BE SHALL BE"
CHAPTER XXXIV.—DOUBTFUL INFORMATION
CHAPTER XXXV.—BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
CHAPTER XXXVI.—COMING ROUND
CHAPTER XXXVII.—A FULL CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—AN ILL-OMENED WEDDING
CHAPTER XXXIX.—A DOMESTIC MYSTERY
CHAPTER XL.—IN PURSUIT
CHAPTER XLI.—OUTWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XLII.—THE PLEASURES OF WYNCOMB
CHAPTER XLIII.—MR. WHITELAW MAKES AN END OF THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XLIV.—AFTER THE FIRE
CHAPTER XLV.—MR. WHITELAW MAKES HIS WILL
CHAPTER XLVI.—ELLEN REGAINS HER LIBERTY
CHAPTER XLVII.—CLOSING SCENES