by Wilkie Collins
FIRST SCENE. The Cottage on the Frontier.
CHAPTER I. THE TWO WOMEN.
CHAPTER II. MAGDALEN IN MODERN TIMES.
CHAPTER III. THE GERMAN SHELL.
CHAPTER IV. THE TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER V. THE GERMAN SURGEON.
SECOND SCENE. Mablethorpe House. PREAMBLE.
CHAPTER VI. LADY JANET'S COMPANION.
CHAPTER VII. THE MAN IS COMING. "You look very pale this morning, my child."
CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN APPEARS.
CHAPTER IX. NEWS FROM MANNHEIM.
CHAPTER X. A COUNCIL OF THREE.
CHAPTER XI. THE DEAD ALIVE.
CHAPTER XII. EXIT JULIAN.
CHAPTER XIII. ENTER JULIAN.
CHAPTER XIV. COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE.
CHAPTER XV. A WOMAN'S REMORSE.
CHAPTER XVI. THEY MEET AGAIN.
CHAPTER XVII. THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SEARCH IN THE GROUNDS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE EVIL GENIUS.
CHAPTER XX. THE POLICEMAN IN PLAIN CLOTHES.
CHAPTER XXI. THE FOOTSTEP IN THE CORRIDOR. MERCY was alone.
CHAPTER XXII. THE MAN IN THE DINING-ROOM.
CHAPTER XXIII. LADY JANET AT BAY.
CHAPTER XXIV. LADY JANET'S LETTER.
CHAPTER XXV. THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXVI. GREAT HEART AND LITTLE HEART. THERE was a pause.
CHAPTER XXVII. MAGDALEN'S APPRENTICESHIP.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SENTENCE IS PRONOUNCED ON HER. IT was done. The
CHAPTER XXIX. THE LAST TRIAL. THE servant left them together. Mercy spoke first.
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