CONTENTS

PECCAVI

I DUST TO DUST

II THE CHIEF MOURNER

III A CONFESSION

IV MIDSUMMER NIGHT

V THE MAN ALONE

VI FIRE

VII THE SINNER'S PRAYER

VIII THE LORD OF THE MANOR.

IX A DUEL BEGINS

X THE LETTER OF THE LAW

XI LABOUR OF HERCULES

XII A FRESH DISCOVERY

XIII DEVICES OF A CASTAWAY

XIV THE LAST RESORT

XV HIS OWN LAWYER

XVI END OF THE DUEL

XVII THREE WEEKS AND A NIGHT

XVIII THE NIGHT'S WORK

XIX THE FIRST WINTER

XX THE WAY OF PEACE

XXI AT THE FLINT HOUSE

XXII A LITTLE CHILD

XXIII DESIGN AND ACCIDENT

XXIV GLAMOUR AND RUE

XXV SIGNS OF CHANGE

XXVI A VERY FEW WORDS

XXVII AN ESCAPE

XXVIII THE TURNING TIDE

XXIX A HAVEN OF HEARTS

XXX THE WOMAN'S HOUR

XXXI ADVENT EVE

XXXII THE SECOND TIME

XXXIII SANCTUARY

BY
E. W. HORNUNG

AUTHOR OF "THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN," "MY LORD DUKE," "YOUNG BLOOD," ETC.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK 1901

Copyright, 1900, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

All rights reserved

THE CAXTON PRESS
NEW YORK.