Cruel As The Grave

CONTENTS

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I.	—	The Berners of the Burning Hearts.	21
II.	—	John Lyon Howe.	26
III.	—	Sybil Berners.	32
IV.	—	The Beautiful Stranger.	45
V.	—	The Landlord’s Story.	48
VI.	—	Rosa Blondelle.	59
VII.	—	Down in the Dark Vale.	71
VIII.	—	Black Hall.	76
IX.	—	The Guest-Chambers.	83
X.	—	The Jealous Bride.	91
XI.	—	Love and Jealousy.	103
XII.	—	“Cruel As the Grave.”	112
XIII.	—	More Than the Bitterness of Death.	126
XIV.	—	The First Fatal Hallow Eve.	133
XV.	—	The Masquerade Ball.	142
XVI.	—	On the Watch.	147
XVII.	—	Driven to Desperation.	154
XVIII.	—	Lying in Wait.	175
XIX.	—	Swooping Down.	183
XX.	—	The Search.	191
XXI.	—	Sybil’s Flight.	198
XXII.	—	The Haunted Chapel.	207
XXIII.	—	The Solitude is Invaded.	218
XXIV.	—	The Verdict and the Visitor.	225
XXV.	—	The Fall of the Dubarrys.	238
XXVI.	—	The Spectre.	250
XXVII.	—	Fearful Waiting.	264
XXVIII.	—	A Ghastly Procession.	273
XXIX.	—	Ghostly and Mysterious	292
XXX.	—	Flight and Pursuit.	306
XXXI.	—	The Arrest.	323
XXXII.	—	A Desperate Venture	334
XXXIII.	—	A Fatal Crisis.	344
XXXIV.	—	The Pursuit.	344
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