CONTENTS. PART THE FIRST. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Meet of the
CHAPTER I. THE MEET OF THE HOUNDS.
CHAPTER II. LADY GODOLPHIN'S FOLLY.
CHAPTER III. THE DARK PLAIN IN THE MOONLIGHT.
CHAPTER IV. ALL SOULS' RECTORY.
CHAPTER V. THOMAS GODOLPHIN'S LOVE.
CHAPTER VI. CHARLOTTE PAIN.
CHAPTER VII. BROOMHEAD.
CHAPTER VIII. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.
CHAPTER IX. MR. SANDY'S "TRADE."
CHAPTER X. THE SHADOW.
CHAPTER XI. A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
CHAPTER XII. DEAD.
CHAPTER XIII. UNAVAILING REGRETS.
CHAPTER XIV. GONE ON BEFORE.
CHAPTER XV. A MIDNIGHT WALK.
CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST JOURNEY.
CHAPTER XVII. A ROW ON THE WATER.
CHAPTER XVIII. STRAW IN THE STREETS.
CHAPTER XIX. ONE STICK DISCARDED.
CHAPTER XX. A REVELATION TO ALL SOULS' RECTOR.
CHAPTER XXI. CHARLOTTE'S BARGAIN.
CHAPTER XXII. DANGEROUS AMUSEMENT.
PART THE SECOND. CHAPTER I. SIXTY POUNDS TO OLD JEKYL.
CHAPTER II. WHY DID IT ANGER HIM?
CHAPTER III. CECIL'S ROMANCE.
CHAPTER IV. CHARLOTTE PAIN'S "TURN-OUT."
CHAPTER V. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER VI. MR. VERRALL'S CHAMBERS.
CHAPTER VII. BEYOND RECALL.
CHAPTER VIII. THE TRADITION OF THE DARK PLAIN.
CHAPTER IX. THE DEAD ALIVE AGAIN.
CHAPTER X. NINE THOUSAND AND FORTY-FIVE POUNDS.
CHAPTER XI. THOSE BONDS AGAIN!
CHAPTER XII. "I SEE IT: BUT I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT."
CHAPTER XIII. A RED-LETTER DAY FOR MRS. BOND.
CHAPTER XIV. ISAAC HASTINGS TURNS TO THINKING.
CHAPTER XV. A NIGHTMARE FOR THE RECTOR OF ALL SOULS'.
CHAPTER XVI. MR. LAYTON "LOOKED UP."
CHAPTER XVII. GONE!
CHAPTER XVIII. MURMURS; AND CURIOUS DOUBTS.
CHAPTER XIX. BOBBING JOAN.
CHAPTER XX. MRS. BOND'S VISIT.
CHAPTER XXI. A DREAD FEAR.
CHAPTER XXII. BEARING THE BRUNT.
CHAPTER XXIII. "AS FINE AS A QUEEN!"
CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT TO LORD AVERIL.
CHAPTER XXV. IN THE STREETS OF PRIOR'S ASH.
CHAPTER XXVI. MY LADY WASHES HER HANDS.
CHAPTER XXVII. A BROKEN IDOL.
PART THE THIRD. CHAPTER I. A MORNING CALL.
CHAPTER II. NEARER AND NEARER.
CHAPTER III. FOR THE LAST TIME.
CHAPTER IV. GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS.
CHAPTER V. COMMOTION AT ASHLYDYAT.
CHAPTER VI. A CROWD OF MEMORIES.
CHAPTER VII. AT REST.
CHAPTER VIII. A SAD PARTING.
CHAPTER IX. A SAFE VOYAGE TO HIM!
MRS. HENRY WOOD'S NOVELS.
CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. EAST LYNNE.
Title: The Shadow of Ashlydyat
Author: Mrs. Henry Wood
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THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT
THE SHADOW OF
ASHLYDYAT
BY
MRS. HENRY WOOD
AUTHOR OF
“EAST LYNNE,” “THE CHANNINGS,” “JOHNNY LUDLOW,” ETC.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH THOUSAND
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1907
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