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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. MERLWOOD.

CHAPTER II. HESTER MAULE.

CHAPTER III. KASHGATE—A RETROSPECT.

CHAPTER IV. PLAYING WITH FIRE.

CHAPTER V. THE COUSINS.

CHAPTER VI. ANNOT DRUMMOND.

CHAPTER VII. 'IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?'

CHAPTER VIII. 'IT WAS NO DREAM.'

CHAPTER IX. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW.

CHAPTER X. ROLAND'S HOME-COMING.

CHAPTER XI. A COLD RECEPTION.

CHAPTER XII. MAUDE.

CHAPTER XIII. ROLAND'S VEXATION.

CHAPTER XIV. MAUDE'S SECRET.

CHAPTER XV. MR. HAWKEY SHARPE SEEKS COUNSEL.

CHAPTER XVI. 'FOOL'S PARADISE.'

CHAPTER XVII. AT EARLSHAUGH.

CHAPTER XVIII. 'MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET.'

CHAPTER XIX. HESTER RECEIVES A PROPOSAL.

CHAPTER XX. MR. SHARPE MAKES A MISTAKE.

CHAPTER XXI. MALCOLM SKENE.

CHAPTER XXII. A FATAL SHOT.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS—OCTOBER IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS.

CHAPTER XXIV. JACK ELLIOT'S PERIL.

CHAPTER XXV. THE WILL.

CHAPTER XXVI. MOLOCH.

CHAPTER XXVII. ANNOT'S MISGIVINGS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIRST OF OCTOBER.

CHAPTER XXIX. ALARM AND ANXIETY.

CHAPTER XXX. THE KELPIE'S CLEUGH.

CHAPTER XXXI. 'ALL OVER NOW!'

CHAPTER XXII. PELION ON OSSA.

CHAPTER XXXIII. A TANGLED SKEIN.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRESENTIMENT.

CHAPTER XXXV. LOST IN THE DESERT.

CHAPTER XXXVI. ALONE!

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FIRST QUARREL.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CRISIS.

CHAPTER XXXIX. TURNING THE TABLES.

CHAPTER XL. THE NEW POSITION.

CHAPTER XLI. THE CAPTIVE.

CHAPTER XLII. THE ZEREBA OF SHEIKH MOUSSA.

CHAPTER XLIII. A MARRIAGE.

CHAPTER XLIV. THE TROOPSHIP.

CHAPTER XLV. THE DEATH WRESTLE.

CHAPTER XLVI. MAUDE'S VISITOR.

CHAPTER XLVII. THE RESULT.

CHAPTER XLVIII. 'INFIRM OF PURPOSE!'

CHAPTER XLIX. CHRISTMAS DAY IN CAMP AT KORTI.

CHAPTER L. THE START FOR KHARTOUM.

CHAPTER LI. THE MARCH IN THE DESERT.

CHAPTER LII. THE PRESENTIMENT FULFILLED.

CHAPTER LIII A HOMEWARD GLANCE.

CHAPTER LIV. THE LONG-SUSPENDED SWORD.

CHAPTER LV. WITH GENERAL EARLE's COLUMN.

CHAPTER LVI. THE BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN.

CHAPTER LVII. THE SICK CONVOY.

CHAPTER LVIII. IN THE SHOUBRAH GARDENS.

CHAPTER LIX. CONCLUSION.