CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. Comrades 9
II. Sir Simon Gore 23
III. The Will 38
IV. A Strange Adventure 50
V. Lost in the Darkness 64
VI. A Maiden Gentlewoman 77
VII. Bernard's Friends 90
VIII. Bernard's Enemies 103
IX. At Cove Castle 115
X. A Statement of the Case 129
XI. Mrs. Gilroy's Past 142
XIII. A Consultation 170
XIV. Love in Exile 183
XV. The Past of Alice 195
XVI. The Unexpected 208
XVII. The Diary 221
XVIII. Tolomeo's Story 232
XIX. Plots and Counterplots 245
XX. A Confession 259
XXI. Young Judas 276
XXII. The Truth 291
XXIII. A Year Later 309