CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

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1. 'FAREWELL,' QUOTH SHE, AND COME AGAIN TO-

II. O'ER ALL THERE HUNG A SHADOW AND A FEAR

III. HE COMETH NOT,' SHE SAID

IV. AND I SHALL BE ALONE UNTIL I DIE

v. 'SURELY, MOST BITTER OF All sweet thinGS THOU

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VI. WE ARE PAST THE SEASON OF DIVIDED ILLS'

VII. THE DROWSY NIGHT GROWS ON THE WORLD

VIII. 'GOOD NIGHT, GOOD REST. AH! NEITHER BE MY

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ix. SUCH A LORD IS LOVE

X. THEN STREAMED LIFE'S FUTURE ON THE FADING

XI. 'A MERRIER HOUR WAS NEVER WASTED THERE'. 158

XII. IT WAS THE HOUR WHEN WOODS ARE COLD . 165

XIII. NOW HALF ΤΟ THE SETTING MOON HAVE GONE,

AND HALF TO THE RISING DAY'

XIV. 'O HEAVEN! THAT ONE MIGHT READ THE BOOK OF

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XV. ' QUI PEUT sous le soleil TROMPER SA DESTINEE?' 209

XVI. THIS IS MORE STRANGE THAN SUCH A MURDER IS' 225

XVII. ' AH, LOVE, THERE IS NO BETTER LIFE THAN THIS' 235

XVIII. LOVE IS A THING TO WHICH WE SOON CONSENT' 251

XIX. SORROW AUGMENTETH THE MALADY

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xx. BUT OH! THE THORNS WE STAND UPON !'

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A STRANGE WORLD

CHAPTER I.

'FAREWELL,' QUOTH SHE, AND COME AGAIN

TO-MORROW,'

THE old housekeeper's eyes were dim as she finished her story of the heir of Penwyn.

'He was the best of all,' she said; 'Mr. Balfour we saw very little of after he grew up, being the youngest to marry and leave home; Mr. James was a kind, easy-going young fellow enough; but Mr. George was everybody's favourite, and there wasn't a dry eye among us when the Squire called us together after his illness, and told us how his son had died. "He died like a gentleman-upholding the honour of his Queen and his country, and the name of Penwyn," said the master, without a tremble in his voice, though it was feebler than before the

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