CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I The Question of Barbara 1 II The Naked Soul 15 III The Man for Brunswick 22 IV Stuart Stirs the Quarry 32 V "Where Have We Met?" 48 VI The Heathen Silver 68 VII From the Girdle to the Heart 77 VIII Gretchen's Boy 94 IX The Lie and the Locket 107 X Sweden Intervenes 7 XI The Dogs of Scotland 129 XII The Breaking of a Door 136 XIII A First Indiscretion 149 XIV Red Beard Comes 158 XV Sin Resurrected 173 XVI A Piece of Play-Acting 181 XVII Spreading the Snare 196 XVIII An Inch of Eden 205 XIX The Weakness of Men 215 XX Charlotte Remembers 226 XXI The Elopement 237 XXII The Bridegroom Cometh 246 XXIII The Friendship of De La Mar 256 XXIV The Bond Unholy 263 XXV Larion Makes a Suggestion 274 XXVI The Bridal Chamber 287 XXVI The Lash of the Beast 302 XXVIII Charlotte's Dream-Child 311 XXIX The Empty Carriage 322 XXX The Hut in the Valley 331 XXXI The Gray Girl's Decision 336 XXXII To-Day is Mine 344 XXXIII The Work of Larion Klikoflf 356 XXXIV Through the Tomb 370 XXXV The Woman on the Wall 384 XXXVI The Woman at the Door 394 |