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University of Virginia, 1819
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“At the same instant a flash of lightning cut the air like a white-hot
blade, and Ruthven recognized Innis.”
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Title Page
DOCTOR VANDYKE.
A NOVEL.
BY
JOHN ESTEN COOKE,
AUTHOR OF “THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS,” “SURRY OF EAGLE'S
NEST,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1872.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year
1872,
By D. APPLETON & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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CONTENTS.
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I. —THE DOCTOR 5
II. —A FALL FROM HORSEBACK 7
III. —THE BODY-SERVANT 10
IV. —KNOWN AND UNKNOWN 11
V. —IN THE DARKNESS 16
VI. —RUTHVEN'S RESOLUTION 18
VII. —FERGUS RIDES 19
VIII. —THE TWO LETTERS 20
IX. —IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES
TO THE MOUNTAINS 22
X. —HONORIA BRAND 24
XI. —BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES 25
XII. —AT RIVANNA 28
XIII. —THE PORTRAIT 30
XIV. —META 31
XV. —TWO PICTURES 33
XVI. —TWO HEARTS 34
XVII. —MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 38
XVIII. —HOW THEY DREW LOTS WHICH
SHOULD EAT THE DUMB-CAKE 39
XIX. —TERROR 40
XX. —THE DUMB-CAKE 42
XXI. —AT THREE IN THE MORNING 43
XXII. —THE CRISIS 46
XXIII. —DR. VANDYKE AND LADY BRAND 49
XXIV. —THE HORROR 52
XXV. —TREATMENT 55
XXVI. —THE MYSTERY 58
XXVII. —BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY 60
XXVIII. —THE ASSEMBLY 62
XXIX. —LINKS OF THE CHAIN 66
XXX. —THE TWO RIVALS 68
XXXI. —THE INTERVIEW 70
XXXII. —DR. VANDYKE'S DISCOVERY 73
XXXIII. —THE RING 77
XXXIV. —PHIL CARY FINDS THE MOMENT 79
XXXV. —A STRANGE COMFORTER 81
XXXVI. —THE FAMILY IN CONCLAVE 82
XXXVII. —THE EXPLANATION 85
XXXVIII. —THE WILL 87
XXXIX. —RUTHVEN'S OATH 89
XL. —THE HEART OF A CHILD 92
XLI. —THE RETURN 94
XLII. —THE SEARCH FOR INNIS 95
XLIII. —DR. VANDYKE'S DIAGNOSIS 97
XLIV. —THE LETTER 100
XLV. —IN WHICH DR. VANDYKE PROPOSES
TO MAKE A NIGHT OF
IT 101
XLVI. —THE ROMANCE OF DR. VANDYKE 104
XLVII. —HALLUCINATION 107
XLVIII. —WHAT OCCURRED AT THE WED-
DING-DINNER 109
XLIX. —THE CONTENTS OF RUTHVEN'S
TRUNKS 114
L. —META AND HER PHYSICIAN 116
LI. —THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN LORD
RUTHVEN AND DR. VANDYKE 118
LII. —UNDER THE OAK 123
LIII. —THE APPOINTMENT 123
LIV. —THE MARRIAGE 126
LV. —THE STEPS IN THE SNOW 128
LVI. —THE LAST MEETING 129
LVII. —THE ADVERSARIES 130
LVIII. —THE COMBAT 132
LIX. —THE BRIDAL CHAMBER 134
LX. —THE STATEMENT AND THE PAPER 138
EPILOGUE 141
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