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