CHAPTER XVII.
OLD SOPHY CALLS ON THE REVEREND DOCTOR 5

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE REVEREND DOCTOR CALLS ON BROTHER FAIRWEATHER
27

CHAPTER XIX.
THE SPIDER ON HIS THREAD 38

CHAPTER XX.
FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN 54

CHAPTER XXI.
THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY 69

CHAPTER XXII.
WHY DOCTORS DIFFER 103

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE WILD HUNTSMAN 122

CHAPTER XXIV.
ON HIS TRACKS 139

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CHAPTER XXV.
THE PERILOUS HOUR 154

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE NEWS REACHES THE DUDLEY MANSION 185

CHAPTER XXVII.
A SOUL IN DISTRESS 208

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE SECRET IS WHISPERED 221

CHAPTER XXIX.
THE WHITE ASH 253

CHAPTER XXX.
THE GOLDEN CORD IS LOOSED 266

CHAPTER XXXI.
MR. SILAS PECKHAM RENDERS HIS ACCOUNT 286

CHAPTER XXXII.
CONCLUSION 307