Skedbooks
←
The cloven foot

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.The Heir Presumptive 7
II.Jasper Treverton’s Will 19
III.A Mysterious Visitor 24
IV.La Chicot 33
V.A Disappointed Lover 45
VI.La Chicot has her Own Way 51
VII.‘A Little While such Lips as Thine to Kiss’ 60
VIII.‘Days that are Over, Dreams that are Done’ 76
IX.‘And art Thou Come! and art Thou True!’ 86
X.Engaged 94
XI.No Trousseau 102
XII.An Ill-Omened Wedding 107
XIII.The Settlement 117
XIV.‘You have but to say the Word’ 120
XV.Edward Clare Discovers a Likeness 126
XVI.Shall it be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’? 134
XVII.Murder 140
XVIII.What the Diamonds were Worth 146
XIX.‘To a Deep Lawny Dell they Came’ 156
XX.The Church near Camelot 163
XXI.Halcyon Days 169
XXII.A Village Iago 174
XXIII.‘In the Meanwhile the Skies ’gan Rumble Sore’ 183
XXIV.‘And Purple Light Shone over All’ 188
XXV.The Children’s Party 192
XXVI.A Disinterested Parent 196
XXVII.Desrolles is not Communicative 211
XXVIII.Edward Clare goes on a Voyage of Discovery 217
XXIX.George Gerard 228
XXX.Thou art the Man 233
XXXI.Why don’t You trust Me? 241
XXXII.On His Defence 246
XXXIII.At the Morgue 255
XXXIV.George Gerard in Danger 260
XXXV.On a Voyage of Discovery 268
XXXVI.Kergariou’s Wife 274
XXXVII.The Tenant from Beechampton 280
XXXVIII.Celia’s Lovers 285
XXXIX.On Suspicion 301
XL.Mr. Leopold asks Irrelevant Questions 307
XLI.Mrs. Evitt makes a Revelation 312
XLII.The Undertaker’s Evidence 325
XLIII.An Old Lady’s Diary 332
XLIV.Three Witnesses 338
XLV.The Hunt for Desrolles 341
Epilogue 349