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Title: Verner's Pride

Author: Mrs. Henry Wood

Release Date: April 15, 2005 [EBook #15627]

Language: English

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VERNER'S PRIDE

MRS. HENRY WOOD

ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD

[Illustration]

LONDON & GLASGOW
COLLINS' CLEAR-TYPE PRESS

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. RACHEL FROST 7

II. THE WILLOW POND 19

III. THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME 26

IV. THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT 32

V. THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE 36

VI. DINAH ROY'S "GHOST" 47

VII. THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST 55

VIII. ROBIN'S VOW 60

IX. MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT 67

X. LADY VERNER 72

XI. LUCY TEMPEST 77

XII. DR. WEST'S HOME 86

XIII. A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE 96

XIV. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING 104

XV. A TROUBLED MIND 106

XVI. AN ALTERED WILL 114

XVII. DISAPPEARED 118

XVIII. PERPLEXITY 125

XIX. THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER 129

XX. DRY WORK 136

XXI. A WHISPERED SUSPICION 139

XXII. PECKABY'S SHOP 145

XXIII. DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN 156

XXIV. DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP 164

XXV. HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL 168

XXVI. THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER 175

XXVII. DR. WEST'S SANCTUM 181

XXVIII. MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT 191

XXIX. AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY 196

XXX. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA 200

XXXI. ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE 209

XXXII. "IT'S APPLEPLEXY" 215

XXXIII. JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD 218

XXXIV. IMPROVEMENTS 225

XXXV. BACK AGAIN 231

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