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Title: The Forsaken Inn
A Novel

Author: Anna Katharine Green

Release Date: November 27, 2007 [EBook #23641]

Language: English

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THE FORSAKEN INN

A NOVEL

BY

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of

"The Leavenworth Case," "A Matter of Millions," "Behind Closed Doors,"
etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers New York

COPYRIGHT, 1889 and 1890
BY ROBERT BONNER'S SONS

COPYRIGHT, 1909
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

TO MY HUSBAND.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OAK PARLOR 5

II. BURRITT 25

III. A FEARFUL DISCOVERY 37

IV. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 60

V. AN INTERIM OF SUSPENSE 71

VI. THE RECLUSE 78

VII. TWO WOMEN 91

VIII. A SUDDEN BETROTHAL 110

IX. MARAH 116

X. AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS 130

XI. HONORA 136

XII. EDWIN URQUHART 142

XIII. BEFORE THE WEDDING 148

XIV. A CASSANDRA AT THE GATE 160

XV. THE CATASTROPHE 171

XVI. A DREAM ENDED 185

XVII. STRANGE GUESTS 195

XVIII. MRS. TRUAX TALKS 204

XIX. IN THE HALLS AT MIDNIGHT 223

XX. THE STONE IN THE GARDEN 232

XXI. IN THE OAK PARLOR 247

XXII. A SURPRISE FOR HONORA 288

XXIII. IN THE SECRET CHAMBER 301

XXIV. THE MARQUIS 312

XXV. MARK FELT 318

XXVI. FOR THE LAST TIME 330

XXVII. A LAST WORD 334