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Title: The Day of Judgment

Author: Joseph Hocking

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THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

by

JOSEPH HOCKING

With Frontispiece by Charles B. Buchel

[Frontispiece: "The two knelt . . . in the silence of the evening"
(_see page_ 12).]

Cassell and Company, Ltd
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1915

_DEDICATION_

To T. HARTLEY ROBERTS, Esq., J.P.

_MY DEAR FRIEND,_

_I am dedicating this book to you, partly because when you read it in
MS. you told me you liked it better than any story I have ever written;
but more because, although words are at best utterly inadequate, I want
to tell you that one of the things I value most in life is your
friendship._

_JOSEPH HOCKING._

PRIOR'S CORNER,
TOTTERIDGE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PROLOGUE
1. A LEGACY OF HATE
2. PAUL BEGINS HIS WORK
3. PAUL IS SENT TO PRISON
4. PAUL MEETS MARY BOLITHO
5. PAUL'S MADNESS
6. PAUL GOES TO SCOTLAND
7. THE FIGHT AND THE RESULT
8. THE COMING OF PAUL'S MOTHER
9. THE SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS
10. THE NEW MEMBER FOR BRUNFORD
11. PAUL'S DARING
12. A NIGHT OF DOOM
13. HOW MARY BOLITHO RECEIVED THE NEWS
14. PAUL IS APPREHENDED FOR MURDER
15. THE CORONER'S INQUEST
16. AWAITING THE TRIAL
17. THE LOVERS
18. THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL
19. PAUL DISCOVERS HIS FATHER
20. MAN AND WIFE
21. TRAVAIL
22. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
23. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (_continued_)
24. FATHER AND SON
25. MR. JUSTICE BRANSCOMBE
26. PAUL'S DEFENCE
27. THE VERDICT
28. PAUL'S MOTHER AND MARY
29. MARY'S ACCUSATION