219
CHAPTER XXII THE LADY'S PLAN 230
CHAPTER XXIII WORDS OF LOVE 241
CHAPTER XXIV I UNCOVER CAPTAIN GRANT 250
CHAPTER XXV BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY 260
CHAPTER XXVI FORCING CLINTON TO BATTLE 269
CHAPTER XXVII THE FIGHT AT MONMOUTH 281
CHAPTER XXVIII THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA 291
CHAPTER XXIX THE ESCORT 301
CHAPTER XXX BEFORE GENERAL ARNOLD 310
CHAPTER XXXI I RUN ACROSS ERIC 320
CHAPTER XXXII WE ATTAIN THE HOUSE 332
CHAPTER XXXIII THEY SEND FOR CLAIRE 342
CHAPTER XXXIV A THREATENED MARRIAGE 351
CHAPTER XXXV THE FIGHT IN THE HALL 359
CHAPTER XXXVI SEARCHING FOR CLAIRE 367
CHAPTER XXXVII A CONFESSION OF LOVE 375

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Claire Frontispiece

"I studied the list a moment, bending down closer to the 16
nearest candle"

"You have not suspected?" she asked. "You did not know this 166
was my home?"

"Let me pass, sir! This is my father's house" 354

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MY LADY OF DOUBT

CHAPTER I

A PERILOUS MISSION

Several of us had remained rather late that evening about the cheerful
fire in front of my hut,--for the nights were still chilly, although it
was May, and the dreadful winter passed,--discussing the improved
condition of our troops, the rigid discipline of Baron de Steuben, and
speculating on what would probably be attempted now that Sir Henry
Clinton had succeeded to the command of the forces opposing us. I
remember Maxwell joined us, together with Knox of the artillery, each man
with a different theory of campaign, but alike agreeing that, in spite of
all we had endured during those months of suffering and privation at
Valley Forge, the time to strike once again was near at hand, although
our numbers were barely half that of the enemy.

It must have been midnight when I crept into a bunk, and, even then,
found sleep absent, my eyes gazing out through the open door to where the
embers of the fire glowed red, and a sentinel paced back and forth in
regular monotony. Suddenly he h