s engaged as governess--A universal genius--A letter
from the long-lost brother--The journey--The old Virginia church--The
ghost no ghost at all--The old log-house--Horrible murder!--of _pigs_
98

CHAPTER VIII.

BITTER DISAPPOINTMENTS.

No news from Miss Edwards--The letter from the strange physician--The
manuscript--The brother found, and where--The engagement--Desertion--The
country house--The "crazy room"--The Eastern Asylum--Rest at last in the
quiet nook 127

CHAPTER IX.

EMILY'S TRIALS.

Lewie's education--Mr. Malcolm tutor at the Hemlocks--Frequent calls at
Brook Farm--Emily's sufferings--The disclosure--Strength for time of
trial 140

CHAPTER X.

THE TUTOR AND THE PUPIL.

Lewie's insubordination--Passion and tears--The mother's anxiety--Mr.
Malcolm's firmness--No dinner for Lewie--Sulking--Brought to terms at
last--The tutor dismissed 159

CHAPTER XI.

RUTH GLENN.

Leaving for boarding-school--Mrs. Arlington and her daughters--The third
story room--The new strange girl--Nocturnal disturbances--Ruth Glenn's
expostulations--Imminent danger--The physician consulted--Morning
walks--Sad partings 173

CHAPTER XII.

LEWIE AT SCHOOL.

The dictator in the play-ground--Strife and contention--The
tormentor--Lewie's mortification--The sore spot--The attack upon
Colton--The removal from school--Mrs. Elwyn's failing health--Agnes
summoned--A death bed--Changes proposed to Agnes--Her departure for
Wilston 196

CHAPTER XIII.

NEW SCENES FOR AGNES.

The two Miss Fairlands--The step-mother--Arrival at Wilston--Unpromising
pupils--Poor Tiney--Dreadful scene at the tea-table--Tiney's
suffering--The effect of music 212

CHAPTER XIV.

THE SCHOOL IN THE WEST WING.

A hard task--The children's toilettes--Bible teachings--Practical
applications--Sunday at Mr. Fairland's--The children's singing--The
father's tears--A visit to Brook Farm--A visit from Lewie 223

CHAPTER XV.

THE STRANGERS IN THE ROOKERY.

An arrival--The Rookery--Mrs. Danby and Bella--A sudden accident--The
rescue--The strangers--An old friend--A row on the lake--Music on the
water--Shrieking in the house--A new method of laying spirits--Mortifying
disclosures by Frank 250

CHAPTER XVI.

DEATH AND THE FUGITIVE.

Music on the lawn--The midnight interview--The horrid truth
disclosed--Lewie a fugitive from justice--Jealousy of Calista and
Evelina--Poor T