--JOHN LYON HOWE 26

III.--SYBIL BERNERS 32

IV.--THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER 45

V.--THE LANDLORD'S STORY 48

VI.--ROSA BLONDELLE 59

VII.--DOWN IN THE DARK VALE 71

VIII.--BLACK HALL 76

IX.--THE GUEST-CHAMBERS 84

X.--THE JEALOUS BRIDE 91

XI.--LOVE AND JEALOUSY 104

XII.--"CRUEL AS THE GRAVE" 112

XIII.--MORE THAN THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH 126

XIV.--THE FIRST FATAL HALLOW EVE 132

XV.--THE MASQUERADE BALL 142

XVI.--ON THE WATCH 147

XVII.--DRIVEN TO DESPERATION 154

XVIII.--LYING IN WAIT 175

XIX.--SWOOPING DOWN 188

XX.--THE SEARCH 191

XXI.--SYBIL'S FLIGHT 198

XXII.--THE HAUNTED CHAPEL 207

XXIII.--THE SOLITUDE IS INVADED 218

XXIV.--THE VERDICT AND THE VISITOR 225

XXV.--THE FALL OF THE DUBARRYS 238

XXVI.--THE SPECTRE 250

XXVII.--FEARFUL WAITING 264

XXVIII.--A GHASTLY PROCESSION 273

XXIX.--GHOSTLY AND MYSTERIOUS 292

XXX.--FLIGHT AND PURSUIT 306

XXXI.--THE ARREST 324

XXXII.--A DESPERATE VENTURE 334

XXXIII.--A FATAL CRISIS 344

XXXIV.--THE PURSUIT 354

XXXV.--THE FUGITIVES 363

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