Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [Illustration: "SHE FELT MY PRESENCE AND LOOKED UP QUICKLY."] The Works of E. P. Roe _VOLUME FOURTEEN_ A DAY OF FATE _ILLUSTRATED_ 1880 PREFACE "Some shallow story of deep love." --Shakespeare CONTENTS _BOOK FIRST_ CHAPTER I AIMLESS STEPS CHAPTER II A JUNE DAY DREAM CHAPTER III A SHINING TIDE CHAPTER IV REALITY CHAPTER V MUTUAL DISCOVERIES CHAPTER VI A QUAKER TEA CHAPTER VII A FRIEND CHAPTER VIII THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES CHAPTER IX "OLD PLOD" CHAPTER X A BIT OF EDEN CHAPTER XI "MOVED" CHAPTER XII ONE OF NATURE'S TRAGEDIES CHAPTER XIII THE LIGHTNING AND A SUBTLER FLAME CHAPTER XIV KINDLING A SPARK OF LIFE CHAPTER XV MY FATE _BOOK SECOND_ CHAPTER I THE DAY AFTER CHAPTER II "IT WAS INEVITABLE" CHAPTER III RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS CHAPTER IV IN THE DARK CHAPTER V A FLASH OF MEMORY CHAPTER VI WEAKNESS CHAPTER VII OLD PLOD IDEALIZED CHAPTER VIII AN IMPULSE CHAPTER IX A WRETCHED FAILURE CHAPTER X IN THE DEPTHS CHAPTER XI POOR ACTING CHAPTER XII THE HOPE OP A HIDDEN TREASURE CHAPTER XIII THE OLD MEETING-HOUSE AGAIN CHAPTER XIV LOVE TEACHING ETHICS CHAPTER XV DON'T THINK OF ME CHAPTER XVI "RICHARD" CHAPTER XVII MY WORST BLUNDER CHAPTER XVIII MRS. YOCOMB'S LETTERS CHAPTER XIX ADAH CHAPTER XX THANKSGIVING DAY CHAPTER XXI RIPPLES ON DEEP WATER _BOOK FIRST_ CHAPTER I AIMLESS STEPS