Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=szQPAAAAQAAJ 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. A DUEL BY THE SAME AUTHOR The Beetle: A Mystery Garnered A Metamorphosis The Twickenham Peerage Both Sides of the Veil The Seen and the Unseen Marvels and Mysteries Miss Arnott's Marriage The Goddess: a Demon The Joss: a Reversion The Crime and the Criminal A DUEL BY RICHARD MARSH METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First published_, 1904 CONTENTS BOOK I.--Wife CHAPTER I The End of the Honeymoon. CHAPTER II An Offer of Marriage. CHAPTER III Whom God hath Joined. CHAPTER IV A Second Honeymoon. CHAPTER V A Conversation with the Doctor. CHAPTER VI Husband and Wife. CHAPTER VII A Tug of War. CHAPTER VIII The Miniature. CHAPTER IX The Sliding Panel. CHAPTER X The Girl at the Door. CHAPTER XI Hot Water. CHAPTER XII Signing the Will. CHAPTER XIII The Encounter in the Wood. CHAPTER XIV In Cuthbert Grahame's Room. BOOK II.--The Widow CHAPTER XV "The Gordian Knot". CHAPTER XVI Margaret is Puzzled. CHAPTER XVII An Unexpected Visitor. CHAPTER XVIII Cronies. CHAPTER XIX In Council. CHAPTER XX The Impending Sword. CHAPTER XXI Out of the Blue. CHAPTER XXII Margaret Settles the Question. CHAPTER XXIII Margaret Resolves to Fight. CHAPTER XXIV The Interior. CHAPTER XXV Alarums and Excursions. CHAPTER XXVI Solicitor and Client. CHAPTER XXVII Pure Ether. CHAPTER XXVIII