A MOMENT OF MADNESS. A MOMENT OF MADNESS, _AND OTHER STORIES_. BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF ‘LOVE’S CONFLICT,’ ‘FACING THE FOOTLIGHTS,’ ETC., ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOL. I. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 31 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1883. [_All Rights reserved._] _CHEAP EDITION OF_ FLORENCE MARRYAT’S POPULAR NOVELS. _Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d._ _At all Booksellers in Town and Country, and at all Railway Bookstalls._ =MY SISTER THE ACTRESS.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘A Broken Blossom,’ ‘Phyllida,’ ‘How They loved Him,’ etc., etc. =PHYLLIDA.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘My Sister the Actress,’ ‘A Broken Blossom,’ etc., etc., etc. =THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘Love’s Conflict,’ ‘Phyllida,’ ‘A Broken Blossom,’ etc., etc., etc. =A BROKEN BLOSSOM.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘Phyllida,’ ‘Facing the Footlights,’ etc., etc. F. V. White & Co., 31 Southampton Street, Strand. COLSTON AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. [Illustration] _PREFACE._ In offering a re-issue of these Stories to the public, I desire to express my sincere thanks to the Proprietors of ‘Temple Bar,’ ‘Belgravia,’ ‘The East Anglian Holiday Annual,’ ‘Judy’s Annual,’ ‘Diprose’s Annual,’ ‘The Editor’s Box,’ and ‘The Bolton Evening News,’ for their kindness in giving me permission to reprint them. FLORENCE MARRYAT LEAN. 20 REGENT’S PARK TERRACE, N.W., _May 1883_. [Illustration] _CONTENTS._ PAGE A MOMENT OF MADNESS— CHAPTER I. FORTHILL TERRACE, CAMDEN TOWN, 1 CHAPTER II. TRESHAM COURT, GLAMORGANSHIRE, 28 CAPTAIN NORTON’S DIARY, 57 (IN THREE CHAPTERS.) OLD CONTRAIRY, 191 ‘SENT TO HIS DEATH!’ 223 [Illustration] [Illustration] A MOMENT OF MADNESS. CHAPTER I. FORTHILL TERRACE, CAMDEN TOWN.