CHAPTER LIV. The Staircase.—The Old Attic.—A Friend in Need.—Fair Play.—Gray’s Despair. CHAPTER LV. The Escape over the Houses.—Many Perils.—Gray’s Great Sufferings.—The Guide Rope. CHAPTER LVI. The Robbers.—The Drugged Wine.—Visions of the Mind Diseased. CHAPTER LVII. Ada’s Escape.—The Magistrate.—Ada’s Ignorance of London Localities.—Learmont’s Fright. CHAPTER LVIII. An Anecdote.—Sir Francis Hartleton’s House at Westminster.—The Reception.—Ada’s Conduct and Feelings. CHAPTER LIX. Jacob Gray and His Kind Friends.—The Plunder.—Thieves’ Morality.—The Drive to Hampstead. CHAPTER LX. Ada at Sir Francis Hartleton’s.—The Philosophy of a Young Heart.—A Confession.—The Pleasure of Sympathy. CHAPTER LXI. Albert Seyton’s Destitution.—A Lone and Wearied Spirit.—The Application to Learmont, and the Meeting with Sir Francis Hartleton. CHAPTER LXII. Jacob Grey in the Hampstead Fields.—The Placard.—The Reward. CHAPTER LXIII. Gray’s Proceedings.—A Narrow Escape.—The Night Visit to Learmont. CHAPTER LXIV. The Chequers.—Britton’s Corner.—An Alarm.—The Mysterious Stranger.—A Quarrel.—A Fight and a Little Anatomy. CHAPTER LXV. An Interview with a Secretary of State.—Sir Francis Hartleton’s Difficulties. CHAPTER LXVI. Gray’s Visit to Learmont.—The Disappointment.—A Week of Terror.—The Street Newsvender. CHAPTER LXVII. The Disappointment.—The Last Resource.—A Strange Meeting.—The Confession. CHAPTER LXVIII. Britton and Learmont.—Mind and Matter Produce Similar Results.—Learmont’s Weakness and Fears.—The Chair. CHAPTER LXIX. A Walk and a Meeting.—The Vision at the Open Casement.—Learmont’s Perturbation. CHAPTER LXX. The Jew and the Necklace.—Gray’s Troubles and Surmises.—An Adventure. CHAPTER LXXI. The Pursuit.—A Successful Ruse.—The Long Night.—Gray’s Terror. CHAPTER LXXII. The Return of Learmont.—The Interview.—Doubts and Fears. CHAPTER LXXIII. The Troublesome Shoe-maker.—Gray’s Agony and Danger.—The Flight. CHAPTER LXXIV. Ada’s Home.—A Happy Scene.—The Serenity of Goodness. CHAPTER LXXV. Britton in His Glory Again.—The Song and the Legal Functionary.—The Surprise. CHAPTER LXXVI. The Old Associates.—Gray’s Fears.—The Old Attic at the Chequers. CHAPTER LXXVII. The Smith’s Plot Against Gray.—An Accommodating Friend. CHAPTER LXXVIII. Gray on the House Tops.—Specimens of the Rising Generation.—The Old Attic. CHAPTER LXXIX. The Interview between Albert and Learmont.—The Promise, and Albert’s Relation. CHAPTER LXXX. The Unfortunate Confidence of Albert Seyton.—Learmont’s Promises and Treachery. CHAPTER LXXXI. Learmont’s Improved Prospects.—The Park.—Ada’s Recollections.—The Meeting. CHAPTER LXXXII. Learmont’s Sneers.—The Spy.—The Amateur Constable. CHAPTER LXXXIII. Gray’s Peril.—A Peep into Domestic Affairs.—The Corpulent Lady.—The Man who Was Hung on Monday. CHAPTER LXXXIV. The Mystery Explained.—The Escape.—Jacob Gray’s New Lodging. CHAPTER LXXXV.