[Illustration: "IT IS A BIG ORDER," SHE SAID. Page 180.] Between the Dark and the Daylight ... BY RICHARD MARSH AUTHOR OF "THE BEETLE," "FRIVOLITIES," "AMUSEMENT ONLY," "AN ARISTOCRATIC DETECTIVE," ETC. London DIGBY, LONG & CO 18 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, E.C. 1902 CONTENTS MY AUNT'S EXCURSION. THE IRREGULARITY OF THE JURYMAN. Chapter I.--The Juryman is Startled. " II.--Mrs. Tranmer is Startled. " III.--The Plaintiff is Startled. " IV.--Two Cabmen are Startled. " V.--The Court is Startled. MITWATERSTRAAND:--The Story of a Shock. Chapter I.--The Disease. " II.--The Cure. EXCHANGE IS ROBBERY. THE HAUNTED CHAIR. NELLY. LA HAUTE FINANCE:--A Tale of the Biggest Coup on Record. MRS. RIDDLE'S DAUGHTER. MISS DONNE'S GREAT GAMBLE. "SKITTLES". "EM". Chapter I.--The Major's Instructions. " II.--His Niece's Wooing. " III.--The Lady's Lover. " IV.--The Major's Sorrow. A RELIC OF THE BORGIAS. BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT. My Aunt's Excursion "Thomas," observed my aunt, as she entered the room, "I have taken you by surprise." She had. Hamlet could scarcely have been more surprised at the appearance of the ghost of his father. I had supposed that she was in the wilds of Cornwall. She glanced at the table at which I had been seated. "What are you doing?--having your breakfast?" I perceived, from the way in which she used her glasses, and the marked manner in which she paused, that she considered the hour an uncanonical one for such a meal. I retained some fragments of my presence of mind. "The fact is, my dear aunt, that I was at work a little late last night, and this morning I find myself with a trifling headache." "Then a holiday will do you good." I agreed with her. I never knew an occasion on which I felt that it would not. "I shall be only too happy to avail myself of the opportunity afforded by your unexpected presence to relax for a time, the strain of my curriculum of studies. May I hope, my dear aunt, that you propose to stay with me at least a month?" "I return to-night." "To-night! When did you come?" "This morning." "From Cornwall?"