Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan and Distributed Proofreaders CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE By M. E. Braddon CONTENTS. Book the First. DE PROFUNDIS. I. LENOBLE OF BEAUBOCAGE II. IN THIS WIDE WORLD I STAND ALONE III. PAST HOPE, AND IN DESPAIR IV. A DECREE OF BANISHMENT Book the Second. DOWNHILL. I. THE FATE OF SUSAN LENOBLE II. FORGIVEN TOO LATE III. GUSTAVE THE SECOND Book the Third. THE HORATIAD. I. CHIEFLY RETROSPECTIVE II. EPISTOLARY III. TOO CLEVER FOR A CATSPAW IV. CAPTAIN PAGET IS PATERNAL V. THE CAPTAIN'S COADJUTOR Book the Fourth. GUSTAVE IN ENGLAND. I. HALCYON DAYS II. CAPTAIN PAGET AWAKENS TO A SENSE OF HIS DUTY III. WHAT DO WE HERE, MY HEART AND I? IV. SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH Book the Fifth. THE FIRST ACT OF MR. SHELDON'S DRAMA. I. TAKEN BY STORM II. FIRM AS A ROCK III. AGAINST WIND AND TIDE IV. DIANA ASKS FOR A HOLIDAY V. ASSURANCE DOUBLY SURE Book the Sixth. DIANA IN NORMANDY. I. AT COTENOIR Book the Seventh. A CLOUD OF FEAR. I. THE BEGINNING OF SORROW II. FADING III. MRS. WOOLPER IS ANXIOUS IV. VALENTINE'S SKELETON V. AT HAROLD'S HILL VI. DESPERATE MEASURES Book the Eighth. A FIGHT AGAINST TIME. I. A DREAD REVELATION II. PHOENICIANS ARE RISING III. THE SORTES VIRGILIANAE Book the Ninth. THROUGH THE FURNACE. I. SOMETHING TOO MUCH II. DR. JEDD'S OPINION III. NON DORMIT JUDAS IV. COUNTING THE COST V. THE BEGINNING OF THE END VI. CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED VII. THERE IS A WORD WILL PRIAM TURN TO STONE Book the Tenth. HARBOUR, AFTER MANY SHIPWRECKS. I. OUT OF THE DARK VALLEY II. AFTER THE WEDDING III. GREEK AGAINST GREEK IV. ONLY A DREAM V. BOHEMIAN INDEPENDENCE VI. BEYOND THE VEIL VII. BETTER THAN GOLD VIII. LOST SIGHT OF IX. ETEOCLES AND POLYNICES X. "ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS." CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE Book the first. DE PROFUNDIS. CHAPTER I. LENOBLE OF BEAUBOCAGE.