DARIEL NOVELS BY MR R. D. BLACKMORE. THE MAID OF SKER. Cheap Edition. Small crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. WITH FRONTISPIECE. Large crown 8vo, 6s. WM. BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. LORNA DOONE: A ROMANCE OF EXMOOR. Illustrated _Edition de Luxe_, crown 4to, parchment, 35s.; cloth, 31s. 6d. and 21s. New and Cheaper Edition, 7s. 6d. Library Edition, cloth, 6s. Also in cloth, with Photogravure Portrait of the Author, crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.; and limited Edition at 6d. SPRINGHAVEN: A TALE OF THE GREAT WAR. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. Illustrated Edition, 7s. 6d. MARY ANERLEY: A YORKSHIRE TALE. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. ALICE LORRAINE: A TALE OF THE SOUTH DOWNS. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. CHRISTOWELL: A DARTMOOR TALE. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. CLARA VAUGHAN. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS UPMORE, BART., M.P. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. EREMA; OR, MY FATHER'S SIN. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. CRADOCK NOWELL: A TALE OF THE NEW FOREST. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. CRIPPS THE CARRIER: A WOODLAND TALE. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. KIT AND KITTY: A STORY OF WEST MIDDLESEX. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. PERLYCROSS: A TALE OF THE WESTERN HILLS. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. TALES FROM THE TELLING HOUSE. Crown 8vo, 5s. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY, LIMITED St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C. [Illustration: "_Between whose jagged mullions flowed the silvery light._"] DARIEL A Romance of Surrey BY R. D. BLACKMORE AUTHOR OF "LORNA DOONE" WITH DRAWINGS BY CHRIS HAMMOND [Illustration: Decoration] WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON 1897 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A NIGHTINGALE 1 II THE FAMILY 9 III TOM ERRICKER 16 IV MR. STONEMAN 26 V TICKNOR'S MEW 39 VI TRUE HYGIENE 54 VII KUBAN 63 VIII THROUGH THE CORN 74 IX STRANGE SENSATIONS 89 X UPON THE GROUND 94 XI SÛR IMAR 102 XII IN THE BACKGROUND 109 XIII SMILES AND TEARS 119 XIV THE RUBY CROSS 132 XV SISTER _v._ SWEETHEART 143 XVI INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTS 149 XVII PEPPERCORNS 158 XVIII A LOVEBIRD 170 XIX TO CLEAR THE WAY 181 XX NOT FOR SALE 188 XXI VOICES OF THE VALLEY 192 XXII IMAR'S TALE--WAR 197 XXIII IMAR'S TALE--LOVE 208 XXIV IMAR'S TALE--PEACE 220 XXV IMAR'S TALE--CRIME 227 XXVI IMAR'S TALE--REVENGE 232 XXVII IMAR'S TALE--EXILE 241 XXVIII SANGUINE STILL 244 XXIX LARGE AND LONG VIEWS 252 XXX IN THE QUIET PLACES 261