XXXI PIT-A-PAT 266 XXXII A PAINFUL DUTY 276 XXXIII TREMBLING 282 XXXIV REJOICING 292 XXXV A RACE OF PLATERS 302 XXXVI GONE, GONE, GONE 313 XXXVII LOVERS MAKE MOAN 321 XXXVIII BLACK FRIDAY 334 XXXIX FRANGI, NON FLECTI 344 XL TWAIN MORE THAN TWIN 352 XLI A CROOKED BILLET 363 XLII FAREWELL, SMILER 373 XLIII THE LAND OF MEDEA 382 XLIV THE LAND OF PROMETHEUS 390 XLV AMONG THE GEMS 399 XLVI QUEEN MARVA 409 XLVII WOLF'S MEAT 420 XLVIII USI, THE SVÂN 427 XLIX THE EYE OF GOD 433 L TWO OLD FRIENDS 441 LI THE ROOT OF EVIL 448 LII STILL IN THE DARK 455 LIII A RUTHLESS SCHEME 464 LIV THE VALLEY OF RETRIBUTION 472 LV AT THE BAR 481 LVI HARD IS THE FIGHT 488 LVII BUT NOT IN VAIN 492 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "BETWEEN WHOSE JAGGED MULLIONS FLOWED THE SILVERY LIGHT"; _Frontispiece_ "'ALLOW ME ONE MOMENT,' I SAID"; _Facing page_ 70 "SPRAWLING IN THE YELLOW STUBBLE"; 90 "WHY, IT MUST AT LEAST BE A PRINCESS"; 146 "HER SWEET, KIND FACE AS WHITE AS A SHROUD"; 168 "SHE TURNED AWAY HER FACE"; 218 "AT THE DOOR SHE TURNED, WITH A PROUD AND CALM FAREWELL TO ME"; 238 "WHAT LITTLE THERE IS, IS ENTIRELY A GENUINE ARTICLE"; 274 "SÛR IMAR RECEIVED US WITH A LOVING SMILE"; 300 "A WOMAN OF GREAT SUBSTANCE RUSHED UP AND CAUGHT HER"; 308 "'ROT!' I REPLIED, WITH LESS ELEGANCE THAN TERSENESS"; 340 "'I TELL YOU WHAT,' HE SAID, TURNING ROUND AND LOOKING AT ME WITH AUTHORITY"; 378 "GAZED AT THE CAPTAIN TILL HE SCARCE KNEW WHERE HE WAS"; 416 "'YES, I SEE,' HE ANSWERED SOFTLY"; 504 DARIEL: A ROMANCE OF SURREY CHAPTER I A NIGHTINGALE If any man came to me, and said, "You are going to tell your tale, good sir, without knowing how to handle it," I should look at him first with some surprise, and anger at his interference, yet in a very few minutes, unless he wanted to argue about it, probably he would have my confession, and a prayer for his assistance. For every one knows how to do a thing, much better than the one who does it.