DRIVEN TO BAY. VOL. I. DRIVEN TO BAY. _A NOVEL._ BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF ‘LOVE’S CONFLICT,’ ‘MY OWN CHILD,’ ‘THE MASTER PASSION,’ ‘SPIDERS OF SOCIETY,’ ETC., ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOL. I. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 31 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1887. [_All Rights reserved._] EDINBURGH COLSTON AND COMPANY PRINTERS [Illustration] _CONTENTS._ CHAP. PAGE I. JACK, THE SAILOR, 1 II. VERNON, THE LOVER, 17 III. IRIS HARLAND, 36 IV. LES NOUVEAUX RICHES, 55 V. BREAKERS AHEAD, 72 VI. A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING, 85 VII. TWO WOMEN’S HEARTS, 98 VIII. THE ‘_PANDORA_,’ 115 IX. MR GREENWOOD, 132 X. GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND, 153 XI. A DISCOVERY, 175 XII. AT SEA, 191 XIII. COURTSHIP, 200 XIV. REMONSTRANCE, 216 “SELECT” NOVELS. _Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each._ AT ALL BOOKSELLERS AND BOOKSTALLS. By FLORENCE MARRYAT. THE HEIR-PRESUMPTIVE. THE HEART OF JANE WARNER. UNDER THE LILIES & ROSES. MY OWN CHILD. HER WORLD AGAINST A LIE. PEERESS AND PLAYER. FACING THE FOOTLIGHTS. A BROKEN BLOSSOM. MY SISTER THE ACTRESS. By ANNIE THOMAS (Mrs Pender Cudlip). HER SUCCESS. KATE VALLIANT. JENIFER. ALLERTON TOWERS. FRIENDS AND LOVERS. By LADY CONSTANCE HOWARD. MATED WITH A CLOWN. ONLY A VILLAGE MAIDEN. MOLLIE DARLING. SWEETHEART AND WIFE. By MRS HOUSTOUN, Author of “Recommended to Mercy.” BARBARA’S WARNING. By MRS ALEXANDER FRASER. THE MATCH OF THE SEASON. A FATAL PASSION. A PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY. By IZA DUFFUS HARDY. ONLY A LOVE STORY. NOT EASILY JEALOUS. LOVE, HONOUR AND OBEY. By JEAN MIDDLEMASS. POISONED ARROWS. By MRS H. LOVETT CAMERON. IN A GRASS COUNTRY. A DEAD PAST. A NORTH COUNTRY MAID. By DORA RUSSELL. OUT OF EDEN. By LADY VIOLET GREVILLE. KEITH’S WIFE. By NELLIE FORTESCUE HARRISON, Author of “So Runs my Dream.” FOR ONE MAN’S PLEASURE. By EDMUND LEATHES. THE ACTOR’S WIFE. By HARRIETT JAY. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. COLSTON AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. DRIVEN TO BAY. [Illustration] DRIVEN TO BAY. CHAPTER I. JACK, THE SAILOR. The August sun had just sunk below the horizon, as Jack Blythe, a passenger by the down train from London to Portsmouth, walked leisurely home to a little cottage situated on Southsea Common.