CHAPTER PAGE I. TWO LETTERS 7 II. DR. MATTHEWSON 10 III. THE MOCK MARRIAGE 19 IV. THE FORREST HOUSE 27 V. BEATRICE BELKNAP 37 VI. MOTHER AND SON 44 VII. JOSEPHINE 56 VIII. EVERARD 61 IX. THE RESULT 67 X. HUSBAND AND WIFE 84 XI. AFTER TWO YEARS 90 XII. COMMENCEMENT 95 XIII. THE RECEPTION 100 XIV. TWO MONTHS 108 XV. THE HOUSE OF CARDS BEGINS TO FALL 111 XVI. THE HOUSE OF CARDS GOES DOWN 122 XVII. THE NEXT DAY 129 XVIII. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 135 XIX. THE JUDGE’S WILL 142 XX. THE HEIRESS 150 XXI. A MIDNIGHT RIDE 160 XXII. THE NEW LIFE AT ROTHSAY 166 XXIII. BEE’S FAMILY 176 XXIV. IN THE SUMMER 196 XXV. MRS. FLEMING’S BOARDERS 203 XXVI. JOSEPHINE’S CONFIDENCE 212 XXVII. EVENTS OF ONE YEAR AT THE FORREST HOUSE 218 XXVIII. SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN 225 XXIX. MRS. J. E. FORREST 232 XXX. HOW ROSSIE BORE THE NEWS 240 XXXI. MRS. FORREST’S POLICY 243 XXXII. WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID AND DID 252 XXXIII. EVERARD FACES IT 254 XXXIV. EVERARD AND ROSSIE 259 XXXV. MR. AND MRS. J. E. FORREST 263 XXXVI. ROSAMOND’S DECISION 273 XXXVII. MATTERS ARE ADJUSTED 277 XXXVIII. “WAITING AND WATCHING FOR ME” 283 XXXIX. HOW THE TIDE EBBED AND FLOWED IN ROTHSAY 288 XL. DR. MATTHEWSON’S GAME 292 XLI. HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED 296 XLII. ALAS, POOR ROSSIE! 318 XLIII. THE LETTERS 323 XLIV. THE NEW HEIR 327 XLV. THE NEW REIGN AT THE FORREST HOUSE 336 XLVI.