IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT A Novel. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON. 1874. (_All rights reserved_.) CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. CHAPTER I. THE EVE OF THE TRIAL CHAPTER II. THE TRIAL CHAPTER III. A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY CHAPTER IV. DR. DRAYTON’S SUSPICIONS CHAPTER V. HIDE AND SEEK CHAPTER VI. FLOWN CHAPTER VII. GENERAL ST. GEORGE CHAPTER VIII. CUPID AT PINCOTE CHAPTER IX. AT THE VILLA PAMPHILI CHAPTER X. BACK AGAIN AT PARK NEWTON CHAPTER XI. MRS. MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY CHAPTER XII. FOOTSTEPS IN THE ROOM CHAPTER XIII. THE SQUIRE’S TRIBULATION IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. CHAPTER I. THE EVE OF THE TRIAL. Within a week of Tom Bristow’s first visit to Pincote, and his introduction to the Copes, father and son, Mr. Cope, junior, found himself, much to his disgust, fairly on his way to New York. He would gladly have rebelled against the parental dictum in this matter, if he had dared to do so; but he knew of old how worse than useless it would be for him to offer the slightest opposition to his father’s wishes. “You will go and say goodbye to Miss Culpepper as a matter of course,” said Mr. Cope to him. “But don’t grow too sentimental over the parting. Do it in an easy, smiling way, as if you were merely going out of town for a few days. Don’t make any promises—don’t talk about the future—and, above all, don’t say a word about marriage. Of course, you will have to write to her occasionally while you are away. Just a few lines, you know, to say how you are, and all that. No mawkish silly love-nonsense, but a sensible, manly letter; and be wisely reticent as to the date of your return. Very sorry, but you don’t know how much longer your business may detain you—you know the sort of thing I mean.”