------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold text and text in blackletter font are delimited with ‘=’. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. KITTY ALONE MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH KITTY ALONE A STORY OF THREE FIRES BY S. BARING GOULD AUTHOR OF “IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA” “THE QUEEN OF LOVE” “MEHALAH” “CHEAP JACK ZITA” ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1894 CONTENTS OF VOL. II ---------- CHAP. PAGE XXXVII. THE ANSWER OF CAIN 7 XXXVIII. WANTED AT LAST 16 XXXIX. ONE FOR THEE AND TWO FOR ME 25 XL. A GREAT FEAR 35 XLI. TAKING SHAPE 45 XLII. AN UGLY HINT 54 XLIII. MUCH CRY AND A LITTLE WOOL 64 XLIV. PUDDICOMBE IN F 74 XLV. DAYLIGHT 82 XLVI. A TRIUMPH 91 XLVII. PARTED 100 XLVIII. A SHADOW-SHAPE 110 XLIX. FLAGRANTE DELICTO 118 L. THE THIRD FIRE 128 LI. THE PASS’N’S PRESCRIPTION 137 LII. IN COURT 145 LIII. JASON’S STORY 156 LIV. CON AFFETTUOSO CAPRIZIO 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KITTY ALONE CHAPTER XXXVII THE ANSWER OF CAIN The accommodation of the little inn was not extensive, so Pasco had to be put into the same room with the lawyer, and Kitty slept with the innkeeper’s daughter.