18. ON A SCOTCH MOOR 165 19. YELLOW STOCKINGS ON THE TAPIS 174 20. 'THE LITTLE RIFT' 183 21. 'HE IS VERY BRAVE' 192 22. 'NO, YOU HAVE NOT SPARED ME' 202 23. 'DADDY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU' 210 24. 'I FELT SUCH A CULPRIT, YOU SEE' 222 25. MR. HARCOURT SPEAKS HIS MIND 232 26. HOW GERALDINE TOOK IT TO HEART 242 27. WHAT MICHAEL THOUGHT OF IT 252 28. MICHAEL TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF 261 29. TWO FAMILY EVENTS 269 30. 'I COULD NOT STAND IT ANY LONGER, TOM' 278 31. 'WILL YOU CALL THE GUARD?' 286 32. 'I DID NOT LOVE HIM' 295 33. 'SHALL YOU TELL HIM TO-NIGHT?' 305 34. 'I MUST THINK OF MY CHILD, MIKE' 313 35. 'OLIVE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE ANYTHING' 323 36. 'HOW CAN I BEAR IT?' 332 37. 'I SHALL NEVER BE FREE' 341 38. 'WHO WILL COMFORT HIM?' 351 39. 'YOU WILL LIVE IT DOWN' 360 40. MICHAEL ACCEPTS HIS CHARGE 368 41. 'THERE SHALL BE PEACE BETWEEN US' 378 42. 'WILL YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH YOUR FATHER?' 389 43. MICHAEL'S LETTER 399 44. MOLLIE GOES INTO EXILE 409 45. AUDREY RECEIVES A TELEGRAM 418 46. 'INASMUCH' 426 47. A STRANGE EXPIATION 435 48. ON MICHAEL'S BENCH 445 49. 'LET YOUR HEART PLEAD FOR ME' 456 50. BOOTY'S MASTER 464 51. 'LOVE'S AFTERMATH' 472 LOVER OR FRIEND? CHAPTER I THE BLAKE FAMILY ARE DISCUSSED 'There is nothing, sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.'--DR. JOHNSON.