CHAPTER PAGE I. EXPECTING ROGER 9 II. ROGER’S STORY 19 III. WHAT THEY DID AT MILLBANK 27 IV. THE MORNING OF THE FUNERAL 33 V. THE FUNERAL 41 VI. THE EVENING AFTER THE FUNERAL 45 VII. MILLBANK AFTER THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL 55 VIII. THE STRANGER IN BELVIDERE 59 IX. A STIR AT MILLBANK 67 X. FRANK AT MILLBANK 74 XI. ROGER’S LETTERS AND THE RESULT 85 XII. ALICE GREY 92 XIII. A RETROSPECT 104 XIV. IN THE EVENING 108 XV. ROGER AND FRANK 110 XVI. LIFE AT MILLBANK 117 XVII. LOVE-MAKING AT MILLBANK 130 XVIII. THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET 138 XIX. THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE 146 XX. WHAT MAGDALEN FOUND IN THE GARRET 156 XXI. FRANK AND THE WILL 162 XXII. MRS. WALTER SCOTT AND THE WILL 172 XXIII. ROGER AND THE WILL 178 XXIV. HESTER AND THE WILL 186 XXV. MAGDALEN AND ROGER 198 XXVI. ‘SQUIRE IRVING’S LETTER 204 XXVII. JESSIE’S LETTER 208 XXVIII. THE WORLD AND THE WILL 216 XXIX. POOR MAGDA 223 XXX. LEAVING MILLBANK 227 XXXI. THE HOME IN SCHODICK 236 XXXII. MAGDALEN’S DECISION 241 XXXIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 250 XXXIV. MRS. PENELOPE SEYMOUR 253 XXXV. ALICE AND MAGDALEN 262 XXXVI. MR. GREY AND MAGDALEN 265 XXXVII. LIFE AT BEECHWOOD 273 XXXVIII. THE MYSTERY AT BEECHWOOD 280 XXXIX. MAGDALEN AND THE MYSTERY 284 XL. A GLIMMER OF LIGHT 293 XLI. MRS. SEYMOUR AND MAGDALEN 298 XLII. IN CINCINNATI 308 XLIII. IN CYNTHIANA 314 XLIV. FATHER AND DAUGHTER 320 XLV.