PRIDE AND HIS PRISONERS [Illustration: A Terrible Danger. _Page 230._] PRIDE AND HIS PRISONERS BY A. L. O. E. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THOMAS NELSON AND SONS _CONTENTS_ _I._ _The Haunted Dwelling_ 5 _II._ _Resisted, yet Returning_ 16 _III._ _Snares_ 26 _IV._ _A Glance into the Cottage_ 33 _V._ _Both Sides_ 43 _VI._ _The Visit to the Hall_ 51 _VII._ _A Misadventure_ 60 _VIII._ _A Brother’s Effort_ 75 _IX._ _Disappointment_ 88 _X._ _On the Watch_ 96 _XI._ _The Quarrel_ 102 _XII._ _The Unexpected Guest_ 111 _XIII._ _The Friend’s Mission_ 119 _XIV._ _A Fatal Step_ 128 _XV._ _The Deserted Home_ 140 _XVI._ _Pleading_ 147 _XVII._ _Conscience Asleep_ 157 _XVIII._ _The Magazine_ 162 _XIX._ _Expectation_ 170 _XX._ _A Sunny Morn_ 178 _XXI._ _The Ascent_ 187 _XXII._ _In the Clouds_ 193 _XXIII._ _Regrets_ 201 _XXIV._ _Soaring above Pride_ 208 _XXV._ _A Broken Chain_ 217 _XXVI._ _The Awful Crisis_ 222 _XXVII._ _Tidings_ 234 _XXVIII._ _The Wheel Turns_ 242 _XXIX._ _Two Words_ 252 _XXX._ _The Spirit Laid_ 263 _LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_ _A Terrible Danger_ _Frontispiece_ _Her greeting to Dr. and Miss Bardon was most gracious and cordial_ 57 _Tearing the Manuscript_ 107 _An Unwelcome Surprise_ 168 PRIDE AND HIS PRISONERS. CHAPTER I. THE HAUNTED DWELLING. “He who envies now thy state, Who now is plotting how he may seduce Thee also from obedience; that with him, Bereaved of happiness, thou mayst partake His punishment,—eternal misery!” MILTON.