Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=U3gpAQAAIAAJ (Library of the University of California) [Illustration: Frontcover] [Frontispiece: Shot in the Leg.] ROLAND YORKE. A Sequel to "THE CHANNINGS." BY MRS. HENRY WOOD, AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE." _TENTH EDITION_. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1880. [_All Rights of Translation and Reproduction are Reserved_.] "And Deering's Woods are fresh and fair, And with joy that is almost pain My heart goes back to wander there, And among the dreams of the days that were I find my lost youth again. And the strange and beautiful song, The groves are repeating it still: 'A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.'" Longfellow. CONTENTS. PROLOGUE. CHAP. I. In the Moonlight. II. Up to the Monday Evening. III. Before the Coroner. IV. Going Home with the News. V. Mr. Butterby in Private Life. VI. GODFREY PITMAN. PART THE SECOND. The Story. VII. In the Office. VIII. Arrival from Port Natal. IX. Unexpected Meetings. X. Going into Society. XI. Day Dreams. XII. Commotion in the Office of Greatorex and Greatorex. XIII. Taking the Place of Jelf. XIV. Gerald Yorke in a Dilemma. XV. Visitors for Mrs. Jones. XVI. Winny. XVII. At Fault. XVIII. Mr. Brown at Home. XIX. A Fountain Shivered. XX. Grand Reviews. XXI. Roland Yorke's Shoulder to the Wheel. XXII. A Little More Light. XXIII. Laid with his Forefathers. XXIV. As Iron into the Soul. PART THE THIRD. XXV. During the Autumn. XXVI. Arriving at Euston Square. XXVII. A Private Interview. XXVIII. Disappeared. XXIX. Restless Wanderings. XXX. A New Idea for Mr. Ollivera. XXXI. Mr. Galloway Invaded. XXXII. In the Cathedral. XXXIII. A Startling Avowal. XXXIV. A Telegram To Helstonleigh. XXXV. Life's Sands Running on. XXXVI. Gerald Yorke at a Shooting Party. XXXVII. In Custody. XXXVIII. Between Bede and his Clerk. XXXIX. Nearer and Nearer. XL. Godfrey Pitma's Tale. XLI. A Telegram for Roland Yorke. XLII. A Wide Black Band on Roland's Hat. XLIII. Dreams Realized. XLIV. Conclusion. ROLAND YORKE. ------------- Prologue. CHAPTER I. IN THE MOONLIGHT. The scene of this Prologue to the story about to be written was a certain cathedral town, of which most of you have heard before, and the time close upon midnight.