Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Michael Punch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net SUNRISE. BY WILLIAM BLACK. _Author of "Shandon Bells," "Yolande," "Strange Adventures of a Phaeton," "Madcap Violet" etc., etc._ NEW YORK: JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER, 1883. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. A FIRST INTERVIEW. 1 II. PLEADINGS. 8 III. IN A HOUSE IN CURZON STREET. 14 IV. A STRANGER. 23 V. PIONEERS. 29 VI. BON VOYAGE! 37 VII. IN SOLITUDE. 44 VIII. A DISCOVERY. 51 IX. A NIGHT IN VENICE. 58 X. VACILLATION. 64 XI. A COMMISSION. 72 XII. JACTA EST ALEA. 79 XIII. SOUTHWARD. 86 XIV. A RUSSIAN EPISODE. 94 XV. NEW FRIENDS. 101 XVI. A LETTER. 108 XVII. CALABRESSA. 115 XVIII. HER ANSWER. 123 XIX. AT THE CULTURVEREIN. 129 XX. FIDELIO. 137 XXI. FATHER AND DAUGHTER. 144 XXII. EVASIONS. 151 XXIII. A TALISMAN. 158 XXIV. AN ALTERNATIVE. 165 XXV. A FRIEND'S ADVICE. 172 XXVI. A PROMISE. 179 XXVII. KIRSKI. 186 XXVIII. A CLIMAX. 193 XXIX. A GOOD-NIGHT MESSAGE. 201 XXX. SOME TREASURES. 208 XXXI. IN A GARDEN AT POSILIPO. 215 XXXII. FRIEND AND SWEETHEART. 223 XXXIII. INTERVENTION. 230 XXXIV. AN ENCOUNTER. 237 XXXV. THE MOTHER. 245 XXXVI. THE VELVET GLOVE. 252 XXXVII. SANTA CLAUS. 259 XXXVIII. A SUMMONS. 266 XXXIX. A NEW HOME. 274 XL. A CONCLAVE. 280 XLI. IN THE DEEPS. 288 XLII. A COMMUNICATION. 295 XLIII. A QUARREL. 302 XLIV. A TWICE-TOLD TALE. 308 XLV. SOUTHWARD. 316 XLVI. THE BEECHES.