Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://archive.org/details/tempestdrivenrom02dowl (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) TEMPEST-DRIVEN. TEMPEST-DRIVEN A Romance. BY RICHARD DOWLING, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD," "THE WEIRD SISTERS," "THE SPORT OF FATE," "UNDER ST. PAUL'S," "THE DUKE'S SWEETHEART," "SWEET INISFAIL," "THE HIDDEN FLAME," ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES_. VOL. III. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1886. [_All rights reserved_.] CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PLACE PRESS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXXII. SALMON AND COWS. CHAPTER XXXIII. A FORTUNE LOST. CHAPTER XXXIV. A TELEGRAM FROM THE MAIL. CHAPTER XXXV. THE TRAVELLERS. CHAPTER XXXVI. SOLICITOR AND CLIENT. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE WIDOW'S THEORY OF THE CASE. CHAPTER XXXVIII. "WHERE'ER I CAME I BROUGHT CALAMITY." CHAPTER XXXIX. A COMPACT. CHAPTER XL. AN EXPEDITION PROPOSED. CHAPTER XLI. AT THE WHALE'S MOUTH. CHAPTER XLII. THE RED CAVE. CHAPTER XLIII. A RETROSPECT. CHAPTER XLIV. A LAST APPEAL. CHAPTER XLV. BEYOND THE VEIL. CHAPTER XLVI. AN EVENING WALK. CHAPTER XLVII. CONCLUSION. TEMPEST-TOSSED CHAPTER XXXII. SALMON AND COWS. Luncheon that day at Carlingford House was a quiet, subdued meal. Edith Paulton, who was very small and vivacious, better-looking than Madge, and distinguished by shrewd discontent rather than the amiability which radiated from her elder sister, was the only one at the table that made an effort at being sprightly. Although she was not unsympathetic, she had a much more keen appreciation of her own annoyances and troubles than those of others. She took great liberties with her good-natured father and mother, and treated her brother as if he were a useless compound of slave, fool, and magnanimous mastiff. She was by no means wanting in affection, but she hated displays of sentiment, and felt desperately inclined to laugh on grave occasions.