Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE LOST LADY OF LONE By MRS. E.D.E.N. SOUTHWORTH Author of "Nearest and Dearest," "The Hidden Hand," "Unknown," "Only a Girl's Heart," "For Woman's Love," etc. 1876 PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. "THE LOST LADY OF LONE" is different from any of Mrs. Southworth's other novels. The plot, which is unusually provocative of conjecture and interest, is founded on thrilling and tragic events which occurred in the domestic history of one of the most distinguished families in the Highlands of Scotland. The materials which these interesting and tragic annals place at the disposal of Mrs. Southworth give full scope to her unrivalled skill in depicting character and developing a plot, and she has made the most of her opportunity and her subject. CONTENTS. I. The bride of Lone II. An ideal love III. The ruined heir IV. Salome's choice V. Arondelle's consolation VI. A horrible mystery on the wedding-day VII. The morning's discovery VIII. A horrible discovery IX. After the discovery X. The letter and its effect XI. The vailed passenger XII. The house on Westminster Road XIII. A surprise for Mrs. Scott XIV. The second bridal morn XV. The cloud falls XVI. Vanished XVII. The lost Lady of Lone XVIII. The flight of the duchess XIX. Salome's refuge XX. Salome's protectress XXI. The bridegroom XXII. At Lone XXIII. A startling charge XXIV. The vindication XXV. Who was found? XXVI. Off the track XXVII. In the convent XXVIII. The soul's struggle XXIX. The stranger in the chapel XXX. The haunter XXXI. The abbess' story XXXII. The duke's double XXXIII. After the earthquake XXXIV. Risen from the grave XXXV. Face to face XXXVI. A gathering storm XXXVII. A sentence of banishment XXXVIII. The storm bursts XXXIX. The rivals XL. After the storm XLI. Father and son XLII. Her son XLIII. The duke's ward XLIV. Retribution XLV. After the revelation XLVI. Retribution XLVII. The end of a lost life XLVIII. Husband and wife THE LOST LADY OF LONE. CHAPTER I. THE BRIDE OF LONE. "Eh, Meester McRath? Sae grand doings I hae na seen sin the day o' the queen's visit to Lone. That wad be in the auld duke's time. And a waefu' day it wa'." "Dinna ye gae back to that day, Girzie Ross. It gars my blood boil only to think o' it!" "Na, Sandy, mon, sure the ill that was dune that day is weel compensate on this. Sooth, if only marriages be made in heaven, as they say, sure this is one. The laird will get his ain again, and the bonnyest leddy in a' the land to boot."