THE SILVER DIAL. BY MARY C. ROWSELL. AUTHOR OF “ST. NICOLAS’ EVE,” “LOVE LOYAL,” “TRAITOR OR PATRIOT,” &c., &c. * * * * * “AS MANY LINES CLOSE IN THE DIAL’S CENTRE; SO MANY A THOUSAND ACTIONS, ONCE AFOOT, END IN ONE PURPOSE.”—_Henry V._ * * * * * VOL III. [Illustration] LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LE BAS & LOWREY, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. * * * * * 1886. THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS. CONTENTS. [Illustration] CHAPTER PAGE XLVIII.—The Horologe 1 XLIX.—“Les Neiges D’Antan” 21 L.—“So near, and yet so far away” 32 LI.—“Shoemaker’s Holiday” 45 LII.—“More Favour and Prejudice” 63 LIII.—“On the Good Faith of Syndic Hackernagel” 77 LIV.—Love’s Alchemy 96 LV.—A Visit to Dr. Wolkenberg’s 113 LVI.—Playing with Fire 131 LVII.—“Motive Power” 142 LVIII.—Vade Satana 155 LIX.—When Greek meets Greek 172 LX.—“Man proposes” 191 LXI.—St. Stephen’s Tower 201 LXII.—A Dilemma 213 LXIII.—“The Three Ravens” 230 LXIV.—“In vino veritas” 243 LXV.—A Confession 260 LXVI.—“Sweet is true Love, tho’ given in vain, in vain” 282 LXVII.—“Lady’s Leap Corner” 294 LXVIII.—A Vigil 306 LXIX.—Saved! 317 LXX.—“Finis Coronat” 331 LXXI.—“There could not be greater Love than this” 345 LXXII.—De Profundis 363 LXXIII.—Syndic Hackernagel retires from Public Life 374 LXXIV.—“Ich habe Gelebt, and Geliebet” 385 LXXV.—“To the End” 402 THE SILVER DIAL. [Illustration] CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HOROLOGE.