Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. Italics are represented thus _italic_. Decorative images before and after every chapter have not been referenced. TORWOOD’S TRUST. A Novel. BY EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN. ‘Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety ... I protest, our plot is as good a plot as ever was laid.’ HENRY IV., _Pt. I., Act II., Sc. III._ IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1884. [_All Rights Reserved._] TO MY SISTERS, GERTRUDE AND CONSTANCE, THIS, MY FIRST NOVEL, Is Dedicated, IN FULFILMENT OF A PROMISE MADE TO THEM, IN THE DAYS OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. CHAPTER PAGE I. A PROLOGUE 1 II. NEWS FROM ENGLAND 16 III. DR. SCHNEEBERGER 38 IV. THE EXILE’S RETURN 55 V. PHILIP’S SISTER 75 VI. A MORNING WALK 96 VII. MICHAEL MEREDITH 116 VIII. A TALK IN THE TWILIGHT 133 IX. TORWOOD’S TENANT 153 X. MAUD’S MATRIMONIAL VIEWS 171 XI. AN ENCOUNTER WITH BELASSIS 191 XII. AN AWKWARD RECOGNITION 211 XIII. ROMA’S REQUEST 229 XIV. MEREDITH’S PROPOSITION 248 XV. DANGERS AHEAD 266 XVI. AN ODD INTERVIEW 286 TORWOOD’S TRUST. CHAPTER I. A PROLOGUE.