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UNDER FALSE PRETENCES
A Novel.
by
ADELINE SERGEANT
Author of _Jacobi's Wife, Beyond Recall, An Open Foe, etc._
Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine by William Bryce, in the office
of the Minister of Agriculture.
Toronto;
William Bryce, Publisher.
UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Prologue to the Story
CHAPTER II. BY THE LOCH.
CHAPTER III. HUGO LUTTRELL.
CHAPTER IV. IN THE TWILIGHT.
CHAPTER V. THE DEAD MAN'S TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER VI. MOTHER AND SON.
CHAPTER VII. A FAREWELL.
CHAPTER VIII. IN GOWER-STREET.
CHAPTER IX. ELIZABETH'S WOOING.
CHAPTER X. BROTHER DINO.
CHAPTER XI. ON A MOUNTAIN-SIDE.
CHAPTER XII. THE HEIRESS OF STRATHLECKIE.
CHAPTER XIII. SAN STEFANO.
CHAPTER XIV. THE PRIOR'S OPINION.
CHAPTER XV. THE VILLA VENTURI.
CHAPTER XVI. "WITHOUT A REFERENCE."
CHAPTER XVII. PERCIVAL'S HOLIDAY.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MISTRESS OF NETHERGLEN.
CHAPTER XIX. A LOST LETTER.
CHAPTER XX. "MISCHIEF, THOU ART AFOOT."
CHAPTER XXI. A FLASK OF ITALIAN WINE.
CHAPTER XXII. BRIAN'S WELCOME.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WISHING WELL.
CHAPTER XXIV. "GOOD-BYE."
CHAPTER XXV. A COVENANT.
CHAPTER XXVI. ELIZABETH'S CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XXVII. PERCIVAL'S OWN WAY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX. FRIENDS AND BROTHERS.
CHAPTER XXXI. ACCUSER AND ACCUSED.
CHAPTER XXXII. RETRIBUTION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT PERCIVAL KNEW.
CHAPTER XXXIV. PERCIVAL'S ATONEMENT.
CHAPTER XXXV. DINO'S HOME-COMING.
CHAPTER XXXVI. BY LAND AND SEA.
CHAPTER XXXVII. WRECKED.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ON THE ROCAS REEF.
CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
CHAPTER XL. KITTY.
CHAPTER XLI. KITTY'S FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XLII. A FALSE ALARM.
CHAPTER XLIII. TRAPPED.
CHAPTER XLIV. HUGO'S VICTORY.
CHAPTER XLV. TOO LATE!
CHAPTER XLVI. A MERE CHANCE.
CHAPTER XLVII. FOUND.
CHAPTER XLVIII. ANGELA.
CHAPTER XLIX. KITTY'S WARNING.
CHAPTER L. MRS. LUTTRELL'S ROOM.
CHAPTER LI. A LAST CONFESSION.
CHAPTER LII. "THE END CROWNS ALL, AND THAT IS YET TO COME."
CHAPTER I.
Prologue to the Story.
In Two Parts.
I.
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