A VISION, CHAPTER II. A DREAM, CHAPTER III. DAYLIGHT, CHAPTER IV. THE BETROTHAL, CHAPTER V. AN INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER VI. AN OLD FRIEND AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE, CHAPTER VII. WHAT THE AVON SAID, CHAPTER VIII. DERELICT WOMEN, CHAPTER IX. THE PILGRIMAGE TO ST PAUL'S, * * * * * Part the Third. _MISERERE NOBIS_. * * * CHAPTER I. ANXIETY AND DESPAIR, CHAPTER II. A BAD WAKING, CHAPTER III. MOTHER AND SON, CHAPTER IV. A NERVOUS SUITOR, CHAPTER V. AN UNEASY MOTHER, CHAPTER VI. A TROUBLED HEART, CHAPTER VII. LOVE AND FAITH, CHAPTER VIII. ON THE WAY DOWN, CHAPTER IX. MARIE'S PROMISE TO MRS OSBORNE, CHAPTER X. A DINNER AT HOME, CHAPTER XI. AFTER DINNER AT HOME, CHAPTER XII. IN THE STORM, CHAPTER XIII. CONSERVATORY CONSPIRATORS, CHAPTER XIV. IN A NEW ASPECT, CHAPTER XV. OSBORNE'S FINAL RESOLUTION, CHAPTER XVI. WHEN MY GEORGE IS AWAY, CHAPTER XVII. THE END, Part the First. _SATURN SHALL BE KING_. UNDER ST PAUL'S. * * * CHAPTER I. SHE AND HE. '"Roast beef, roast pork, mutton pie, or hash?" Ah, I thought so! When we last met-for we have met three or four times, if I am not mistaken--we were more familiar with those words than good Mrs Barclay's hospitable inquiry. Have you been much around since we sat at that boarding-house mahogany in New York?' The beautiful head was raised, the brilliant face was turned to the speaker, the dark eyes were fixed upon his face, and the girl answered, with good-humoured ease,-- 'Yes, I have travelled a good deal since we met at New York last year.'