CXLVIII THE ROAD, AND THE TRAVELLERS.—THE PLEASURES OF DOING GOOD.—THE BEGGAR WOMAN.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY A PHILANTHROPIST. CXLIX. THE ENTRANCE INTO BATH.—A NEW SCENE.—THE HOTEL AND THE LODGINGS.—THE ATTENTIONS OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY. CL. SIR FRANCIS VARNEY IN BATH.—THE OLD WOMAN AND HER FANCIES.—THE MURDER IN BATH.—THE TREASURE. CLI. THE SCENE AT THE HOTEL.—THE RELATION OF THE CAUSE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S PALENESS. CLII. THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.—THE VISIT TO THE HOUSE.—THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TREASURE. CLIII. THE ASSEMBLY.—SIR FRANCIS’S FIRST OVERTURES TO MARY STEVENS.—THE BREAKFAST SCENE.—AND THE HONOUR DECLINED. CLIV. THE TWO SISTERS.—MARY STEVENS’S DISLIKE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—A USELESS SUIT.—DISUNION. CLV. THE EFFECTS OF PERSEVERANCE.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND MARY STEVENS.—AN EVENING PARTY AND CONVERSATION. CLVI. THE WEDDING MORNING.—THE PROGRESS OF JUSTICE, AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERER.—THE DISSIPATION OF A SCENE. CLVII. THE MURDER IN THE WOOD DEL NOTTI.—A NEAPOLITAN SCENE. CLVIII. A MAIDEN’S MIND DISTURBED.—AN EASY WAY OF PROMOTING COMFORT OF CONSCIENCE.—THE MONK. CLIX. THE WATCH BY THE DEAD MAN’S SIDE.—THE DEAD ALIVE.—THE DEATH-STRUGGLE, AND THE MURDER OF THE MONK. CLX. THE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE.—THE DEMAND FOR ADMISSION INTO THE CONVENT OF ST MARY MAGDALEN.—THE PORTRESS AND THE MONK. CLXI. FATHER FRANCIS’S INTERVIEW WITH THE ABBESS OF ST MARY MAGDALEN.—THE OBJECTS AND WISHES OF THE HOLY FATHER. CLXII. THE CELL OF THE NEOPHYTE.—THE INTERVIEW.—THE UNEXPECTED TURN GIVEN TO THE AFFAIRS AT THE CONVENT OF ST MARY MAGDALEN. CLXIII. THE NUN’S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM THE CONVENT OF ST MARY MAGDALEN.—THE PURSUIT AND THE DISCLOSURE.—THE ESCAPE OF THE PRETENDED MONK. CLXIV. THE STORM.—A SHIPWRECK AT SEA.—THE HAPLESS FATE OF THE MARINERS. CLXV. THE FISHERMEN.—THE DESPAIRING CRY OF THE MARINERS.—THE BREAKERS FROM THE SHORE. CLXVI. THE ONE BODY WASHED ASHORE.—THE FIRST REQUEST.—THE SHIPWRECKED STRANGER. CLXVII. THE FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE.—THE FIRESIDE, AND THE TRAVELLER’S BED. CLXVIII. THE NIGHT IN THE FISHERMAN’S BUT THE MIDNIGHT FEAST OF BLOOD.—THE CHASE, AND THE GUN-SHOT. CLXIX. THE ASSASSINS ON THE RIALTO.—THE ATTACK AND DEFEAT.—THE STRANGER. CLXX. COUNT POLLIDORI’S PALACE.—SIGNORA ISABELLA, THE COUNT’S DAUGHTER.—THE INTRODUCTION. CLXXI. THE OPINIONS OF DOCTOR PILLETTO.—THE STRANGER’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF.—THE WELCOME OF THE SIGNORA. CLXXII. THE COUNT POLLIDORI’S RECOVERY.—THE INTERVIEW WITH THE SIGNORA ISABELLA.—THE CONSENT.