LVIII. THE THUNDER-STORM 407 LIX. A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER 412 LX. MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF 422 LXI. MEETING THE NEWS 430 LXII. TYNN PUMPED DRY 435 LXIII. LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST 443 LXIV. ENDURANCE 449 LXV. CAPTAIN CANNONBY 453 LXVI. "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!" 461 LXVII. DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST 464 LXVIII. A THREAT TO JAN 473 LXIX. NO HOME 478 LXX. TURNING OUT 485 LXXI. UNPREMEDITATED WORDS 493 LXXII. JAN'S SAVINGS 498 LXXIII. A PROPOSAL 505 LXXIV. TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY 509 LXXV. AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S 519 LXXVI. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 526 LXXVII. AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S 534 LXXVIII. AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD 540 LXXIX. A SIN AND A SHAME 546 LXXX. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY 550 LXXXI. A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE 558 LXXXII. TRYING ON WREATHS 565 LXXXIII. WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT 573 LXXXIV. GOING TO THE BALL 578 LXXXV. DECIMA'S ROMANCE 586 LXXXVI. WAS IT A SPECTRE? 592 LXXXVII. THE LAMP BURNS OUT AT LAST 598 LXXXVIII. ACHING HEARTS 606 LXXXIX. MASTER CHEESE BLOWN UP 615 XC. LIGHT THROWN ON OBSCURITY 625 XCI. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE GRATIS 633 XCII. AT LAST! 641 XCIII. LADY VERNER'S "FEAR" 645 XCIV. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JAN! 654 XCV. SUNDRY ARRIVALS 659 CHAPTER I. RACHEL FROST. The slanting rays of the afternoon sun, drawing towards the horizon, fell on a fair scene of country life; flickering through the young foliage of the oak and lime trees, touching the budding hedges, resting on the growing grass, all so lovely in their early green, and lighting up with flashes of yellow fire the windows of the fine mansion, that, rising on a gentle eminence, looked down on that fair scene as if it were its master, and could boast the ownership of those broad lands, of those gleaming trees.