Produced by Heather Clark, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Transcriber's Note: The original published version of this book (1873) was used to correct any typographical errors in this edition of the publication. WILLING TO DIE. A Novel BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU, AUTHOR OF "UNCLE SILAS," "TENANTS OF MALORY," "WYLDEN'S HAND," ETC. ETC. _NEW EDITION._ LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 198, PICCADILLY. 1876. [_All rights reserved._] SWIFT AND CO., PRINTERS, NEWTON STREET, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE TO THE READER 1 I.--AN ARRIVAL 6 II.--OUR CURIOSITY IS PIQUED 15 III.--THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT 21 IV.--MY FATHER 26 V.--THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK 34 VI.--A STRANGER APPEARS 41 VII.--TASSO 47 VIII.--THUNDER 53 IX.--AWAKENED 57 X.--A SIGHT FROM THE WINDOWS 61 XI.--CATASTROPHE 66 XII.--OUR GUEST 71 XIII.--MEETING IN THE GARDEN 77 XIV.--THE INTRUDER 81 XV.--A WARNING 87 XVI.--DOUBTS 91 XVII.--LEMUEL BLOUNT 100 XVIII.--IDENTIFIED 108 XIX.--PISTOLS FOR TWO 113 XX.--THE WOOD OF PLAS YLWD 120 XXI.--THE PATIENT AT PLAS YLWD 124 XXII.--THE OUTLAW 129 XXIII.--A JOURNEY 133 XXIV.--ARRIVALS 137 XXV.--THE DOCTOR'S NEWS 143 XXVI.--LADY LORRIMER 149 XXVII.--WHAT CAN SHE MEAN? 155 XXVIII.--A SEMI-QUARREL 159