Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=0nrlugEACAAJ (the Bavarian State Library) COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 1270. WITHIN THE MAZE BY MRS. HENRY WOOD. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. WITHIN THE MAZE. A NOVEL. BY MRS. HENRY WOOD, AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE," ETC. _COPYRIGHT EDITION_. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1872. _The Right of Translation is reserved_. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. Mrs. Andinnian's Home. II. Lucy Cleeve. III. Done at Sunset. IV. The Trial. V. Unable to get strong. VI. An Atmosphere of Mystery. VII. At the Charing-Cross Hotel. VIII. In the Avenue d'Antin. IX. Down at Foxwood. X. Mrs. Andinnian's Secret. XI. At the Gate of the Maze. XII. Taking an Evening Stroll. XIII. Miss Blake gets in. XIV. Miss Blake on the Watch. XV. Revealed to Lady Andinnian. XVI. A Night at the Maze. XVII. Before the World. XVIII. A Night Alarm. XIX. In the same Train. XX. Only one Fly at the Station. XXI. Hard to Bear. XXII. With his Brother. WITHIN THE MAZE. CHAPTER I. Mrs. Andinnian's Home. The house was ugly and old-fashioned, with some added modern improvements, and was surrounded by a really beautiful garden. Though situated close upon a large market town of Northamptonshire, it stood alone, excluded from the noise and bustle of the world. The occupant of this house was a widow lady, Mrs. Andinnian. Her husband, a post-captain in the Royal Navy, had been dead some years. She had two sons. The elder, Adam, was of no profession, and lived with her: the younger, Karl, was a lieutenant in one of Her Majesty's regiments. Adam was presumptive heir to his uncle, Sir Joseph Andinnian, a baronet of modern creation: Karl had his profession alone to look to, and a small private income of two hundred a year. They were not rich, these Andinnians: though the captain had deemed himself well-off, what with his private fortune, and what with his pay. The private fortune was just six hundred a year; the pay not great: but Captain Andinnian's tastes were simple, his wants few. At his death it was found that he had bequeathed his money in three equal parts: two hundred a year to his wife, and two hundred each to his sons. "Adam and his mother will live together," he said in the will; "she'd not be parted from him: and four hundred pounds, with her bit of pension, will be enough for comfort. When Adam succeeds his uncle, they can make any fresh arrangement that pleases them. But I hope when that time shall come they will not forget Karl."