THE WEIRD SISTERS.
A Romance.
BY RICHARD DOWLING,
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD."
In Three Volumes.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.
1880.
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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON.
TO
EDMOND POWER, ESQ.,
OF SPRINGFIELD,
Whose kindness to Mine and to Me
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHILE I AM.
CONTENTS.
Part II.—The Towers of Silence—continued.
| VII. | —WAT GREY'S BUSINESS ROMANCE | 1 |
| VIII. | —MAKING HOLIDAY | 20 |
| IX. | —THE END OF THE HOLIDAY | 39 |
Part III.—Husband and Wife.
| I. | —THE SECRET OF THE SALE | 58 |
| II. | —"SIR WILLIAM—" "NO; MIDHARST" | 77 |
| III. | —THE PARTING | 96 |
| IV. | —BETWEEN THE LIGHTS | 116 |
| V. | —"A WOMAN OF NO NAME" | 142 |
| VI. | —PENNILESS | 159 |
| VII. | —LOSING | 174 |
| VIII. | —"I AM HE. FIRE." | 190 |
| IX. | —BANKER AND BARONET | 201 |
| X. | —GREY REMEMBERS WHAT HE FORGOT | 215 |
THE WEIRD SISTERS.
PART II. THE TOWERS OF SILENCE.
CHAPTER VII.
WAT GREY'S BUSINESS ROMANCE.
Grey found his mother in the front parlour of her own house. She was asbright, intelligent as ever, and put down the Times and took off herspectacles as he entered.
"Henry," she exclaimed, as he came in, "what is the matter? You arelooking like a ghost."
"It is only that I have seen one, mother," he said wearily, tenderly, ashe kissed her, put his arms round