VERNER'S PRIDE
MRS. HENRY WOOD
ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD
LONDON & GLASGOW
COLLINS' CLEAR-TYPE PRESS
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. RACHEL FROST
CHAPTER II. THE WILLOW POND
CHAPTER III. THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME
CHAPTER IV. THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE
CHAPTER VI. DINAH ROY'S "GHOST"
CHAPTER VII. THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST
CHAPTER VIII. ROBIN'S VOW
CHAPTER IX. MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT
CHAPTER X. LADY VERNER
CHAPTER XI. LUCY TEMPEST
CHAPTER XII. DR. WEST'S HOME
CHAPTER XIII. A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE
CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XV. A TROUBLED MIND
CHAPTER XVI. AN ALTERED WILL
CHAPTER XVII. DISAPPEARED
CHAPTER XVIII. PERPLEXITY
CHAPTER XIX. THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER
CHAPTER XX. DRY WORK
CHAPTER XXI. A WHISPERED SUSPICION
CHAPTER XXII. PECKABY'S SHOP
CHAPTER XXIII. DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL
CHAPTER XXVI. THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER
CHAPTER XXVII. DR. WEST'S SANCTUM
CHAPTER XXVIII. MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT
CHAPTER XXIX. AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY
CHAPTER XXX. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER XXXI. ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE
CHAPTER XXXII. "IT'S APPLEPLEXY"
CHAPTER XXXIII. JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD
CHAPTER XXXIV. IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER XXXV. BACK AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXVI. A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM
CHAPTER XXXVII. NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE MISS