CHAPTER XXXIV. BAITING A MOUSE-TRAP (FROM THE NOTEBOOK)
CHAPTER XXXV. THE ASSIGNATION
CHAPTER XXXVI. A FUNERAL PEAL
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEATH-BED
CHAPTER XXXVIII. TORTURE AND CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXIX. GETHSEMANE
CHAPTER XL. THREE LETTERS
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Mrs. Haldane had not exaggerated when, in her cross-examination of the vicar, she had described his intimate friendship to Miss Dove as the common talk of the parish. There beats about the life of an English clergyman a light as fierce, in its small way, as that other light which, according to the poet,=
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“I’m afraid you’re growing proud, mistress. You didn’t seem to know me.”
There was something sinister in the girl’s manner. Edith drew aside, and would have passed on without any reply, but the other ran before her and blocked the way.
