HENRY DUNBAR

HENRY DUNBAR

A Novel

By M.E. Braddon

DEDICATION

THIS STORY IS INSCRIBED TO

JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE, ESQ.

IN SINCERE ADMIRATION OF

HIS GENIUS AS A DRAMATIC AUTHOR

AND POPULAR ACTOR.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I.

AFTER OFFICE HOURS IN THE HOUSE OF DUNBAR, DUNBAR, AND BALDERBY

II.

MARGARET'S FATHER

III.

THE MEETING AT THE RAILWAY STATION

IV.

THE STROKE OF DEATH

V.

SINKING THE PAST

VI.

CLEMENT AUSTIN'S DIARY

VII.

AFTER FIVE-AND-THIRTY YEARS

VIII.

THE FIRST STAGE ON THE JOURNEY HOME

IX.

HOW HENRY DUNBAR WAITED DINNER

X.

LAURA DUNBAR

XI.

THE INQUEST

XII.

ARRESTED

XIII.

THE PRISONER IS REMANDED

XIV.

MARGARET'S JOURNEY

XV.

BAFFLED

XVI.

IS IT LOVE OR FEAR?

XVII.

THE BROKEN PICTURE

XVIII.

THREE WHO SUSPECT

XIX.

LAURA DUNBAR'S DISAPPOINTMENT

XX.

NEW HOPES MAY BLOOM

XXI.

A NEW LIFE

XXII.

THE STEEPLE-CHASE

XXIII.

THE BRIDE THAT THE RAIN RAINS ON

XXIV.

THE UNBIDDEN GUEST WHO CAME TO LAURA DUNBAR'S WEDDING

XXV.

AFTER THE WEDDING

XXVI.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BACK PARLOUR, OF THE BANKING-HOUSE

XXVII.

CLEMENT AUSTIN'S WOOING

XXVIII.

BUYING DIAMONDS

XXIX.

GOING AWAY

XXX.

STOPPED UPON THE WAY

XXXI.

CLEMENT AUSTIN MAKES A SACRIFICE

XXXII.

WHAT HAPPENED AT MAUDESLEY ABBEY

XXXIII.

MARGARET'S RETURN

XXXIV.

FAREWELL

XXXV.

A DISCOVERY AT THE LUXEMBOURG

XXXVI.

LOOKING FOR THE PORTRAIT

XXXVII.

MARGARET'S LETTER

XXXVIII.

NOTES FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY CLEMENT AUSTIN DURING HIS JOURNEY TO WINCHESTER

XXXIX.

CLEMENT AUSTIN'S JOURNAL, CONTINUED

XL.

FLIGHT

XLI.

AT MAUDESLEY ABBEY

XLII.

THE HOUSEMAID AT WOODBINE COTTAGE

XLIII.

ON THE TRACK

XLIV.

CHASING THE"CROW"

XLV.

GIVING IT UP

XLVI.

CLEMENT'S STORY,—BEFORE THE DAWN

XLVII.

THE DAWN

THE EPILOGUE:

ADDED BY CLEMENT AUSTIN SEVEN YEARS AFTERWARDS