JOHN MARCHMONT'S LEGACY.

BY [M.E. Braddon] THE AUTHOR OF

"LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET,"

ETC. ETC. ETC.

Published by Tinsley Brothers of London in 1863 (third edition).

THIS STORY
Is Dedicated
TO
MY MOTHER

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I. THE MAN WITH THE BANNER.

CHAPTER II. LITTLE MARY.

CHAPTER III. ABOUT THE LINCOLNSHIRE PROPERTY.

CHAPTER IV. GOING AWAY.

CHAPTER V. MARCHMONT TOWERS.

CHAPTER VI. THE YOUNG SOLDIER'S RETURN.

CHAPTER VII. OLIVIA.

CHAPTER VIII. "MY LIFE IS COLD, AND DARK, AND DREARY."

CHAPTER IX. "WHEN SHALL I CEASE TO BE ALL ALONE?"

CHAPTER X. MARY'S STEPMOTHER.

CHAPTER XI. THE DAY OF DESOLATION.

CHAPTER XII. PAUL.

CHAPTER XIII. OLIVIA'S DESPAIR.

CHAPTER XIV. DRIVEN AWAY.

VOLUME II.

CHAPTER I. MARY'S LETTER.

CHAPTER II. A NEW PROTECTOR.

CHAPTER III. PAUL'S SISTER.

CHAPTER IV. A STOLEN HONEYMOON.

CHAPTER V. SOUNDING THE DEPTHS.

CHAPTER VI. RISEN FROM THE GRAVE.

CHAPTER VII. FACE TO FACE.

CHAPTER VIII. THE PAINTING–ROOM BY THE RIVER.

CHAPTER IX. IN THE DARK.

CHAPTER X. THE PARAGRAPH IN THE NEWSPAPER.

CHAPTER XI. EDWARD ARUNDEL'S DESPAIR.

CHAPTER XII. EDWARD'S VISITORS.

CHAPTER XIII. ONE MORE SACRIFICE.

CHAPTER XIV. THE CHILD'S VOICE IN THE PAVILION BY THE WATER.

VOLUME III

CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN ARUNDEL'S REVENGE.

CHAPTER II. THE DESERTED CHAMBERS.

CHAPTER III. TAKING IT QUIETLY.

CHAPTER IV. MISS LAWFORD SPEAKS HER MIND.

CHAPTER V. THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER.

CHAPTER VI. A WIDOWER'S PROPOSAL.

CHAPTER VII. HOW THE TIDINGS WERE RECEIVED IN LINCOLNSHIRE.