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The Departure of the Peer 151 XXVIII.— The Thunder-storm 154 XXIX.— The Crones 157 XXX.— Sky-copper Court 163 XXXI.— The Usurer and the Oaken Box 168 XXXII.— The Diabolic Whisper 171 XXXIII.— How Sir Henry Ashwoode Played and Plotted 174 XXXIV.— The "Old St. Columbkil" 178 XXXV.— The Cousin and the Black Cabinet 184 XXXVI.— Jewels, Plate, Horses, Dogs 189 XXXVII.— The Reckoning 191 XXXVIII.— Strange Guests at the Manor 196 XXXIX.— The Bargain 199 XL.— Dreams 204 XLI.— A Certain Travelling Ecclesiastic 208 XLII.— The Squires 212 XLIII.— The Wild Wood 217 XLIV.— The Doom 222 XLV.— The Man in the Cloak 226 XLVI.— The Double Conference 231 XLVII.— The "Jolly Bowlers" 236 XLVIII.— The Stained Ruffles 241 XLIX.— Old Songs 246 L.— The Press in the Wall 252 LI.— Flora Guy 259 LII.— Mary Ashwoode's Walk 262 LIII.— The Double Farewell 266 LIV.— The Two Chances 273 LV.— The Fearful Visitant 277 LVI.— Ebenezer Shycock 280 LVII.— The Chaplain's Arrival at Morley Court 284 LVIII.— The Signal 290 LIX.— Haste and Peril