Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Bridget M. Marshall is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where she teaches courses on the Gothic, New England witchcraft trials and disability in literature.

• List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter I. MAGDALEN LESLIE’S VOWS. Chapter II. CAST OFF. Chapter III. CAST ON THE MERCY OF THE WORLD. Chapter IV. DORA’S INFANCY. Chapter V. THE NEW FOREWOMAN. Chapter VI. THE ANONYMOUS LETTER. Chapter VII. THE ABDUCTION. Chapter VIII. DEATH RELEASES THE VICTIM. Chapter IX. JANE MARCHANT’S PURSUIT. Chapter X. RETRIBUTION. Chapter XI. THE PUNISHMENT OF GUILT. Chapter XII. MARTON LISBEL’S SUGGESTION. Chapter XIII. JANE MARCHANT FLIES FROM THE MENACED DANGER. Chapter XIV. THE MANUFACTURER’S SON DECLINES THE HONOUR OF AN ARISTOCRATIC ALLIANCE. Chapter XV. TRUE LOVE. Chapter XVI. JOHN FAVERSHAM TAKES HIS OWN COURSE. Chapter XVII. THE MANUFACTURER GIVES HIS CONSENT. Chapter XVIII. LUXBOROUGH CHASE. Chapter XIX. STEPHEN FAVERSHAM’S WOOING. Chapter XX. THE RETURN OF THE DESTROYER. Chapter XXI. BEFORE THE BRIDAL. Chapter XXII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. Chapter XXIII. SIR LASCELLES TEMPLE THREATENS HIS VICTIM. Chapter XXIV. AN INTERVIEW IN PETER BORGRAVE’S OFFICE. Chapter XXV. THE SHADOW OF DOUBT. Chapter XXVI. THE MEETING IN THE MOONLIGHT. Chapter XXVII. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. Chapter XXVIII. A TERRIBLE RECOGNITION. Chapter XXIX. THE MEETING IN THE TWILIGHT. Chapter XXX. GASTON LAMORVILLE. Chapter XXXI. THE BRIDAL DINNER. Chapter XXXII. THE MEETING BY THE WATER. Chapter XXXIII. CAST AWAY. Chapter XXXIV. GASTON LAMORVILLE SUGGESTS A PLAN. Chapter XXXV. THE DUEL IN THE FOREST. Chapter XXXVI. THE PLEADING OF THE TEMPTER. Chapter XXXVII. A STRANGE RECOGNITION. Chapter XXXVIII. THE BEARER OF DISMAL TIDINGS. Chapter XXXIX. THE TEMPTER’S PLANS. Chapter XL. PLOTTING AGAINST THE PLOTTER. Chapter XLI. ROBERT FAVERSHAM’S SORROW. Chapter XLII. A SLOW RECOVERY. Chapter XLIII. DISGRACE AND DEATH. Chapter XLIV. RESCUED FROM THE RIVER. Chapter XLV. THE BARONET’S TREACHERY IS REVEALED. Chapter XLVI. IN THE SICK CHAMBER. Chapter XLVII. THE PLOT THICKENS. Chapter XLVIII. THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER. Chapter XLIX. CHICANERY VERSUS HONESTY. Chapter L. LADY OLYMPIA’S RESOLVE. Chapter LI. STEPHEN FAVERSHAM OVERHEARS A CONVERSATION. Chapter LII. THE ENCOUNTER IN THE WOOD. Chapter LIII. THE FACTORY GIRL FINDS HERSELF A PRISONER. Chapter LIV. THE FEVER DRAUGHT. Chapter LV. GASTON LAMORVILLE OBTAINS A NEW POWER OVER SIR LASCELLES TEMPLE. Chapter LVI. THE CLERK’S TEMPTATION. Chapter LVII. THE PEDLAR SEEKS SHELTER. Chapter LVIII. DORA’S RESOLVE. Chapter LIX. LAWRENCE GLYNDON SEEKS FOR THE MISSING GIRL. Chapter LX. THE PRICE OF CRIME. Chapter LXI. REGINALD LESLIE’S DREAM. Chapter LXII. MARGARET CAMPBELL’S SUSPICIONS REVEALED. Chapter LXIII. THE MURDERESS TREMBLES. Chapter LXIV. OLYMPIA’S DESPAIR. Chapter LXV. THE SURGEON BARTERS HIS HONOUR FOR A BRIBE. Chapter LXVI. THE FRENCHWOMAN SHOWS HERSELF IN HER TRUE COLOURS. Chapter LXVII. SEEKING FOR THE WANDERER. Chapter LXVIII. SETTING THE TRAP. Chapter LXIX. THE FOX FALLS INTO THE TRAP. Chapter LXX. THE FIRE IN OWLSNEST LANE. Chapter LXXI. BETRAYED ONCE MORE. Chapter LXXII. MR. SCADDER’S ADVICE. Chapter LXXIII. THE MURDERESS ESCAPES. Chapter LXXIV. THE SILENT MURDER. Chapter LXXV. THE DEATH SIGNAL. Chapter LXXVI. MAGDALEN LESLIE’S DOOM.