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HELEN VARDON’S CONFESSION

BY R. AUSTIN FREEMAN AUTHOR OF “THE EYE OF OSIRIS,” “THE RED THUMB MARK,” ETC.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED LONDON

Contents

PROLOGUE BOOK I. TRAGEDY I. THE CRACK OF DOOM II. ATRA CURA III. THE COVENANT IV. THE ELEVENTH HOUR V. ON THE BRINK VI. A MEETING AND A PARTING VII. THE TERMS OF RELEASE VIII. “WHOM GOD HATH JOINED----” IX. TESTIMONY AND COUNSEL X. THE TURNING OF THE PAGE BOOK II. ROMANCE XI. A HARBOUR OF REFUGE XII. THE HIDDEN HAND XIII. A CRYSTAL-GAZER AND OTHER MATTERS XIV. JASPER DAVENANT XV. THE MAGIC PENDULUM XVI. THE SWEATED ARTIST XVII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE TITMOUSE XVIII. AMONG THE BREAKERS XIX. ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSIONS XX. CLOUD AND SUNSHINE XXI. A DREADFUL INHERITANCE XXII. THE CATASTROPHE BOOK III. CRIME XXIII. THE DEAD HAND XXIV. THE GATHERING CLOUDS XXV. SUSPENSE: AND A DISCOVERY XXVI. THE ADJOURNED INQUIRY XXVII. THE INDICTMENT XXVIII. THE VERDICT EPILOGUE