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CONTENTS.
Chapter | Page
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VII. | Superhuman Horrors | 108 |
VIII. | Nix et Nox | 112 |
IX. | The Charge confided to a Raging Sea | 116 |
X. | The Colossal Savage, the Storm | 118 |
XI. | The Caskets | 123 |
XII. | Face to Face with the Rock | 126 |
XIII. | Face to Face with Night | 130 |
XIV. | Ortach | 132 |
XV. | Portentosum Mare | 134 |
XVI. | The Problem suddenly works in Silence | 140 |
XVII. | The Last Resource | 143 |
XVIII. | The Highest Resource | 147 |
BOOK III.—The Child in the Shadow. | ||
I. | Chesil | 155 |
II. | The Effect of Snow | 161 |
III. | A Burden makes a Rough Road rougher | 166 |
IV. | Another Kind of Desert | 171 |
V. | Misanthropy Plays its Pranks | 176 |
VI. | The Awaking | 192 |
PART II.—BY ORDER OF THE KING. | ||
BOOK I.—The Everlasting Presence of the Past—Man reflects Man. | ||
I. | Lord Clancharlie | 196 |
II. | Lord David Dirry-Moir | 210 |
III. | The Duchess Josiana | 218 |
IV. | The Leader of Fashion | 229 |
V. | Queen Anne | 238 |
VI. | Barkilphedro | 247 |
VII. | Barkilphedro gnaws his Way | 254 |
VIII. | Inferi | 260 |