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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 |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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 |
