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"At the same instant a flash of lightning cut the air like a white-hot
blade, and Ruthven recognized Innis."
DOCTOR VANDYKE. A NOVEL.
BYJOHN ESTEN COOKE,
AUTHOR OF "TE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS," "SURRY OF EAGLE'S NEST," ETC.WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1872.ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, BY D. APPLETON & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS.
- I.—THE DOCTOR. 5
- II.—A FALL FROM HORSEBACK. 7
- III.—THE BODY-SERVANT. 10
- IV.—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN. 11
- V.—IN THE DARKNESS. 16
- VI.—RUTHVEN'S RESOLUTION. 18
- VII.—FERGUS RIDES. 19
- VIII.—THE TWO LETTERS. 20
- IX.—IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES TO THE MOUNTAINS. 22
- X.—HONORIA BRAND. 24
- XI.—BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 25
- XII.—AT RIVANNA. 28
- XIII.—THE PORTRAIT. 30
- XIV.—META. 31
- XV.—TWO PICTURES. 33
- XVI.—TWO HEARTS. 34
- XVII.—MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. 38
- XVIII.—HOW THEY DREW LOTS WHICH SHOULD EAT THE DUMB-CAKE. 39
- XIX.—TERROR. 40
- XX.—THE DUMB-CAKE. 42
- XXI.—AT THREE IN THE MORNING. 43
- XXII.—THE CRISIS. 46
- XXIII.—DR. VANDYKE AND LADY BRAND. 49
- XXIV.—THE HORROR. 52
- XXV.—TREATMENT. 55
- XXVI.—THE MYSTERY. 58
- XXVII.—BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY. 60
- XXVIII.—THE ASSEMBLY. 62
- XXIX.—LINKS OF THE CHAIN. 66
- XXX.—THE TWO RIVALS. 68
- XXXI.—THE INTERVIEW. 70
- XXXII.—DR. VANDYKE'S DISCOVERY. 73
- XXXIII.—THE RING. 77
- XXXIV.—PHIL CARY FINDS THE MOMENT. 79
- XXXV.—A STRANGE COMFORTER. 81
- XXXVI.—THE FAMILY IN CONCLAVE. 82
- XXXVII.—THE EXPLANATION. 85
- XXXVIII.—THE WILL. 87
- XXXIX.—RUTHVEN'S OATH. 89
- XL.—THE HEART OF A CHILD. 92
- XLI.—THE RETURN. 94
- XLII.—THE SEARCH FOR INNIS. 95
- XLIII.—DR. VANDYKE'S DIAGNOSIS. 97
- XLIV.—THE LETTER. 100
- XLV.—IN WHICH DR. VANDYKE PROPOSES TO MAKE A NIGHT OF IT. 101
- XLVI.—THE ROMANCE OF DR. VANDYKE. 104
- XLVII.—HALLUCINATION. 107
- XLVIII.—WHAT OCCURRED AT THE WEDDING-DINNER. 109
- XLIX.—THE CONTENTS OF RUTHVEN'S TRUNKS. 114
- L.—META AND HER PHYSICIAN. 116
- LI.—THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN LORD RUTHVEN AND DR. VANDYKE. 118
- LII.—UNDER THE OAK. 123
- LIII.—THE APPOINTMENT. 123
- LIV.—THE MARRIAGE. 126
- LV.—THE STEPS IN THE SNOW. 128
- LVI.—THE LAST MEETING. 129
- LVII.—THE ADVERSARIES. 130
- LVIII.—THE COMBAT. 132
- LIX.—THE BRIDAL CHAMBER. 184
- LX.—THE STATEMENT AND THE PAPER. 138
- EPILOGUE. 141
