--BRESSANT PICKS A TEA-ROSE
VI.--CORNELIA BEGINS TO UNDO A KNOT
VII.--PROFESSOR VALEYON MAKES A CALL
VIII.--GREAT EXPECTATIONS
IX.--THE DAGUERREOTYPE
X.--ONLY FOR TO-NIGHT!
XI.--EVERY LITTLE COUNTS
XII.--DOLLY ACTS AN IMPORTANT PART
XIII.--A KEEPSAKE
XIV.--NURSING
XV.--AN UNTIMELY REMINISCENCE
XVI.--PARTING AN ANCHOR
XVII.--SOPHIE'S CONFESSION
XVIII.--A FLANK MOVEMENT
XIX.--AN INTERMISSION
XX.--BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN
XXI.--PUTTING ON THE ARMOR
XXII.--LOCKED UP
XXIII.--ARMED NEUTRALITY
XXIV.--A BIT OF INSPIRATION
XXV.--ANOTHER INTERMISSION
XXVI.--BRESSANT TAKES A VACATION
XXVII.--FACT AND FANCY
XXVIII.--A DISAPPOINTMENT
XXIX.--FOUND
XXX.--LOST
XXXI.--MOTHER AND SON
XXXII.--WHERE TWO ROADS MEET
XXXIII.--TILL THE ELEVENTH HOUR
XXXIV.--THE HOUR AND THE MAN
CHAPTER I.
HOW PROFESSOR VALEYON LOSES HIS HANDKERCHIEF.
One warm afternoon in June--the warmest of the season thus
far--Professor Valeyon sat, smoking a black clay pipe, upon the broad
balcony, which extended all across the back of his house, and overlooked
three acres of garden, inclosed by a solid stone-wall.
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