LONDON, EDINBURGH,
DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
1903
_*CONTENTS*_
I. By the Banks of Ouse
II. Bletsoe Manor-House
III. How Aliva received a Second Suitor
IV. In Bedford Castle
V. In Elstow Abbey
VI. A Penitent
VII. "*Arcades Ambo*"
VIII. Justice in Bonds
IX. An Unexpected Meeting
X. Through Ouse Marshes
XI. Breathing-Time
XII. At the Castle of Eaton Socon
XIII. The Bird in the Cage
XIV. The Sanctuary Violated
XV. Ralph raps at the Castle Gate
XVI. Within the Castle Walls
XVII. The King in Council
XVIII. Heard Underground
XIX. Fears and Hopes
XX. Love Laughs at Locksmiths
XXI. The Castle Falls
XXII. Ralph to the Rescue
XXIII. A tete-a-tete Ride to Elstow Abbey
XXIV. "*De Mortuis*"
_*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS*_
"Aliva recognized on the helmet the crest of the De Beauchamps" . . . .
. . _Frontispiece_.
"The soldiers cast the bailiff into the midst of the fire"