THE WEIRD SISTERS.
A Romance.
BY RICHARD DOWLING,
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD."
In Three Volumes.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.
1880.
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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON.
TO
EDMOND POWER, ESQ.,
OF SPRINGFIELD,
Whose kindness to Mine and to Me
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHILE I AM.
CONTENTS.
Part I.--A Plain Gold Guard--_continued_.
XII.--THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE 1
XIII.--ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP RODWELL 26
XIV.--ON THE RIVER 42
XV.--THE FUTURE AS IT SEEMED 59
XVI.--THE PRESENT AS IT WAS 80
XVII.--THE ASCENT OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE 95
XVIII.--ON THE TOP 113
Part II.--The Towers of Silence.
I.--A STRANGER AT THE CASTLE 127
II.--THE READING OF THE WILL 148
III.--"COUSIN MAUD"--"NO; MAUD" 173
IV.--THE TWO GUARDIANS 200
V.--THE INDEFINITE PRESENT 216
VI.--THE TYRANNICAL PAST 235
THE WEIRD SISTERS.
PART I. A PLAIN GOLD GUARD.