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Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931

"The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance"

The Dawn of Love
XIX. The Betrothal
XX. "Fool, of Thyself Speak Well"
XXI. Mrs. Garth at Shoulthwaite
XXII. The Threatened Outlawry
XXIII. She Never Told Her Love
XXIV. Treason or Murder
XXV. Liza's Device
XXVI. "Fool, Do Not Flatter"
XXVII. Ralph at Lancaster
XXVIII. After Word Comes Weird
XXIX. Robbie's Quest Begun
XXX. A Race Against Life
XXXI. Robbie, Speed On!
XXXII. What the Snow Gave Up
XXXIII. Sepulture at Last
XXXIV. Fate that Impedes, Fall Back
XXXV. Robbie's Quest Ended
XXXVI. Rotha's Confession
XXXVII. Which Indictment?
XXXVIII. Peine Forte et Dure
XXXIX. The Fiery Hand
XL. Garth and the Quakers
XLI. A Horse's Neigh
XLII. The Fatal Witness
XLIII. Love Known at Last
XLIV. The Clew Discovered
XLV. The Condemned in Doomsdale
XLVI. The Skein Unravelled
XLVII. The Black Camel at the Gate
XLVIII. "Out, Out, Brief Candle"
XLIX. Peace, Peace, and Rest
L. Next Morning
LI. Six Months After


PREFACE.

The central incident of this novel is that most extraordinary of all
punishments known to English criminal law, the _peine forte et dure_.


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