Contents -- NOTE: ADDRESSED TO THE READER. -- PART I. PARADISE LOST. -- Chapter I. THE BRIDE'S MISTAKE. -- Chapter II. THE BRIDE'S THOUGHTS. -- Chapter III. RAMSGATE SANDS. -- Chapter IV. ON THE WAY HOME. -- Chapter V. THE LANDLADY'S DISCOVERY. -- Chapter VI. MY OWN DISCOVERY. -- Chapter VII. ON THE WAY TO THE MAJOR. -- Chapter VIII. THE FRIEND OF THE WOMEN. -- Chapter IX. THE DEFEAT OF THE MAJOR. -- Chapter X. THE SEARCH. -- Chapter XI. THE RETURN TO LIFE. -- Chapter XII. THE SCOTCH VERDICT. -- Chapter XIII. THE MAN'S DECISION. -- Chapter XIV. THE WOMAN'S ANSWER. -- PART II. PARADISE REGAINED. -- Chapter XV. THE STORY OF THE TRIAL. THE PRELIMINARIES. -- Chapter XVI. FIRST QUESTION-DID THE WOMAN DIE POISONED? -- Chapter XVII. SECOND QUESTION-WHO POISONED HER?. -- Chapter XVIII. THIRD QUESTION-WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE? -- Chapter XIX. THE EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE. -- Chapter XX. THE END OF THE TRIAL. -- Chapter XXI. I SEE MY WAY. -- Chapter XXII. THE MAJOR MAKES DIFFICULTIES. -- Chapter XXIII. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW SURPRISES ME. -- Chapter XXIV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER-FIRST VIEW. -- Chapter XXV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER-SECOND VIEW. -- Chapter XXVI. MORE OF MY OBSTINACY. -- Chapter XXVII. MR. DEXTER AT HOME. -- Chapter XXVIII. IN THE DARK. -- Chapter XXIX. IN THE LIGHT. -- Chapter XXX. THE INDICTMENT OF MRS. BEAULY. -- Chapter XXXI. THE DEFENSE OF MRS. BEAULY. -- Chapter XXXII. A SPECIMEN OF MY WISDOM. -- Chapter XXXIII. A SPECIMEN OF MY FOLLY. -- Chapter XXXIV. GLENINCH. -- Chapter XXXV. MR. PLAYMORE'S PROPHECY. -- Chapter XXXVI. ARIEL. -- Chapter XXXVII. AT THE BEDSIDE. -- Chapter XXXVIII. ON THE JOURNEY BACK. -- Chapter XXXIX. ON THE WAY TO DEXTER. -- Chapter XL. NEMESIS AT LAST. -- Chapter XLI. MR. PLAYMORE IN A NEW CHARACTER. -- Chapter XLII. MORE SURPRISES. -- Chapter XLIII. AT LAST! -- Chapter XLIV. OUR NEW HONEYMOON. -- Chapter XLV. THE DUST-HEAP DISTURBED.

Chapter XLVI. THE CRISIS DEFERRED. -- Chapter XLVII. THE WIFE'S CONFESSION. -- Chapter XLVIII. WHAT ELSE COULD I DO? -- Chapter XLIX. PAST AND FUTURE. -- Chapter L. THE LAST OF THE STORY.