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THE IMPENDING SWORD.

LONDON:
ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.

THE

IMPENDING SWORD.

A Novel.

BY

EDMUND YATES,

AUTHOR OF 'BLACK SHEEP,' 'THE ROCK AHEAD,' 'THE YELLOW FLAG,'
ETC. ETC.

'Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven,
Who, when He sees the hours ripe on earth
Will rain hot vengeance on the offenders' heads.'

SHAKESPEARE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST. STRAND.
1874.

[The right of translation, dramatic adaptation, and reproduction isreserved.]

CONTENTS OF VOL. III. Book the Third. THE DISCOVERY.
CHAP.
I.	CONSULTATION.
II.	RECOGNISED.
III.	A WAY OF ESCAPE.
IV.	ESCAPED.
V.	A CLUE.
VI.	HARKING BACK.
VII.	MR. DUNN.
VIII.	IDENTIFIED.
	EPILOGUE.
	A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR.

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Book the Second.

THE CRIME.

CHAPTER I.

CONSULTATION.

Thornton Carey stood as one transfixed; in all his recollection ofHelen he had never seen her like this before--wonderfully pretty, butdeadly white, and almost rigid.

'You wish to see me,' she said, advancing towards him, and placing hercold hand in his; 'you have bad tidings, and you hesitate to tell me;you need not be afraid--directly your arrival was announced I had apresentiment.'

'I have, indeed, something very serious to say to you,' said ThorntonCarey, motioning her to a seat, 'and you judge me truly when you saythat I find it difficult to break it to you.'

'What you have to tell me concerns Alston--concerns my husband,' saidHelen, with unnatu

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