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CONTENTS OF VOL. III. | |
| CHAP. | |
| I. | Twenty Years after. |
| II. | Robert Meredith. |
| III. | Time and Change. |
| IV. | The Heiress of the Deane. |
| V. | The "Raccroc de Noces.". |
| VI. | The First Moves in the Game. |
| VII. | Drifting. |
| VIII. | The Mine is sprung. |
| IX. | The Righting of the Wrong. |
An unusually beautiful day, in an exceptionally beautiful summer, anda grand old mansion, in all its bravery, wearing its best air ofpreparation and festivity. Even in the merest outline such a picturehas its charms; and that which the sunshine lighted up on oneparticular occasion, about to be described, merited close attention,and the study of its every detail.
Sheltered by a fine plantation, which, in any other than the land offlood and fell, might have been called a forest, and situated on theincline of a conical hill, the low park land, picturesquely planted,stretching away from it, until lost in the boundary of treesbeneath,--a large, imposing house, built of gray, cut stone, presentedits wide and lofty façade to the light. The architecture wasirregular, picturesque, and effective; and now, with its numerouswindows, some sparkling in the sunshine, others thrown wide open toadmit the sweet air, the Deane had an almost palatial appearance.Along the front ran a wide stone terrace, from which three flights ofsteps, one in the centre, and one at either end, led down to anItalian garden, intersect