Chapter I: Front Matter

SUNRISE.

BY

WILLIAM BLACK.

_Author of "Shandon Bells," "Yolande," "Strange Adventures of a Phaeton," "Madcap Violet" etc., etc._

NEW YORK:
JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER,
1883.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A FIRST INTERVIEW. 1
II. PLEADINGS. 8
III. IN A HOUSE IN CURZON STREET. 14
IV. A STRANGER. 23
V. PIONEERS. 29
VI. BON VOYAGE! 37
VII. IN SOLITUDE. 44
VIII. A DISCOVERY. 51
IX. A NIGHT IN VENICE. 58
X. VACILLATION. 64
XI. A COMMISSION. 72
XII. JACTA EST ALEA. 79
XIII. SOUTHWARD. 86
XIV. A RUSSIAN EPISODE. 94
XV. NEW FRIENDS. 101
XVI. A LETTER. 108
XVII. CALABRESSA. 115
XVIII. HER ANSWER. 123
XIX. AT THE CULTURVEREIN. 129
XX. FIDELIO. 137
XXI. FATHER AND DAUGHTER. 144
XXII. EVASIONS. 151
XXIII. A TALISMAN. 158
XXIV. AN ALTERNATIVE. 165
XXV. A FRIEND'S ADVICE. 172
XXVI. A PROMISE. 179
XXVII. KIRSKI. 186
XXVIII. A CLIMAX. 193
XXIX. A GOOD-NIGHT MESSAGE. 201
XXX. SOME TREASURES. 208
XXXI. IN A GARDEN AT POSILIPO. 215
XXXII. FRIEND AND SWEETHEART. 223
XXXIII. INTERVENTION. 230
XXXIV. AN ENCOUNTER. 237
XXXV. THE MOTHER. 245
XXXVI. THE VELVET GLOVE. 252
XXXVII. SANTA CLAUS. 259
XXXVIII. A SUMMONS. 266
XXXIX. A NEW HOME. 274
XL. A CONCLAVE. 280
XLI. IN THE DEEPS. 288
XLII. A COMMUNICATION. 295
XLIII. A QUARREL. 302
XLIV. A TWICE-TOLD TALE. 308
XLV. SOUTHWARD. 316
XLVI. THE BEECHES. 321
XLVII. AT PORTICI. 329
XLVIII. AN APPEAL. 337
XLIX. AN EMISSARY. 345
L. A WEAK BROTHER. 352
LI. THE CONJURER. 359
LII. FIAT JUSTITIA. 366
LIII. THE TRIAL. 373
LIV. PUT TO THE PROOF. 380
LV. CONGRATULATIONS. 387
LVI. A COMMISSION. 394
LVII. FAREWELL! 401
LVIII. A SACRIFICE. 409
LIX. NATALIE SPEAKS. 416
LX. NEW SHORES. 424