Chapter I: Front Matter

THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA.

_A NOVEL_.

BY HESBA STRETTON

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1872.

CONTENTS.

_PART THE FIRST_.

I.--AN OPEN DOOR
II.--TO SOUTHAMPTON
III.--A ROUGH NIGHT AT SEA
IV.--A SAFE HAVEN
V.--WILL IT DO?
VI.--TOO MUCH ALONE
VII.--A FALSE STEP
VIII.--AN ISLAND WITHOUT A DOCTOR

_PART THE SECOND_.

I.--DR. MARTIN DOBRÉE
II.--A PATIENT IN SARK
III.--WITHOUT RESOURCES
IV.--A RIVAL PRACTITIONER
V.--LOCKS OF HAIR
VI.--WHO IS SHE?
VII.--WHO ARE HER FRIENDS?
VIII.--THE SIXTIES OF GUERNSEY
IX.--A CLEW TO THE SECRET
X.--JULIA'S WEDDING-DRESS
XI.--TRUE TO BOTH
XII.--STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET
XIII.--ONE IN A THOUSAND.
XIV.--OVERHEAD IN LOVE
XV.--IN A FIX
XVI.--A MIDNIGHT RIDE
XVII.--A LONG HALF-HOUR
XVIII.--BROKEN OFF
XIX.--THE DOBRÉES' GOOD NAME
XX.--TWO LETTERS
XXI.--ALL WRONG
XXII.--DEAD TO HONOR
XXIII.--IN EXILE
XXIV.--OVERMATCHED.
XXV.--HOME AGAIN
XXVI.--A NEW PATIENT
XXVII.--SET FREE
XXVIII.--A BRIGHT BEGINNING
XXIX.--THE GOULIOT CAVES
XXX.--A GLOOMY ENDING
XXXI.--A STORY IN DETAIL
XXXII.--OLIVIA GONE
XXXIII.--THE EBB OF LIFE
XXXIV.--A DISCONSOLATE WIDOWER
XXXV.--THE WIDOWER COMFORTED
XXXVI.--FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
XXXVII.--THE TABLES TURNED
XXXVIII.--OLIVIA'S HUSBAND
XXXIX.--SAD NEWS
XL.--A TORMENTING DOUBT
XLI.--MARTIN DOBRÉE'S PLEDGE
XLII.--NOIREAU
XLIII.--A SECOND PURSUER
XLIV.--THE LAW OF MARRIAGE
XXV.--FULFILLING THE PLEDGE
XLVI.--A DEED OF SEPARATION
XLVII.--A FRIENDLY CABMAN
XLVIII.--JULIA'S WEDDING
XLIX.--A TELEGRAM IN PATOIS

_PART THE THIRD_.

I.--OLIVIA'S JUSTIFICATION
II.--ON THE WING AGAIN
III.--IN LONDON LODGINGS
IV.--RIDLEY'S AGENCY-OFFICE
V.--BELLRINGER STREET
VI.--LEAVING ENGLAND
VII.--A LONG JOURNEY
VIII.--AT SCHOOL IN FRANCE
IX.--A FRENCH AVOCAT
X.--A MISFORTUNE WITHOUT PARALLEL
XI.--LOST AT NIGHTFALL
XII.--THE CURÉ OF VILLE-EN-BOIS
XIII.--A FEVER-HOSPITAL
XIV.--OUTCAST PARISHIONERS
XV.--A TACITURN FRENCHWOMAN
XVI.--SENT BY GOD
XVII.--A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH
XVIII.--PIERRE'S SECRET
XIX.--SUSPENSE
XX.--A MALIGNANT CASE
XXI.--THE LAST DEATH
XXII.--FREE
XXIII.--A YEAR'S NEWS
XXIV.--FAREWELL TO VILLE-EN-BOIS
XXV.--TOO HIGHLY CIVILIZED
XXVI.--SEEING SOCIETY
XXVII.--BREAKING THE ICE
XXVIII.--PALMY DAYS
XXIX.--A POSTSCRIPT BY MARTIN DOBRÉE