Chapter I: Front Matter

THE SILVER DIAL.

BY

MARY C. ROWSELL.

AUTHOR OF

“ST. NICOLAS’ EVE,” “LOVE LOYAL,” “TRAITOR OR PATRIOT,” &c., &c.

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“AS MANY LINES CLOSE IN THE DIAL’S CENTRE;
SO MANY A THOUSAND ACTIONS, ONCE AFOOT,
END IN ONE PURPOSE.”—_Henry V._

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VOL. II.

LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LE BAS & LOWREY, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

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1886.

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THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

XVIII.—Dagger and Poison Cup 1

XIX.—“Were all thy Letters Suns, I could not see” 18

XX.—A Noisy Committee 30

XXI.—A Chilly Greeting 38

XXII.—Unjust Suspicions 47

XXIII.—“The Times are out of Joint” 59

XXIV.—“What’s she worried about?” 71

XXV.—Nine Days’ Wonder 83

XXVI.—“Mere Hearsay” 97

XXVII.—A Moonlight Meeting 109

XXVIII.—“Affinities” 124

XXIX.—“Worse than Silence” 137

XXX.—A Cause Célèbre 148

XXXI.—“Quo fata Vocant” 172

XXXII.—Otto’s Little Difficulties 187

XXXIII.—“Give up the Plans!” 197

XXXIV.—“Inter alia” 209

XXXV.—“Dolce far Niente!” 222

XXXVI.—“Under the Shade of Melancholy Boughs” 233

XXXVII.—“The Old Love or the New?” 252

XXXVIII.—Time’s Changes 266

XXXIX.—A Visit to the Dial 278

XL.—Gretchen 296

XLI.—A Clean Confession 310

XLII.—Otto finds Consolation 332

XLIII.—“Making Night hideous” 340

XLIV.—Vox Populi 353

XLV.—Old Friends 363

XLVI.—How Extremes meet 374

XLVII.—“Homo Sum” 387

THE SILVER DIAL.