THE WEIRD SISTERS.
A Romance.
BY RICHARD DOWLING,
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD."
In Three Volumes.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.
1880.
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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON.
TO
EDMOND POWER, ESQ.,
OF SPRINGFIELD,
Whose kindness to Mine and to Me
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHILE I AM.
CONTENTS.
Part I.—A Plain Gold Guard—continued.
| XII. | —THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE | 1 |
| XIII. | —ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP RODWELL | 26 |
| XIV. | —ON THE RIVER | 42 |
| XV. | —THE FUTURE AS IT SEEMED | 59 |
| XVI. | —THE PRESENT AS IT WAS | 80 |
| XVII. | —THE ASCENT OF THE TOWER OF SILENCE | 95 |
| XVIII. | —ON THE TOP | 113 |
Part II.—The Towers of Silence.
| I. | —A STRANGER AT THE CASTLE | 127 |
| II. | —THE READING OF THE WILL | 148 |
| III. | —"COUSIN MAUD"—"NO; MAUD" | 173 |
| IV. | —THE TWO GUARDIANS | 200 |
| V. | —THE INDEFINITE PRESENT | 216 |
| VI. | —THE TYRANNICAL PAST | 235 |
THE WEIRD SISTERS.
PART I. A PLAIN GOLD GUARD.
CHAPTER XII.
THE SHADOW ON THE TOWER OF SILENCE.
After giving way to the feelings which had overwhelmed him in thepassage, and which had almost betrayed him at the bedside, Grey, by agreat effort, collected himself and walked soberly and deliberatelyuntil he found the grand staircase of the Castle. This he descended, andwhen he reached the bottom hastily sought the court