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A LIFE'S SECRET.

A Novel.

By

MRS. HENRY WOOD,

AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE," "THE CHANNINGS," ETC.

[Illustration: Logo]

_EIGHTH EDITION._

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1879.

[_All Rights of Translation and Reproduction are Reserved._]




CONTENTS.


PART THE FIRST.

CHAP.                                       PAGE
   I. WAS THE LADY MAD?                       11

  II. CHANGES                                 32

 III. AWAY TO LONDON                          39

  IV. DAFFODIL'S DELIGHT                      52

   V. MISS GWINN'S VISIT                      67

  VI. TRACKED HOME                            83

 VII. MR. SHUCK AT HOME                      103

VIII. FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS!                  116

  IX. THE SEPARATION OF HUNTER AND HUNTER    127


PART THE SECOND.

   I. A MEETING OF THE WORKMEN               136

  II. CALLED TO KETTERFORD                   153

 III. TWO THOUSAND POUNDS                    168

  IV. AGITATION                              186


PART THE THIRD.

   I. A PREMATURE AVOWAL                     204

  II. MR. COX                                221

 III. 'I THINK I HAVE BEEN A FOOL'           238

  IV. SOMEBODY 'PITCHED INTO'                256

   V. A GLOOMY CHAPTER                       274

