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The Forlorn Hope a Novel, (Volume 877, Vol. 1, in, Collection of
British Authors, Volume 878)





COLLECTION.
OF
BRITISH AUTHORS.
VOL. 877.

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THE FORLORN HOPE BY EDMUND YATES.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.






THE FORLORN HOPE.
A NOVEL.

BY
EDMUND YATES,
AUTHOR OF "LAND AT LAST," "BROKEN TO HARNESS," ETC.


_COPYRIGHT EDITION_.


IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.


LEIPZIG

BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ.

1867.

_The Right of Translation is reserved_.






TO
CHARLES FECHTER.






CONTENTS
OF VOLUME I.

CHAPTER
      I.  "Sound the Alarm."
     II.  Master and Pupil.
    III.  Watching and Waiting.
     IV.  Mrs. Wilmot.
      V.  A Resolve, and its Results.
     VI.  At Kilsyth.
    VII.  Brooding.
   VIII.  Kith and Kin.
     IX.  Ronald.
      X.  Cross-examination.
     XI.  Irreparable.
    XII.  The Leaden Seal.
   XIII.  A Turn of the Screw.
    XIV.  His g