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  CONTENTS.

  PAGE

  DEDICATION iii

  PREFACE v

  Book the First.

  THE PLOT.

  CHAPTER

  I. AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1

  II. ORDSALL CAVE 10

  III. ORDSALL HALL 12

  IV. THE SEARCH 26

  V. CHAT MOSS 31

  VI. THE DISINTERMENT 49

  VII. DOCTOR DEE 50

  VIII. THE MAGIC GLASS 56

  IX. THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE 62

  X. THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT 66

  XI. THE PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT WINIFRED'S WELL 71

  XII. THE VISION 83

  XIII. THE CONSPIRATORS 87

  XIV. THE PACKET 98

  XV. THE ELIXIR 105

  XVI. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER 115

  XVII. THE RENCOUNTER 129

  XVIII. THE EXPLANATION 131

  XIX. THE DISCOVERY 133

  XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL 139

  Book the Second.

  THE DISCOVERY.

  I. THE LANDING OF THE POWDER 147

  II. THE TRAITOR 156

  III. THE ESCAPE PREVENTED 163

  IV. THE MINE 169

  V. THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA 179

  VI. THE CELLAR 187

  VII. THE STAR-CHAMBER 195

  VIII. THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER 198

  IX. THE COUNTERPLOT 212

  X. WHITE WEBBS 220

  XI. THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST 228

  XII. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER 237

  XIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS 245

  XIV. THE EXAMINATION 255

  Book the Third.

  THE CONSPIRATORS.

  I. HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE 262

  II. SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA 274

  III. HUDDINGTON 278

  IV. HOLBEACH 292

  V. THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION 294

  VI. HAGLEY 304

  VII. VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL 313

  VIII. HENDLIP 319

  IX. WHITEHALL 327

  X. THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM 331

  XI. THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON 332

  XII. THE TRAITOR BETRAYED 336

  XIII. THE TRIAL 341

  XIV. THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA 344

  XV. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD 347

  XVI. OLD PALACE YARD 352

  XVII. THE LAST EXECUTION 355

  GUY FAWKES.