CHAPTER I. THE OLD CONVENT

II. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS

III. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS

IV. TROUBLES

V. THE BISHOP'S VISIT

VI. THE MIDNIGHT RAID

VII. A SUMMONS

VIII. FLIGHT FROM THE NEST

IX. LADY THROCKMORTON

X. MRS. DEBORAH

XI. THE INNOCENT BLOOD

XII. THE FUNERAL

XIII. NEWS AND CHANGES

XIV. NEWS

XV. THE SISTERS

XVI. HIGHBECK HALL

XVII. LIFE AT THE HALL

XVIII. WINTER

XIX. SURPRISES

XX. VISITORS

XXI. CHANGES AT HIGHBECK

XXII. NEWS FROM THE NORTH

XXIII. A HASTY REMOVAL

XXIV. "AN EARLY SNOW SAVES MUCKLE WOE"

XXV. THE DOCTOR FROM NEWCASTLE

XXVI. THE END

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_THE FOSTER-SISTERS._