“ He laid his hand upon her head, and pronounced her absolution.”—Page 169.

BY

THE AUTHOR OF "TAKEN UPON TRUST."

“Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice.'

SHAKESPEARE.

FOURTH

EDITION.

LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.

1863.
[Zhe Right of Translation is reserved.]

250. s. 144.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

BIBLE

DEDICATION.

To the Readers of this, not wholly imaginary, but

somewhat hastily-written Tale, these pages are dedi

cated; and if, during their perusal, it should occur to

some, that zeal in a good cause may have outrun dis

cretion, the Author can only hope that a thousand

faults may be forgiven, in the name of the one virtue

to which he has dared to link them.

LONDON,

March 8th, 1862.