Uncle Silas

UNCLE SILAS

A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

By

J. S. LeFanu

1899

TO

THE RIGHT HON.

THE COUNTESS OF GIFFORD,

AS A TOKEN OF

RESPECT, SYMPATHY, AND ADMIRATION

This Tale

IS INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR

Contents

 * A Preliminary Word
 * Chapter I: AUSTIN RUTHYN, OF KNOWL, AND HIS DAUGHTER
 * Chapter II: UNCLE SILAS
 * Chapter III: A NEW FACE
 * Chapter IV: MADAME DE LA ROUGIERRE
 * Chapter V: SIGHTS AND NOISES
 * Chapter VI: A WALK IN THE WOOD
 * Chapter VII: CHURCH SCARSDALE
 * Chapter VIII: THE SMOKER
 * Chapter IX: MONICA KNOLLYS
 * Chapter X: LADY KNOLLYS REMOVES A COVERLET
 * Chapter XI: LADY KNOLLYS SEES THE FEATURES
 * Chapter XII: A CURIOUS CONVERSATION
 * Chapter XIII: BEFORE AND AFTER BREAKFAST
 * Chapter XIV: ANGRY WORDS
 * Chapter XV: A WARNING
 * Chapter XVI: DOCTOR BRYERLY LOOKS IN
 * Chapter XVII: AN ADVENTURE
 * Chapter XVIII: A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
 * Chapter XIX: AU REVOIR
 * Chapter XX: AUSTIN RUTHYN SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY
 * Chapter XXI: ARRIVALS
 * Chapter XXII: SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WITH THE COFFIN
 * Chapter XXIII: I TALK WITH DOCTOR BRYERLY
 * Chapter XXIV: THE OPENING OF THE WILL
 * Chapter XXV: I HEAR FROM UNCLE SILAS
 * Chapter XXVI: THE STORY OF UNCLE SILAS
 * Chapter XXVII: MORE ABOUT TOM CHARKE'S SUICIDE
 * Chapter XXVIII: I AM PERSUADED
 * Chapter XXIX: HOW THE AMBASSADOR FARED
 * Chapter XXX: ON THE ROAD
 * Chapter XXXI: BARTRAM-HAUGH
 * Chapter XXXII: UNCLE SILAS
 * Chapter XXXIII: THE WINDMILL WOOD
 * Chapter XXXIV: ZAMIEL
 * Chapter XXXV: WE VISIT A ROOM IN THE SECOND STOREY
 * Chapter XXXVI: AN ARRIVAL AT DEAD OF NIGHT
 * Chapter XXXVII: DOCTOR BRYERLY EMERGES
 * Chapter XXXVIII: A MIDNIGHT DEPARTURE
 * Chapter XXXIX: COUSIN MONICA AND UNCLE SILAS MEET
 * Chapter XL: IN WHICH I MAKE ANOTHER COUSIN'S ACQUAINTANCE
 * Chapter XLI: MY COUSIN DUDLEY
 * Chapter XLII: ELVERSTON AND ITS PEOPLE
 * Chapter XLIII: NEWS AT BARTRAM GATE
 * Chapter XLIV: A FRIEND ARISES
 * Chapter XLV: A CHAPTER-FULL OF LOVERS
 * Chapter XLVI: THE RIVALS
 * Chapter XLVII: DOCTOR BRYERLY REAPPEARS
 * Chapter XLVIII: QUESTION AND ANSWER
 * Chapter XLIX: AN APPARITION
 * Chapter L: MILLY'S FAREWELL
 * Chapter LI: SARAH MATILDA COMES TO LIGHT
 * Chapter LII: THE PICTURE OF A WOLF
 * Chapter LIII: AN ODD PROPOSAL
 * Chapter LIV: IN SEARCH OF MR. CHARKE'S SKELETON
 * Chapter LV: THE FOOT OF HERCULES
 * Chapter LVI: I CONSPIRE
 * Chapter LVII: THE LETTER
 * Chapter LVIII: LADY KNOLLYS' CARRIAGE
 * Chapter LIX: A SUDDEN DEPARTURE
 * Chapter LX: THE JOURNEY
 * Chapter LXI: OUR BED-CHAMBER
 * Chapter LXII: A WELL-KNOWN FACE LOOKS IN
 * Chapter LXIII: SPICED CLARET
 * Chapter LXIV: THE HOUR OF DEATH
 * Chapter LXV: IN THE OAK PARLOUR
 * Conclusion