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  2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe].

  STARVECROW FARM

  BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN.

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  THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF. A Romance. With Frontispiece and Vignette.Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

  THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE. A Romance. With four Illustrations. Crown8vo, $1.25.

  A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE. Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne, Sieur deMarsac. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

  UNDER THE RED ROBE. With twelve full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo,cloth, $1.25.

  MY LADY ROTHA. A Romance of the Thirty Years' War. With eightIllustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

  FROM THE MEMOIRS OF A MINISTER OF FRANCE. With thirty-sixIllustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

  THE MAN IN BLACK. With twelve Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

  SHREWSBURY. A Romance. With twenty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo,$1.50.

  THE RED COCKADE. A Novel. With forty-eight Illustrations by R. CatonWoodville. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  THE CASTLE INN. A Novel. With six full-page Illustrations by WalterAppleton Clark. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  SOPHIA. A Romance. With twelve full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo,$1.50.

  COUNT HANNIBAL. A Romance of the Court of France. With Frontispiece.Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  IN KINGS' BYWAYS. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  THE ABBESS OF VLAYE. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

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  New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.

  STARVECROW FARM

  BY

  STANLEY J. WEYMAN

  _Author of "A Gentleman of France" "The Abbess of Vlaye," "Count Hannibal," "The Castle Inn," "The Red Cockade," "Under the Red Robe," etc., etc_.

  _ILLUSTRATED_

  LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

  91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

  LONDON AND BOMBAY

  1905

  Copyright, 1904, by STANLEY J. WEYMAN

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  _All rights reserved_

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER

  I. Across the Quicksands.

  II. A Red Waistcoat.

  III. A Wedding Morning.

  IV. Two to One.

  V. A Jezebel.

  VI. The Inquiry.

  VII. Captain Anthony Clyne.

  VIII. Starvecrow Farm.

  IX. Punishment.

  X. Henrietta in Naxos.

  XI. Captain Clyne's Plan.

  XII. The Old Love.

  XIII. A Jealous Woman.

  XIV. The Letter.

  XV. The Answer.

  XVI. A Night Adventure.

  XVII. The Edge of the Storm.

  XVIII. Mr. Joseph Nadin.

  XIX. At the Farm.

  XX. Proof Positive.

  XXI. Cousin Meets Cousin.

  XXII. Mr. Sutton's New Role.

  XXIII. In Kendal Gaol.

  XXIV. The Role Continued.

  XXV. Prison Experiences.

  XXVI. A Reconciliation.

  XXVII. Bishop Caught Napping.

  XXVIII. The Golden Ship.

  XXIX. The Dark Maid.

  XXX. Bess's Triumph.

  XXXI. A Strange Bedroom.

  XXXII. The Search.

  XXXIII. The Smugglers' Oven.

  XXXIV. In Tyson's Kitchen.

  XXXV. Through The Wood.

  XXXVI. Two of a Race.