XXVII. The step in the wrong direction 117
XXVIII. By doing a little wrong, great good is accomplished in the end 122
XXIX. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Trenow indulge in a croom o' chat, while Cap'n Trenow gives some sage advice in another quarter 125
XXX. The two sisters pierced through the heart 134
XXXI. Out of Scylla and into Charybdis 139
XXXII. Alrina's troubles are increased by an unexpected discovery 143
XXXIII. Alrina visits a kind friend and makes a proposal 149
XXXIV. Captain Courland's return and his wife's anxiety 154
XXXVII. Josiah's lonely midnight watch in the Conjuror's house 174
XXXIX. The unexpected meeting and mysterious communication 184
XLI. Mysterious sounds are heard issuing out of the earth at midnight. The curious cottage on the heath 195
XLII. The poor dumb girl's sudden resolve, and its consequences 202
XLIV. Mrs. Brown enjoys another croom o' chat with Mrs. Trenow, and receives an unexpected visitor 210
XLVIII. A brilliant Cornish diamond discovered and placed in a golden casket 232
Very near the most westerly point of Great Britain, and not very far from the promontory called Cape Cornwall, you may see, as you glide along the coast in your pleasure-boat of a calm summer's evening, a pretty little fishing-cove, in shape like a horse-shoe,--the two extreme points being formed by the projecting rocks on either side of the entrance,--the interior, or curved part, immediately under the main land, having a beautiful beach of white sand, on which boats can land with safety, when piloted by those who know the coast outside; for the little cove is guarded by hidden rocks, and is as safe in rough weather against invasion by the uninitiated, as if it had been fortified by a range of well-appointed batteries. Above this beach the cliffs rise gradually, and various zigzag footpaths are formed by the constant tread of the sailors and others who frequent the cove in going to and coming from the main land.
About a mile inland is a village of some importance, inhabited by sailors of various kinds, and miners and small farmers who occupy a few acres of land, and fill up their spare time by working at the neighbouring mines, either as mine labourers, or as carriers with their horses and carts.