Christmas dinner at Mr.Dinneford's--The dropped letter--It is missed--A scene of wild excitement--Mrs.Dinneford's sudden death--Edith reads the letter--A revelation--"Innocent!"-- Edith is called to her mother--"Dead, and better so!"-- Granger's innocence established--An agony of affection--No longer Granger's wife CHAPTER XXIV.

Edith's sickness--Meeting of Mrs.Bray and Pinky Swett--A trial of sharpness, in which neither gains the advantage--Mr.Dinneford receives a call from a lady--The lady, who is Mrs.Bray, offers information--Mr.Dinneford surprises her into admitting an important fact--Mrs.Bray offers to produce the child for a price--Mr.Dinneford consents to pay the price on certain stipulations--Mrs.Bray departs, promising to come again CHAPTER XXV.

Granger's pardon procured--How he receives his pardon--Mrs.
Bray tries to trace Pinky home--Loses sight of her in the street--Mrs.
Bray interviews a shop-woman--Pinky's destination--The child is gone CHAPTER XXVI.

Mrs.Bray does not call on Mr.Dinneford, as she promised--Peril to Andrew Hall through loss of the child--Help--Edith longs to see or write to Granger, but does not--Edith encounters Mrs.
Bray in the street--"Where is my baby ?"--Disappointment--How to identify the child if found CHAPTER XXVII.

No trace of Andy--Account of Andy's abduction--Andy's prison--An outlook from prison--A loose nail--The escape--The sprained ankle--The accident CHAPTER XXVIII.