“Brandon Coyle’s Wife” resumes the stories of Valdimir Desparde and Brandon Coyle from where it paused at the conclusion of “A Skeleton in the Closet.”

Written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819–1899) and first Copyright in 1878.

Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the Burt edition. 41 Chapters; 320 pages; 110,000 words.

CONTENTS.
– A Rejected Bridegroom.
– Our Exile.
– A Shock.
– The Wanderer.
– The Search.
– The Discovery.
– Dawning Day.
– More Discoveries.
– Kit’s Home.
– Kit’s Days
– A Demon’s Deed.
– A Fatal Journey.
– Entrapped.
– Arrested.
– How the Murder was Discovered.
– Valdimir Desparde’s Examination.
– The Result.
– A Storm of Trouble.
– That Secret.
– At Castle Montjoie.
– Dream or Vision?
– Mysteries.
– Vivienne’s Woe.
– Arielle’s Visitors Arrive.
– The Test of Love.
– A Visit to Valdimir.
– Antoinette.
– Antoinette’s Reparation.
– The Meeting.
– A Love Chase.
– From Beyond.
– Darkness Before Dawn.
– The Trial.
– The Arraignment.
– The Verdict.
– Victory.
– At Deloraine Park.
– Those Bitter, Bitter Words.
– Mr. Adrian Fleming’s Expedition.
– What Those Bitter Words Meant.
– Lord Beaudevere’s Story Told by a Christmas Fireside.