Book 3. 
XVIII.  The authoress
XIX.  A drive in sunlight and A drive in moonlight
XX.  Diana’s night-watch in the chamber of death
XXI.  The young minister of state
XXII.  Between Diana and Dacier :  The wind east over bleak land
XXIII.  Records A visit to Diana from one of the world’s good women
XXIV.  Indicates A soul prepared for desperation
XXV.  Once more the crossways and A change of turnings
XXVI.  In which A disappointed lover receives A multitude of lessons

Book 5. 
XXXVI.  Is conclusive as to the heartlessness of women with brains
XXXVII.  An exhibition of some champions of the stricken lady
XXXVIII.  Convalescence of A healthy mind distraught
XXXIX.  Of nature with one of her cultivated daughters and A short
          excursion in anti-climax
XL.  In which we see nature making of A woman A maid again, and A
          thrice whimsical
XLI.  Contains A revelation of the origin of the tigress in Diana
XLII.  The penultimate :  Showing A final struggle for liberty and run
          into harness
XLIII.  Nuptial chapter:  And of how A barely willing woman was led to
          bloom with nuptial sentiment

A lady of high distinction for wit and beauty, the daughter of an illustrious Irish House, came under the shadow of a calumny.  It has latterly been examined and exposed as baseless.  The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read as fiction.

CHAPTER I

OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE