Lilla: A Part of Her Life Out of the War Love and Hatred The Lonely House From the Vasty Deep The Terriford Mystery THE TERRIFORD MYSTERY MRS. BELLOC LOWNDES DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS CO. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. First Edition 1 PROLOGUE Terriford village, a peaceful, exquisite corner of old England. Houses, cottages, and great raftered barns spread over a rising stretch of what was once primeval woodland. No dwelling-place is less than fifty years old and many are of much older date.