Chetwynd Calverley: A Tale
By William Harrison Ainsworth
Length11h 25m
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Excerpt: "She was still pacing the lawn with distracted steps, when a well-known voice called out to her, and a tall figure emerged from the shade of the cedars, and Mildred uttered a cry of mingled surprise and delight."
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length11 hrs 25 mins
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Publish dateOct 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION.—THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER.
51IX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN CAPTAIN DANVERS AND MRS. CALVERLEY IN THE GARDEN.
2I. OUSELCROFT.
52X. AN INVITATION TO TOWN.
3II. TERESA.
53BOOK THE FIFTH—LADY THICKNESSE.
4III. MR. CALVERLEY.
54I. IN WHICH CHETWYND LEARNS HOW A QUARREL HAS TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN ROSE AND HARRY NETTERVILLE.
5IV. FATHER AND SON.
55II. HARRY NETTERVILLE’S JEALOUS RAGE.
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6V. THE OLD BUTLER.
56III. LORD COURLAND.
7VI. SELF-EXAMINATION.
57IV. A VIEW OF THE RING ROAD.
8VII. TERRIBLE SUSPICIONS.
58V. LORD COURLAND CONTINUES UNDECIDED.
9VIII. DEATH OF MR. CALVERLEY.
59VI. LADY THICKNESSE HAS A CONFERENCE WITH SCROPE.
10BOOK THE FIRST—MILDRED.
60VII. THE VISIT TO MRS. HARTLEY’S.
11I. SUITORS.
61VIII. HOW HARRY NETTERVILLE FOUND ROMNEY.
12II. SIR BRIDGNORTH CHARLTON.
62IX. CAPTAIN DANVERS ARRIVES IN BELGRAVE SQUARE.
13III. INQUIRIES.
63X. MRS. CALVERLEY MAKES AN IMPORTANT CONQUEST.
14IV. PORTRAITS.
64XI. LADY THICKNESSE CONSULTS SIR BRIDGNORTH.
15V. THE POCKET-BOOK.
65XII. ANOTHER EXPLANATION.
16VI. BRACKLEY HEATH.
66XIII. A SOIREE DANSANTE.
17VII. CAPTAIN DANVERS.
67XIV. AN UNPLEASANT INQUIRY.
18VIII. BRACKLEY HALL.
68XV. EVIDENCE IN CHETWYND’s FAVOUR.
19IX. LADY BARFLEUR.
69XVI. LORD COURLAND PROPOSES TO MRS. CALVERLEY.
20X. THE GALLERY.
70BOOK THE SIXTH—THE CLAUSE IN MR. CALVERLEY’S WILL.
21XI. WHAT PASSED IN THE GARDEN.
71I. OLD NOBBIS QUESTIONS LAURA.
22XII. BRACKLEY MERE.
72II. THE CABINET.
23XIII. PURSUIT OF THE GIPSIES.
73III. HOW THE WILL WAS FOUND.
24XIV. THE BLOODHOUND.
74IV. A LETTER PROM LORD COURLAND.
25XV. THE DEERHOUNDS.
75V. SHOWING WHAT MRS. CALVERLEY’S DRESSING-BOX CONTAINED.
26BOOK THE SECOND—THE HEIRESS OF BRACKLEY HALL.
76VI. POISON IN THE CUP.
27I. THE LAST OF THE OLD CHESHIRE SQUIRES.
77VII. PANGS OP REMORSE.
28II. A CONSULTATION.
78VIII. HARRY NETTERVILLE AND TOM TANKARD APPEAR AT OUSELCROFT.
29III. CHETWYND’S LETTER.
79IX. THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION.
30IV. HOW THE DIREFUL NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY MRS. CALVERLEY; AND HOW SIR BRIDGNORTH VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE INQUIRIES AS TO ITS TRUTH.
80X. HOW MILDRED RECOVERED.
31BOOK THE THIRD—WALTER LIDDEL.
81XI. MORE LETTERS.
32I. ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.
82XII. LORD COURLAND ARRIVES AT OUSELCROFT.
33II. THE HOUSE IN SPENCER’S KENTS.
83XIII. A DANCE ON THE LAWN.
34III. INTRODUCES MR. TANKARD, MR. LAEKINS, AND MR. PLEDGER DAPP.
84XIV. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY PASSED THE NIGHT.
35IV. SIGEBERT SMART.
85XV. HOW DOCTOR SPENCER WAS SENT FOR.
36V. ROMNEY.
86XVI. CHETWYND MAKES COMMUNICATION TO SIR BRIDGNORTH.
37VI. ROSE HARTLEY.
87XVII, DOCTOR SPENCER.
38VII. TOM TANKARD.
88XVIII. DOCTOR SPENCER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHETWYND.
39VIII. AS A FOOTMAN.
89XIX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN LORD COURLAND AND MR. CARTERET.
40IX. IN WHICH MISS CLOTILDE TRIPP AND MISS FLORA SICKLE-MORE MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE.
90XX. THE PARTING BETWEEN TERESA AND LORD COURLAND.
41X. SUPPER.
91XXI. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY MADE HER WILL.
42BOOK THE FOURTH—PROBATION.
92XXII. CHETWYND IS SUMMONED TO HIS SISTER’S ROOM, AND IS SENT BY HER TO TERESA.—THEIR INTERVIEW.
43I. THE FIRST STEP.
93XXIII. SIR BRIDGNORTH PROPOSES TO LADY THICKNESSE, AND IS ACCEPTED.
44II. THE SECOND ORDEAL.
94XXIV. THE RACE BETWEEN ZEPHYRUS AND TOM TANKARD.
45III. THE RETURN TO OUSELCROFT.
95XXV. CAPTAIN DANVERS BRINGS DISTRESSING NEWS.
46IV. WHICH OF THE TWO?
96XXVI. TERESA’S CONFESSION.
47V. HOW CAPTAIN DANVERS WAS THROWN OVER BY BOTH LADIES.
97XXVII. A MONTH LATER.
48VI. MRS. CALVERLEY RENDERS CHETWYND AN IMPORTANT SERVICE.
98XXVIII. ALL IS SETTLED.
49VII. HOW CHETWYND AND EMMELINE PLIGHTED THEIR FAITH IN THE OLD CHAPEL.
99XXIX. CONCLUSION.
50VIII. THE HAUNTED BOOM.
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