The Complete Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Enriched edition. Exploring Victorian Sensationalism and Social Commentary through Compelling NarrativesBy Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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The Complete Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon presents a mesmerizing anthology that captures the quintessence of Victorian literature through the lens of a master storyteller. This collection showcases Braddon's adeptness in the sensation novel genre, marked by psychological depth, intricate plots, and socially charged themes. Notable for her exploration of female agency and morality, Braddon intertwines elements of mystery and romance in works such as "Lady Audley's Secret," where societal norms collide with personal ambition, encapsulating the era's complexities and its fascination with transgressive women's narratives. Mary Elizabeth Braddon emerged as a prominent voice in 19th-century England, a time rife with emerging debates on gender roles and social expectations. Growing up amid financial instability, her experiences likely fueled her empathy for women's struggles and informed her narrative choices. Braddon's diverse career spanned journalism, playwriting, and novel writing, positioning her as a pivotal figure who influenced contemporary and future literary circles. Her writings not only reflect her era but also challenge its conventions, offering a unique perspective on Victorian society. This anthology is an essential read for those intrigued by Victorian literature or the evolution of women's roles in fiction. Braddon's works are not merely books; they are a historical examination of the human condition, making this collection invaluable for scholars, students, and casual readers alike, inviting them to delve into the layered narratives that shape our understanding of the period.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
608Chapter IX. 'Other Sins Only Speak; Murder Shrieks Out.'
2Introduction
609Chapter X. 'Nothing Comes Amiss, So Money Comes Withal.'
3Historical Context
610Chapter XI. 'What, Then, You Knew Not This Red Work Indeed?'
4Synopsis (Selection)
611Chapter XII. 'Brave Spirits are a Balsam to Themselves.'
5Introduction
612Chapter XIII. 'My Love, My Love, and No Love for Me.'
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6My First Novel by M. E. Braddon
613Chapter XIV. 'Truth is Truth, to the End of Time.'
7Novels
614Chapter XV. 'They Shall Pass, and Their Places be Taken?'
8Book the First. A Respectable Young Man
615Chapter XVI. 'There is a History in All Men's Lives.'
9Chapter I. The Good Schoolmaster
616Chapter XVII. 'Death Could Not Sever My Soul and You.'
10Chapter II. Good for Nothing
617Chapter XVIII. 'What Great Ones Do, The Less Will Prattle Of.'
11Chapter III. The Usher Washes His Hands
618Volume II.
12Chapter IV. Richard Marwood Lights His Pipe
619Chapter I. ‘Farewell,’ Quoth She, ‘and Come Again To-morrow.’
13Chapter V. The Healing Waters
620Chapter II. ‘O’er All There Hung a Shadow and a Fear.’
14Chapter VI. Two Coroner’s Inquests
621Chapter III. ‘He Cometh Not,’ She Said.
15Chapter VII. The Dumb Detective a Philanthropist
622Chapter IV. ‘And I Shall Be Alone Until I Die.’
16Chapter VIII. Seven Letters on the Dirty Alphabet
623Chapter V. ‘Surely, Most Bitter of All Sweet Things Thou Art.’
17Chapter IX. “Mad, Gentlemen of the Jury”
624Chapter VI. ‘We are Past the Season of Divided Ills.’
18Book the Second. A Clearance of All Scores
625Chapter VII. ‘The Drowsy Night Grows on the World.’
19Chapter I. Blind Peter
626Chapter VIII. ‘Good Night, Good Rest. Ah! Neither Be My Share.’
20Chapter II. Like and Unlike
627Chapter IX. ‘Such a Lord is Love.’
21Chapter III. A Golden Secret
628Chapter X. ‘Then Streamed Life’s Future on the Fading Past.’
22Chapter IV. Jim Looks Over the Brink of the Terrible Gulf
629Chapter XI. ‘A Merrier Hour was Never Wasted There.’
23Chapter V. Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks
630Chapter XII. ‘It was the Hour When Woods are Cold.’
24Chapter VI. The Quiet Figure on the Heath
631Chapter XIII. ‘Now Half to the Setting Moon Have Gone, and Half to the Rising Day.’
25Chapter VII. The Usher Resigns His Situation
632Chapter XIV. ‘O Heaven! That One Might Read the Book of Fate!’
26Book the Third. A Holy Institution
633Chapter XV. ‘Qui Peut Sous Le Soleil Tromper Sa Destinee?’
27Chapter I. The Value of an Opera-Glass
634Chapter XVI. ‘This is More Strange Than Such a Murder Is.’
28Chapter II. Working in the Dark
635Chapter XVII. ‘Ah, Love, There is No Better Life Than This.’
29Chapter III. The Wrong Footstep
636Chapter XVIII. ‘Love is a Thing to Which We Soon Consent.’
30Chapter IV. Ocular Demonstration
637Chapter XIX. Sorrow Augmenteth the Malady.
31Chapter V. The King of Spades
638Chapter XX. ‘But Oh! The Thorns We Stand Upon!’
32Chapter VI. A Glass of Wine
639Volume III.
33Chapter VII. The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
640Chapter I. ‘Lost to Her Place and Name.’
34Chapter VIII. Bad Dreams and a Worse Waking
641Chapter II. ‘Thou Hast All Seasons For Thine Own, O Death!’
35Chapter IX. A Marriage in High Life
642Chapter III. Fire That is Closest Kept Burns Most of All.
36Chapter X. Animal Magnetism
643Chapter IV. For There’s No Safety in the Realm for Me.
37Book the Fourth. Napoleon the Great
644Chapter V. ‘For Thou Wert Still the Poor Man’s Stay.’
38Chapter I. The Boy from Slopperton
645Chapter VI. I Found Him Garrulously Given.
39Chapter II. Mr. Augustus Darley and Mr. Joseph Peters Go Out Fishing
646Chapter VII. ‘Full Cold My Greeting was and Dry.’
40Chapter III. The Emperor Bids Adieu to Elba
647Chapter VIII. ‘When Time Shall Serve, Be Thou Not Slack.’
41Chapter IV. Joy and Happiness for Everybody
648Chapter IX. ‘The Days Have Vanished, Tone and Tint.’
42Chapter V. The Cherokees Take an Oath
649Chapter X. ‘The Saddest Love Has Some Sweet Memory.’
43Chapter VI. Mr. Peters Relates How He Thought He had a Clue, and How He Lost It
650Chapter XI. ‘Stabb’d Through the Heart’s Affections to the Heart.’
44Book the Fifth. The Dumb Detective
651Chapter XII. ‘It is Time, O Passionate Heart,’ Said I.
45Chapter I. The Count De Marolles at Home
652Chapter XIII. ‘Not as a Child Shall We Again Behold Her.’
46Chapter II. Mr. Peters Sees a Ghost
653Chapter XIV. ‘A Soul as White as Heaven.’
47Chapter III. The Cherokees Mark Their Man
654Chapter XV. ‘Enid, The Pilot Star of My Lone Life.’
48Chapter IV. The Captain, the Chemist, and the Lascar
655Chapter XVI. ‘For All is Dark Where Thou Art Not.’
49Chapter V. The New Milkman in Park Lane
656Chapter XVII. ‘But in Some Wise All Things Wear Round Betimes.’
50Chapter VI. Signor Mosquetti Relates an Adventure
657Chapter 1. The Heir Presumptive.
51Chapter VII. The Golden Secret is Told, and the Golden Bowl is Broken
658Chapter 2. Jasper Treverton’s Will.
52Chapter VIII. One Step Further on the Right Track
659Chapter 3. A Mysterious Visitor.
53Chapter IX. Captain Lansdown Overhears a Conversation Which Appears to Interest Him
660Chapter 4. La Chicot.
54Book the Sixth. On the Track
661Chapter 5. A Disappointed Lover.
55Chapter I. Father and Son
662Chapter 6. La Chicot has her Own Way.
56Chapter II. Raymond De Marolles Shows Himself Better Than All Bow Street
663Chapter 7. ‘A Little While Such Lips as Thine to Kiss.’
57Chapter III. The Left-Handed Smasher Makes His Mark
664Chapter 8. ‘Days that are Over, Dreams that are Done.’
58Chapter IV. What They Find in the Room in Which the Murder was Committed
665Chapter 9. ‘And Art Thou Come! And Art Thou True!’
59Chapter V. Mr. Peters Decides on a Strange Step, and Arrests the Dead
666Chapter 10. Engaged.
60Chapter VI. The End of the Dark Road
667Chapter 11. No Trousseau.
61Chapter the Last. Farewell to England
668Chapter 12. An Ill-omened Wedding.
62Chapter 1. Lucy.
669Chapter 13. The Settlement.
63Chapter 2. On Board the Argus.
670Chapter 14. ‘You have but to Say the Word.’
64Chapter 3. Hidden Relics.
671Chapter 15. Edward Clare Discovers A Likeness.
65Chapter 4. In the First Page of “The Times.”
672Chapter 16. Shall it Be ‘Yes’ or ‘NO’?
66Chapter 5. The Headstone at Ventnor.
673Chapter 17. Murder.
67Chapter 6. Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World.
674Chapter 18. What the Diamonds Were worth.
68Chapter 7. After a Year.
675Chapter 19. ‘To A Deep Lawny Dell they Came.’
69Chapter 8. Before the Storm.
676Chapter 20. The Church near Camelot.
70Chapter 9. After the Storm.
677Chapter 21. Halcyon Days.
71Chapter 10. Missing.
678Chapter 22. A Village Iago.
72Chapter 11. The Mark Upon My Lady’s Wrist.
679Chapter 23. ‘In the Meanwhile the Skies ‘Gan Rumble Sore.’
73Chapter 12. Still Missing.
680Chapter 24. ‘And Purple Light Shone over All.’
74Chapter 13. Troubled Dreams.
681Chapter 25. The Children’s Party.
75Chapter 14. Phoebe’s Suitor.
682Chapter 26. A Disinterested Parent.
76Chapter 15. On the Watch.
683Chapter 27. Desrolles is Not Communicative.
77Chapter 16. Robert Audley Gets His Conge.
684Chapter 28. Edward Clare Goes on A Voyage of Discovery.
78Chapter 17. At the Castle Inn.
685Chapter 29. George Gerard.
79Chapter 18. Robert Receives a Visitor Whom he had Scarcely Expected.
686Chapter 30. Thou Art the Man.
80Chapter 19. The Writing in the Book.
687Chapter 31. Why Don’t you Trust me?
81Chapter 20. Mrs. Plowson.
688Chapter 32. On his Defence.
82Chapter 21. Little Georgey Leaves His Old Home.
689Chapter 33. At the Morgue.
83Chapter 22. Coming to a Standstill.
690Chapter 34. George Gerard in Danger.
84Chapter 23. Clara.
691Chapter 35. On A Voyage of Discovery.
85Chapter 24. George’s Letters.
692Chapter 36. Kergariou’s Wife.
86Chapter 25. Retrograde Investigation.
693Chapter 37. The Tenant from Beechampton.
87Chapter 26. So Far and No Farther.
694Chapter 38. Celia’s Lovers.
88Chapter 27. Beginning at the Other End.
695Chapter 39. On Suspicion.
89Chapter 28. Hidden in the Grave.
696Chapter 40. Mr. Leopold Asks Irrelevant Questions.
90Chapter 29. In the Lime-Walk.
697Chapter 41. Mrs. Evitt Makes A Revelation.
91Chapter 30. Preparing the Ground.
698Chapter 42. The Undertaker’s Evidence.
92Chapter 31. Phoebe’s Petition.
699Chapter 43. An Old Lady’s Diary.
93Chapter 32. The Red Light in the Sky.
700Chapter 44. Three Witnesses.
94Chapter 33. The Bearer of the Tidings.
701Chapter 45. The Hunt for Desrolles.
95Chapter 34. My Lady Tells the Truth.
702Epilogue.
96Chapter 35. The Hush that Succeeds the Tempest.
703Volume I.
97Chapter 36. Dr. Mosgrave’s Advice.
704Chapter 1. A Pretty Horsebreaker.
98Chapter 37. Buried Alive.
705Chapter 2. Lady Jane Vawdrey.
99Chapter 38. Ghost-Haunted.
706Chapter 3. “I Want a Little Serious Talk with You.”
100Chapter 39. Restored.
707Chapter 4. Rorie comes of Age.
101Chapter 40. At Peace.
708Chapter 5. Rorie makes a Speech.
102Chapter 1. How a Rich Banker Married an Actress.
709Chapter 6. How she took the News.
103Chapter 2. Aurora.
710Chapter 7. Rorie has Plans of his own.
104Chapter 3. What Became of the Diamond Bracelet.
711Chapter 8. Glas ist der Erde Stolz und Glück.
105Chapter 4. After the Ball.
712Chapter 9. A House of Mourning.
106Chapter 5. John Mellish.
713Chapter 10. Captain Winstanley.
107Chapter 6. Rejected and Accepted.
714Chapter 11. “It shall be Measure for Measure.”
108Chapter 7. Aurora’s Strange Pensioner.
715Chapter 12. “I have no Wrong, where I can claim no Right.”
109Chapter 8. Poor John Mellish Comes Back Again.
716Chapter 13. “He belongs to the Tame–Cat Species.”
110Chapter 9. How Talbot Bulstrode Spent His Christmas.
717Chapter 14. “He was worthy to be loved a Lifetime.”
111Chapter 10. Fighting the Battle.
718Chapter 15. Lady Southminster’s Ball.
112Chapter 11. At the Chateau D’arques.
719Chapter 16. Rorie asks a Question.
113Chapter 12. Steeve Hargraves, “The Softy.”
720Chapter 17. Where the Red King was slain.
114Chapter 13. The Spring Meeting.
721Volume II.
115Chapter 14. “Love Took up the Glass of Time and Turned it in His Glowing Hands.”
722Chapter 1. “Shall I tell you the Secret?”
116Chapter 15. Mr. Pastern’s Letter.
723Chapter 2. Wedding Garments.
117Chapter 16. Mr. James Conyers.
724Chapter 3. “I shall look like the wicked Fairy.”
118Chapter 17. The Trainer’s Messenger.
725Chapter 4. The Vow is vowed.
119Chapter 18. Out in the Rain.
726Chapter 5. War to the Knife.
120Chapter 19. Money Matters.
727Chapter 6. At the Kennels.
121Chapter 20. Captain Prodder.
728Chapter 7. A Bad Beginning.
122Chapter 21. “He Only Said I Am a-Weary.”
729Chapter 8. On Half Rations.
123Chapter 22. Still Constant.
730Chapter 9. The Owner of Bullfinch.
124Chapter 23. On the Threshold of Darker Miseries.
731Chapter 10. Something like a Ride.
125Chapter 24. Captain Prodder Carries Bad News to His Niece’s House.
732Chapter 11. Rorie objects to Duets.
126Chapter 25. The Deed that had Been Done in the Wood.
733Chapter 12. “Fading in Music.”
127Chapter 26. At the Golden Lion.
734Chapter 13. Crying for the moon.
128Chapter 27. “My Wife! My Wife! What Wife? I have No Wife.”
735Chapter 14. “Kurz ist der Schmerz und ewig ist die Freude.”
129Chapter 28. Aurora’s Flight.
736Chapter 15. A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
130Chapter 29. John Mellish Finds His Home Desolate.
737Chapter 16. “That must end at once.”
131Chapter 30. An Unexpected Visitor.
738Volume III.
132Chapter 31. Talbot Bulstrode’s Advice.
739Chapter 1. Going into Exile.
133Chapter 32. On the Watch.
740Chapter 2. Chiefly Financial.
134Chapter 33. Captain Prodder Goes Back to Doncaster.
741Chapter 3. “With weary Days thou shalt be clothed and fed.”
135Chapter 34. Discovery of the Weapon with which James Conyers had Been Slain.
742Chapter 4. Love and AEsthetics.
136Chapter 35. Under a Cloud.
743Chapter 5. Crumpled Rose–Leaves.
137Chapter 36. Reunion.
744Chapter 6. A Fool’s Paradise.
138Chapter 37. The Brass Button, by Crosby, Birmingham.
745Chapter 7. “It might have been.”
139Chapter 38. Off the Scent.
746Chapter 8. Wedding Bells.
140Chapter 39. Talbot Bulstrode Makes Atonement for the Past.
747Chapter 9. The nearest Way to Norway.
141L’envoi.
748Chapter 10. “All the Rivers run into the Sea.”
142Chapter I. The Way to Marley Water.
749Chapter 11. The Bluebeard Chamber.
143Chapter II. Millicent.
750Epilogue.
144Chapter III. Looking Back.
751Chapter 1. The Days that are No More.
145Chapter IV. Captain Duke Proves an Alibi.
752Chapter 2. But then Came One, the Lovelace of his Day.
146Chapter V. Millicent Meets Her Husband’s Shadow.
753Chapter 3. “Tintagel, Half in Sea, and Half on Land.”
147Chapter VI. Sally Pecker Lifts the Curtain of the Past.
754Chapter 4. “Love! Thou Art Leading me from Wintry Cold.”
148Chapter VII How Darrell Markham Found His Horse.
755Chapter 5. “The Silver Answer Rang,—‘Not Death, but Love’”
149Chapter VIII. How a Strange Pedlar Worked a Great Change in the Mind and Manners of Sally Pecker.
756Chapter 6. In Society.
150Chapter IX. Sir Lovel Mortimer’s Drunken Servant.
757Chapter 7. Cupid and Psyche.
151Chapter X. The House at Chelsea.
758Chapter 8. Le Secret De Polichinelle.
152Chapter XI. After Seven Years.
759Chapter 9. “Love is Love for Evermore.”
153Chapter XII. Captain Fanny.
760Chapter 10. “Let me and My Passionate Love Go by.”
154Chapter XIII. The End of January.
761Chapter 11. “Alas for me Then, My Good Days are Done.”
155Chapter XIV. Ringwood’s Legacy.
762Chapter 12. “Grief A Fixed Star, and Joy A Vane that Veers.”
156Chapter XV. Millicent’s Wedding.
763Chapter 13. “Love Will have his Day.”
157Chapter XVI. The Third Appearance of the Captain’s Double.
764Chapter 14. “But Here is One who Loves you as of Old.”
158Chapter XVII. Captain Duke at Home.
765Chapter 15. “That Lip and Voice are Mute for Ever.”
159Chapter XVIII. What was Done in the Garden Room.
766Chapter 16. “Not the Gods Can Shake the past.”
160Chapter XIX. After the Murder.
767Chapter 17. “I have Put My Days and My Dreams out of Mind.”
161Chapter XX. Committed for Trial.
768Chapter 18. “And Pale from the past We Draw nigh Thee.”
162Chapter XXI. The Foreign-Looking Pedlar Pays a Second Visit to the Black Bear.
769Chapter 19. “But it Sufficeth, that the Day Will End.”
163Chapter XXII. Mother and Son.
770Chapter 20. “Who Knows Not Circe?”
164Chapter XXIII. The Finding of the Body.
771Chapter 21. “And Time is Setting Wi’ me, O.”
165Chapter XXIV. The Trial of Millicent Duke.
772Chapter 22. “With Such Remorseless Speed Still Come New Woes.”
166Epilogue.
773Chapter 23. “Yours on Monday, God’s To-day.”
167Volume I.
774Chapter 24. Duel or Murder?
168Chapter 1. The Man with the Banner.
775Chapter 25. “Dust to Dust.”
169Chapter 2. Little Mary.
776Chapter 26. “Pain for Thy Girdle, and Sorrow upon Thy Head.”
170Chapter 3. About the Lincolnshire Property.
777Chapter 27. “I Will have No Mercy on Him.”
171Chapter 4. Going Away.
778Chapter 28. “Gai Donc; La Voyageuse, Au Coup Du PÈLerin!”
172Chapter 5. Marchmont Towers.
779Chapter 29. “Time Turns the Old Days to Derision.”
173Chapter 6. The Young Soldier’s Return.
780Chapter 30. “Thou Shouldst Come like A Fury Crowned with Snakes.”
174Chapter 7. Olivia.
781Chapter 31. “His Lady Smiles; Delight is in her Face.”
175Chapter 8. “My Life is Cold, and Dark, and Dreary.”
782Chapter 32. “Love Bore Such Bitter and Such Deadly Fruit.”
176Chapter 9. “When Shall I Cease to Be All Alone?”
783Chapter 33. “She Stood up in Bitter Case, with A Pale yet Steady Face.”
177Chapter 10. Mary’s Stepmother.
784Chapter 34. We have Done with Tears and Treasons.
178Chapter 11. The Day of Desolation.
785Chapter 1. Penelope.
179Chapter 12. Paul.
786Chapter 2. Ulysses.
180Chapter 13. Olivia’s Despair.
787Chapter 3. On the Wrong Road.
181Chapter 14. Driven Away.
788Chapter 4. The Last Stage.
182Volume II.
789Chapter 5. Forty Years After.
183Chapter 1. Mary’s Letter.
790Chapter 6. Maulevrier’s Humble Friend.
184Chapter 2. A New Protector.
791Chapter 7. In the Summer Morning.
185Chapter 3. Paul’s Sister.
792Chapter 8. There is Always a Skeleton.
186Chapter 4. A Stolen Honeymoon.
793Chapter 9. A Cry in the Darkness.
187Chapter 5. Sounding the Depths.
794Chapter 10. ‘O Bitterness of Things Too Sweet.’
188Chapter 6. Risen from the Grave.
795Chapter 11. ‘If i Were to Do as Iseult Did.’
189Chapter 7. Face to Face.
796Chapter 12. ‘The Greater Cantle of the World is Lost.’
190Chapter 8. The Painting-Room by the River.
797Chapter 13. ‘Since Painted or Not Painted All Shall Fade.’
191Chapter 9. In the Dark.
798Chapter 14. ‘Not Yet.’
192Chapter 10. The Paragraph in the Newspaper.
799Chapter 15. ‘Of All Men Else i have Avoided Thee.’
193Chapter 11. Edward Arundel’s Despair.
800Chapter 16. ‘Her Face Resigned to Bliss or Bale.’
194Chapter 12. Edward’s Visitors.
801Chapter 17. ‘And the Spring Comes Slowly up this Way.’
195Chapter 13. One More Sacrifice.
802Chapter 18. ‘And Come Agen Be it by Night or Day.’
196Chapter 14. The Child’s Voice in the Pavilion by the Water.
803Chapter 19. The Old Man on the Fell.
197Volume III.
804Chapter 20. Lady Maulevrier’s Letter-Bag.
198Chapter 1. Captain Arundel’s Revenge.
805Chapter 21. On the Dark Brow of Helvellyn.
199Chapter 2. The Deserted Chambers.
806Chapter 22. Wiser than Lesbia.
200Chapter 3. Taking it Quietly.
807Chapter 23. ‘A Young Lamb’s Heart Among the Full-Grown Flocks.’
201Chapter 4. Miss Lawford Speaks Her Mind.
808Chapter 24. ‘Now Nothing Left to Love or Hate.’
202Chapter 5. The Return of the Wanderer.
809Chapter 25. Carte Blanche.
203Chapter 6. A Widower’s Proposal.
810Chapter 26. ‘Proud Can i Never Be of what i Hate.’
204Chapter 7. How the Tidings Were Received in Lincolnshire.
811Chapter 27. Lesbia Crosses Piccadilly.
205Chapter 8. Mr. Weston Refuses to Be Trampled Upon.
812Chapter 28. ‘Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in Wild Disorder Seen.’
206Chapter 9. “Going to Be Married!”
813Chapter 29. ‘Swift Subtle Post, Carrier of Grisly Care.’
207Chapter 10. The Turning of the Tide.
814Chapter 30. ‘Roses Choked Among Thorns and Thistles.’
208Chapter 11. Belinda’s Wedding-Day.
815Chapter 31. ‘Kind is My Love to-Day, to-Morrow Kind.’
209Chapter 12. Mary’s Story.
816Chapter 32. Ways and Means.
210Chapter 13. “All Within is Dark as Night.”
817Chapter 33. By Special Licence.
211Chapter 14. There is Confusion Worse than Death.
818Chapter 34. ‘Our Love was New, and then but in the Spring.’
212Chapter 15. “Dear is the Memory of Our Wedded Lives.”
819Chapter 35. ‘All Fancy, Pride, and Fickle Maidenhood.’
213The Epilogue.
820Chapter 36. A RastaquouÈRe.
214Chapter I. Going Home.
821Chapter 37. Lord Hartfield Refuses a Fortune.
215Chapter 2. The Entresol in the Rue De L’archevêque.
822Chapter 38. On Board the ‘Cayman.’
216Chapter 3. The Story of the past.
823Chapter 39. In Storm and Darkness.
217Chapter 4. Upon the Threshold of a Great Sorrow.
824Chapter 40. A Note of Alarm.
218Chapter 5. Waiting.
825Chapter 41. Privileged Information.
219Chapter 6. The Black Building by the River.
826Chapter 42. ‘Shall it Be?’
220Chapter 7. Suspense.
827Chapter 43. ‘Alas, for Sorrow is All the End of this’
221Chapter 8. Good Samaritans.
828Chapter 44. ‘Oh, Sad Kissed Mouth, How Sorrowful it is!’
222Chapter 9. Looking to the Future.
829Chapter 45. ‘That Fell Arrest, Without All Bail.’
223Chapter 10. Hortensia Bannister Holds out a Helping Hand.
830Chapter 46. The Day of Reckoning.
224Chapter 11. Richard Thornton’s Promise.
831Chapter 1. The Articled Pupil.
225Chapter 12. Gilbert Monckton.
832Chapter 2. ‘I Am Going to Marry for Money.’
226Chapter 13. Hazlewood.
833Chapter 3. At the Knoll.
227Chapter 14. The Prodigal’s Return.
834Chapter 4. Wendover Abbey.
228Chapter 15. Launcelot.
835Chapter 5. Dr. Rylance Asserts Himself.
229Chapter 16. The Lawyer’s Suspicion.
836Chapter 6. A Birthday Feast.
230Chapter 17. The Shadow on Gilbert Monckton’s Life.
837Chapter 7. In the River-Meadow.
231Chapter 18. Unforgotten.
838Chapter 8. At the Lock-House.
232Chapter 19. Like the Memory of a Dream.
839Chapter 9. A Solemn League and Covenant.
233Chapter 20. Recognition.
840Chapter 10. A Bad Penny.
234Chapter 21. On the Track.
841Chapter 11. Accomplishments at a Discount.
235Chapter 22. In the Shipbroker’s Office.
842Chapter 12. The Sword of Damocles.
236Chapter 23. Resolved.
843Chapter 13. Kingthorpe Society.
237Chapter 24. The One Chance.
844Chapter 14. The True Knight.
238Chapter 25. Accepted.
845Chapter 15. Mr. Wendover Plans an Excursion.
239Chapter 26. An Insidious Demon.
846Chapter 16. Thicker than Water.
240Chapter 27. Slow Fires.
847Chapter 17. Ought she to Stay?
241Chapter 28. By the Sundial.
848Chapter 18. After a Storm Comes a Calm.
242Chapter 29. Keeping Watch.
849Chapter 19. After a Calm a Storm.
243Chapter 30. An Old Man’s Fancy.
850Chapter 20. Was this the Motive?
244Chapter 31. A Powerful Ally.
851Chapter 21. Taking Life Quietly.
245Chapter 32. The Testimony of the Sketch-book.
852Chapter 22. Lady Palliser Studies the Upper Ten.
246Chapter 33. Maurice De Crespigny’s Will.
853Chapter 23. ‘All Our Life is Mixed with Death.’
247Chapter 34. Richard’s Discovery.
854Chapter 24. ‘Fruits Fail and Love Dies and Time Ranges.’
248Chapter 35. What Happened at Windsor.
855Chapter 25. ‘My Seed was Youth, My Crop was Endless Cake.’
249Chapter 36. Another Recognition.
856Chapter 26. ‘And, If i Die, No Soul Will Pity Me.’
250Chapter 37. Launcelot’s Troubles.
857Chapter 27. John Jardine Solves the Mystery.
251Chapter 38. Mr. Monckton Brings Gloomy Tidings from Woodlands.
858Chapter 28. An Englishman’s House is His Castle.
252Chapter 39. Launcelot’s Counsellor.
859Chapter 29. ‘As One Dead in the Bottom of a Tomb.’
253Chapter 40. Resolved.
860Chapter 30. A Fiery Dawn.
254Chapter 41. A Terrible Surprise.
861Chapter 31. ‘Sole Partner and Sole Part of All These Joys.’
255Chapter 42. In the Presence of the Dead.
862Chapter 1. In A Cornish Valley.
256Chapter 43. A Brief Triumph.
863Chapter 2. After the Inquest.
257Chapter 44. Lost.
864Chapter 3. Joseph Distin.
258Chapter 45. At Sea.
865Chapter 4. Bothwell Declines to Answer.
259Chapter 46. Laura’s Troubles.
866Chapter 5. People Will Talk.
260Chapter 47. Getting over it.
867Chapter 6. A Clerical Warning.
261Chapter 48. The Reading of the Will.
868Chapter 7. A Rapid Conversion.
262Chapter 49. Deserted.
869Chapter 8. A Valuable Ally.
263Chapter 50. Gilbert’s Letter.
870Chapter 9. Fever Dreams.
264Chapter 51. Mrs. Major Lennard.
871Chapter 10. “Touch Lips and Part with Tears.”
265Chapter 52. Going Back to Paris.
872Chapter 11. A Fatal Love.
266Chapter 53. Margaret Lennard’s Delinquencies.
873Chapter 12. LÉOnie’s Mission.
267Chapter 54. Very Lonely.
874Chapter 13. A Student of Men and Women.
268Chapter 55. Victor Bourdon Goes over to the Enemy.
875Chapter 14. Bothwell Begins to See his Way.
269Chapter 56. The Horrors of Delirium Tremens.
876Chapter 15. The Home of the past.
270Chapter 57. Maurice De Crespigny’s Bequest.
877Chapter 16. A Face from the Grave.
271Chapter 58. The Day of Reckoning.
878Chapter 17. Struck down.
272Chapter 59. The Last.
879Chapter 18. The General Receives A Summons.
273Chapter 1. After Office Hours in the House of Dunbar, Dunbar, and Balderby.
880Chapter 19. Widowed and Free.
274Chapter 2. Margaret’s Father.
881Chapter 20. Two Women.
275Chapter 3. The Meeting at the Railway Station.
882Chapter 21. Roses on A Grave.
276Chapter 4. The Stroke of Death.
883Chapter 22. Wedding Garments.
277Chapter 5. Sinking the Past.
884Chapter 23. Lady Valeria Fights her Own Battle.
278Chapter 6. Clement Austin’s Diary.
885Chapter 24. An Elopement on New Lines.
279Chapter 7. After Five-And-Thirty Years.
886Chapter 25. In the Land of Bohemia.
280Chapter 8. The First Stage on the Journey Home.
887Chapter 26. Reaping the Whirlwind.
281Chapter 9. How Henry Dunbar Waited Dinner.
888Chapter 27. How Such Things End.
282Chapter 10. Laura Dunbar.
889Chapter 28. One who Must Remember.
283Chapter 11. The Inquest.
890Chapter 29. The Last Link.
284Chapter 12. Arrested.
891Chapter 30. Waiting for his Doom.
285Chapter 13. The Prisoner is Remanded.
892Chapter 31. “Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven.”
286Chapter 14. Margaret’s Journey.
893Chapter 32. “Sweet is Death for Evermore.”
287Chapter 15. Baffled.
894Chapter 33. “Who Knows Not Circe?”
288Chapter 16. Is it Love or Fear?
895Chapter 34. “How like A Winter Hath Thy Absence Been.”
289Chapter 17. The Broken Picture.
896Chapter 1. “One that Doth Wear Himself Away in Loneness.”
290Chapter 18. Three who Suspect.
897Chapter 2. “A Tedious Road the Weary Wretch Returns.”
291Chapter 19. Laura Dunbar’s Disappointment.
898Chapter 3. “And to the Viewless Shades her Spirit Fled.”
292Chapter 20. New Hopes May Bloom.
899Chapter 4. “How Bright she Was, How Lovely Did she Show!”
293Chapter 21. A New Life.
900Chapter 5. “I have Forgot what Love and Loving Meant.”
294Chapter 22. The Steeple-Chase.
901Chapter 6. “Yet Would I Wish to Love, Live, Die with Thee.”
295Chapter 23. The Bride that the Rain Rains on.
902Chapter 7. “How Sweet and Innocent’s the Country Maid!”
296Chapter 24. The Unbidden Guest who Came to Laura Dunbar’s Wedding.
903Chapter 8. “He Springs to Vengeance with an Eager pace.”
297Chapter 25. After the Wedding.
904Chapter 9. “By Vow Obliged, by Passion Led.”
298Chapter 26. What Happened in the Back Parlour of the Banking-House.
905Chapter 10. “And Suddenly, Sweetly, My Heart Beat Stronger.”
299Chapter 27. Clement Austin’s Wooing.
906Chapter 11. “And Beauty Draws Us with A Single Hair.”
300Chapter 28. Buying Diamonds.
907Chapter 12. “Love in These Labyrinths his Slaves Detains.”
301Chapter 29. Going Away.
908Chapter 13. “In Opposition against Fate and Hell.”
302Chapter 30. Stopped Upon the Way.
909Chapter 14. “I Stand upon the Ground of mine Own Honour.”
303Chapter 31. Clement Austin Makes a Sacrifice.
910Chapter 15. “They Were Born Poor, Lived Poor, and Poor they Died.”
304Chapter 32. What Happened at Maudesley Abbey.
911Chapter 16. “You Stop My Tongue, and Teach My Heart to Speak.”
305Chapter 33. Margaret’s Return.
912Chapter 17. “And in Such Choice Shall Stand My Wealth and Woe.”
306Chapter 34. Farewell.
913Chapter 18. “The Ladies There Must Needs Be Rooks.”
307Chapter 35. A Discovery at the Luxembourg.
914Chapter 19. “In Playhouse and in Park above the Rest.”
308Chapter 36. Looking for the Portrait.
915Chapter 20. “Yet Still I Am in Love, and Pleased with Ruin.”
309Chapter 37. Margaret’s Letter.
916Chapter 21. “And, Lo! My World is Bankrupt of Delight.”
310Chapter 38. Notes from a Journal Kept by Clement Austin During His Journey to Winchester.
917Chapter 22. “Forget, Renounce Me, Hate Whate’er was mine.”
311Chapter 39. Clement Austin’s Journal Continued.
918Chapter 23. “And We Shall Fade, and Leave Our Task Undone.”
312Chapter 40. Flight.
919Chapter 24. “By Foreign Hands Thy Dying Eyes Were Closed.”
313Chapter 41. At Maudesley Abbey.
920Chapter 25. “You Called Me, and I Came Home to your Heart.”
314Chapter 42. The Housemaid at Woodbine Cottage.
921Chapter 26. “O, to what End, except A Jealous One?”
315Chapter 43. On the Track.
922Chapter 27. “And All your Honour in A Whisper Lost.”
316Chapter 44. Chasing the “Crow.”
923Chapter 28. “Smite his Hard Heart, and Shake his Reptile Soul.”
317Chapter 45. Giving it up.
924Chapter 29. “I’ll Join with Thee in A Most Just Revenge.”
318Chapter 46. Clement’s Story. — Before the Dawn.
925Chapter 30. “When Screech-owls Croak upon the Chimney-tops.”
319Chapter 47. The Dawn.
926Chapter 31. The Smiles of Nature and the Charms of Art.
320The Epilogue.
927Chapter 32. “Still the Pale Dead Revives, and Lives to me.”
321Chapter 1. A Young Man from the Country.
928Chapter 33. “The Devil’s Dead, the Furies Now May Laugh.”
322Chapter 2. A Sensation Author.
929Chapter 34. “The Little Hearts where Light-winged Passion Reigns.”
323Chapter 3. Isabel.
930Chapter 35. “There is Another and A Better World.”
324Chapter 4. The End of George Gilbert’s Holiday.
931Chapter 36. “And the Last Pang Shall Tear Thee from his Heart.”
325Chapter 5. George at Home.
932Chapter I. "The Rain Set Early in To-night."
326Chapter 6. Too Much Alone.
933Chapter II. "But the Days Drop One by One."
327Chapter 7. On the Bridge.
934Chapter III. "Oh Moment One and Infinite!"
328Chapter 8. About Poor Joe Tillet’s Young Wife.
935Chapter IV. "Dreaming, She Knew it was a Dream."
329Chapter 9. Miss Sleaford’s Engagement.
936Chapter V. "And the Child-Cheek Blushing Scarlet for the Very Shame of Bliss."
330Chapter 10. A Bad Beginning.
937Chapter VI. "A Love Still Burning Upward."
331Chapter 11. “She Only Said, ‘My Life is Weary!’”
938Chapter VII. "Look Through Mine Eyes With Thine, True Wife."
332Chapter 12. Something like A Birthday.
939Chapter VIII. My Frolic Falcon, With Bright Eyes.
333Chapter 13. “Oh, My Cousin, Shallow-hearted!”
940Chapter IX. "Lies Nothing Buried Long Ago?"
334Chapter 14. Under Lord Thurston’s Oak.
941Chapter X. "Of the Weak My Heart is Weakest."
335Chapter 15. Roland Says, “Amen.”
942Chapter XI. "Where the Cold Sea Raves."
336Chapter 16. Mr. Lansdell Relates an Adventure.
943Chapter XII. "Far, Too Far Off for Thought or Any Prayer."
337Chapter 17. The First Warning.
944Chapter XIII. "Under the Pine-wood, Blind With Boughs."
338Chapter 18. The Second Warning.
945Chapter XIV. "Say the False Charge was True."
339Chapter 19. What Might have Been!
946Chapter XV. "My Life Continues Yours, and Your Life Mine."
340Chapter 20. “Oceans Should Divide Us.”
947Chapter XVI. "Sorrow That's Deeper Than We Dream, Perchance."
341Chapter 21. “Once More the Gate behind me Falls.”
948Chapter XVII. "The Year of the Rose is Brief."
342Chapter 22. “My Love’s A Noble Madness.”
949Chapter XVIII. "No Sudden Fancy of an Ardent Boy."
343Chapter 23. A Little Cloud.
950Chapter XIX. "I Have You Still, The Sun Comes Out Again."
344Chapter 24. Lady Gwendoline Does her Duty.
951Chapter XX. "Thou Paradise of Exiles, Italy."
345Chapter 25. “For Love Himself Took Part against Himself.”
952Chapter XXI. "The Woods are Round Us, Heaped and Dim."
346Chapter 26. A Popular Preacher.
953Chapter XXII. Ecco Roma.
347Chapter 27. “And Now I Live, and Now My Life is Done!”
954Chapter XXIII "Seek Shelter in the Shadow of the Tomb."
348Chapter 28. Trying to Be Good.
955Chapter XXIV. "Oh, Old Thoughts They Cling, They Cling!"
349Chapter 29. The First Whisper of the Storm.
956Chapter XXV. "We'll Bind You Fast in Silken Cords."
350Chapter 30. The Beginning of A Great Change.
957Chapter XXVI. "So, Full Content Shall Henceforth Be My Lot."
351Chapter 31. Fifty Pounds.
958Chapter XXVII "Gone Deeper Than All Plummets Sound."
352Chapter 32. “I’ll Not Believe but Desdemona’s Honest.”
959Chapter XXVIII. "Though Love and Life and Death Should Come and Go."
353Chapter 33. Keeping A Promise.
960Chapter XXIX. "I, You, and God Can Comprehend Each Other."
354Chapter 34. Retrospective.
961Chapter I. “I Look Down to His Feet, But That’s a Fable.”
355Chapter 35. “’Twere Best at Once to Sink to Peace.”
962Chapter II. “Oh, Pitiful Young Man, Struck Blind With Beauty.”
356Chapter 36. Between Two Worlds.
963Chapter III. “Through a Glass Darkly.”
357Chapter The Last. “If Any Calm, A Calm Despair.”
964Chapter IV. “We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of.”
358Book the First. Fatal Friendship.
965Chapter V. Life Upon New Lines.
359Chapter 1. The House in Bloomsbury.
966Chapter VI. The Face in the Vision.
360Chapter 2. Philip Sheldon Reads the “Lancet.”
967Chapter VII. “It is an Oath,” She Said.
361Chapter 3. Mr. And Mrs. Halliday.
968Chapter VIII. A Shadow Across the Path.
362Chapter 4. A Perplexing Illness.
969Chapter IX. “I Built My Soul a Lordly Pleasure-House.”
363Chapter 5. The Letter from the “Alliance” Office.
970Chapter X. “Still One Must Lead Some Life Beyond.”
364Chapter 6. Mr. Burkham’s Uncertainties.
971Chapter XI. “Earth Being So Good, Would Heaven Seem Best?”
365Book the Second. The Two Macaires.
972Chapter XII. “For Such Things Must Begin Some Day.”
366Chapter 1. A Golden Temple.
973Chapter XIII. “Out Went My Heart’s New Fire, and Left It Cold.”
367Chapter 2. The Easy Descent
974Chapter XIV. “For Some Must Stand, and Some Must Fall or Flee.”
368Chapter 3. “Heart Bare, Heart Hungry, Very Poor.”
975Chapter XV. “A Man Can Have But One Life and One Death.”
369Book the Third. Heaping up Riches.
976Chapter XVI. “He is the Very Soul of Bounty.”
370Chapter 1. A Fortunate Marriage.
977Chapter XVII. “So, Quiet as Despair, I Turned From Him.”
371Chapter 2. Charlotte.
978Chapter XVIII. “Lost, Lost! One Moment Knelled the Woe of Years.”
372Chapter 3. George Sheldon’s Prospects.
979Chapter XIX. All Along the River.
373Chapter 4. Diana Finds a New Home.
980Chapter XX. “Some Dim Derision of Mysterious Laughter.”
374Chapter 5. At the Lawn.
981Chapter XXI. “As Gentle and as Jocund as a Jest.”
375Chapter 6. The Compact of Gray’s Inn.
982Chapter XXII. “Compare Dead Happiness With Living Woe.”
376Chapter 7. Aunt Sarah.
983Chapter XXIII. “Alas, Why Cam’st Thou Hither?”
377Chapter 8. Charlotte Prophesies Rain.
984Chapter XXIV. “Alas for Me, Then, My Good Days are Done.”
378Chapter 9. Mr. Sheldon on the Watch.
985Chapter XXV. “How Could It End in Any Other Way?”
379Book the Fourth. Valentine Hawkehurst’s Record.
986Chapter XXVI. “Sing While He May, Man Hath No Long Delight.”
380Chapter 1. The Oldest Inhabitant.
987Chapter XXVII. “Some Little Sound of Unregarded Tears.”
381Chapter 2. Matthew Haygarth’s Resting-Place.
988Chapter XXVIII. “Could Two Days Live Again of That Dead Year.”
382Chapter 3. Mr. Goodge’s Wisdom.
989Chapter XXIX. “And All Shall Passe, And Thus Take I My Leave.”
383Book the Fifth. Relics of the Dead.
990Chapter XXX. “From the Warm Wild Kiss to the Cold.”
384Chapter 1. Betrayed by a Blotting-Pad.
991Chapter XXXI. “The Love That Caught Strange Light From Death’s Own Eyes.”
385Chapter 2. Valentine Invokes the Phantoms of the Past.
992Epilogue.
386Chapter 3. Hunting the Judsons.
993Chapter 1. A Harbour from the Storm.
387Chapter 4. Glimpses of a Bygone Life.
994Chapter 2. Within Convent Walls.
388Book the Sixth. The Heiress of the Haygarths.
995Chapter 3. Letters from Home.
389Chapter 1. Disappointment.
996Chapter 4. The Valley of the Shadow.
390Chapter 2. Valentine’s Record Continued.
997Chapter 5. A Ministering Angel.
391Chapter 3. Arcadia.
998Chapter 6. Between London and Oxford.
392Chapter 4. In Paradise.
999Chapter 7. At the Top of the Fashion.
393Chapter 5. Too Fair to Last.
1000Chapter 8. Superior to Fashion.
394Chapter 6. Found in the Bible.
1001Chapter 9. In a Puritan House.
395Book the Seventh. Charlotte’s Engagement.
1002Chapter 10. The Priest’s Hole.
396Chapter 1. “In Your Patience Ye are Strong.”
1003Chapter 11. Lighter than Vanity.
397Chapter 2. Mrs. Sheldon Accepts Her Destiny.
1004Chapter 12. Lady Fareham’s Day.
398Chapter 3. Mr. Hawkehurst and Mr. George Sheldon Come to an Understanding.
1005Chapter 13. The Sage of Sayes Court.
399Chapter 4. Mr. Sheldon is Propitious
1006Chapter 14. The Millbank Ghost.
400Chapter 5. Mr. Sheldon is Benevolent.
1007Chapter 15. Falcon and Dove.
401Chapter 6. Riding the High Horse.
1008Chapter 16. Which was the Fiercer Fire?
402Chapter 7. Mr. Sheldon is Prudent.
1009Chapter 17. The Motive — Murder.
403Chapter 8. Christmas Peace.
1010Chapter 18. Revelations.
404Book the first. De Profundis.
1011Chapter 19. Dido.
405Chapter 1. Lenoble of Beaubocage.
1012Chapter 20. Philaster.
406Chapter 2. In this Wide World i Stand Alone.
1013Chapter 21. Good-Bye, London.
407Chapter 3. “Past Hope, and in Despair.”
1014Chapter 22. At the Manor Moat.
408Chapter 4. A Decree of Banishment.
1015Chapter 23. Patient, Not Passionate.
409Book the Second. Downhill.
1016Chapter 24. “Quite Out of Fashion.”
410Chapter 1. The Fate of Susan Lenoble.
1017Chapter 25. High Stakes.
411Chapter 2. Forgiven Too Late.
1018Chapter 26. In the Court of King’s Bench.
412Chapter 3. Gustave the Second.
1019Chapter 27. Bringers of Sunshine.
413Book the Third. The Horatiad.
1020Chapter 28. In a Dead Calm.
414Chapter 1. Chiefly Retrospective.
1021Chapter I.
415Chapter 2. Epistolary.
1022Chapter II.
416Chapter 3. Too Clever, for a Catspaw.
1023Chapter III.
417Chapter 4. Captain Paget is Paternal.
1024Chapter IV.
418Chapter 5. The Captain’s Coadjutor.
1025Chapter V.
419Book the Fourth. Gustave in England.
1026Chapter VI.
420Chapter 1. Halcyon Days.
1027Chapter VII
421Chapter 2. Captain Paget Awakens to a Sense of His Duty.
1028Chapter VIII.
422Chapter 3. “What Do We Here, My Heart and I?”
1029Chapter IX.
423Chapter 4. Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth.
1030Chapter X.
424Book the Fifth. The First Act of Mr. Sheldon’s Drama.
1031Chapter XI.
425Chapter 1. Taken by Storm.
1032Chapter XII.
426Chapter 2. Firm as a Book.
1033Chapter XIII.
427Chapter 3. Against Wind and Tide.
1034Chapter XIV.
428Chapter 4. Diana Asks for a Holiday.
1035Chapter XV.
429Chapter 5. Assurance Doubly Sure.
1036Chapter XVI.
430Book the Sixth. Diana in Normandy.
1037Chapter XVII.
431Chapter 1. At Côtenoir.
1038Epilogue
432Book the Seventh. A Cloud of Fear.
1039Chapter 1. Grub-street Scribblers.
433Chapter 1. The Beginning of Sorrow.
1040Chapter 2. Miss Lester, of the Patent Theatres.
434Chapter 2. Fading.
1041Chapter 3. At Mrs. Mandalay’s Rooms.
435Chapter 3. Mrs. Woolper is Anxious.
1042Chapter 4. A Morning Call.
436Chapter 4. Valentine’s Skeleton.
1043Chapter 5. A Serious Family.
437Chapter 5. At Harold’s Hill.
1044Chapter 6. A Woman who Could Say No.
438Chapter 6. Desperate Measures.
1045Chapter 7. Pride Conquers Love.
439Book the Eighth. A Fight Against Time.
1046Chapter 8. The Love that Follows the Dead.
440Chapter 1. A Dread Revelation.
1047Chapter 9. The Sands Run down.
441Chapter 2. Phoenicians are Rising.
1048Chapter 10. A Duty Visit.
442Chapter 3. The Sortes Virgilianae.
1049Chapter 11. Antonia’s Initiation.
443Book the Ninth. Through the Furnace.
1050Chapter 12. “So Run that Ye May Obtain.”
444Chapter 1. Something Too Much.
1051Chapter 13. In St. James’s Square.
445Chapter 2. Dr. Jedd’s Opinion.
1052Chapter 14. “One Thread in Life worth Spinning.” (pt. 1)
446Chapter 3. Non Dormit Judas.
1053Chapter 14. “One Thread in Life worth Spinning.” (pt. 2)
447Chapter 4. Counting the Cost.
1054Chapter 15. “My Lady and My Love.”
448Chapter 5. The Beginning of the End.
1055Chapter 16. Death and Victory.
449Chapter 6. Confusion Worse Confounded.
1056Chapter 17. Sword and Bible.
450Chapter 7. “There is a Word Will Priam Turn to Stone.”
1057Chapter 18. “As A Grain of Mustard Seed.”
451Book the Tenth. Harbour, After Many Shipwrecks.
1058Chapter 19. “Choose of Two Loves.”
452Chapter 1. Out of the Dark Valley.
1059Chapter 20. “And Cleave unto the Best.”
453Chapter 2. After the Wedding.
1060Epilogue
454Chapter 3. Greek Against Greek.
1061Chapter I
455Chapter 4. Only a Dream.
1062Chapter II
456Chapter 5. Bohemian Independence.
1063Chapter III
457Chapter 6. Beyond the Veil.
1064Chapter IV
458Chapter 7. Better than Gold.
1065Chapter V
459Chapter 8. Lost Sight of.
1066Chapter VI
460Chapter 9. Eteocles and Polynices.
1067Chapter VII
461Chapter 10. “According to Their Deeds.”
1068Chapter VIII
462Chapter 1. Warned in a Dream.
1069Chapter IX
463Chapter 2. Done in the Darkness.
1070Chapter X
464Chapter 3. Disinherited.
1071Chapter XI
465Chapter 4. Out of the Depths.
1072Chapter XII
466Chapter 5. “Evil, Be Thou My Good.”
1073Chapter XIII
467Chapter 6. Auld Robin Gray.
1074Chapter XIV
468Chapter 7. “O Beware, My Lord, of Jealousy.”
1075Chapter XV
469Chapter 8. After the Pic-Nic.
1076Chapter XVI
470Chapter 9. On Yarborough Tower.
1077Chapter XVII
471Chapter 10. “How Art Thou Lost! — How on a Sudden Lost!”
1078Chapter XVIII
472Chapter 11. “The Will! The Testament!”
1079Chapter XIX
473Chapter 12. A Friend in Need.
1080Chapter XX
474Chapter 13. In Your Patience Ye are Strong.
1081Chapter XXI
475Chapter 14. A Ghostly Visitant.
1082Chapter XXII
476Chapter 15. A Terrible Resolve.
1083Chapter XXIII
477Chapter 16. Waiting and Watching.
1084Chapter XXIV
478Chapter 17. Doubtful Society.
1085Chapter XXV
479Chapter 18. At Anchor.
1086Chapter XXVI
480Chapter 19. A Familiar Token.
1087Chapter XXVII
481Chapter 20. On Guard.
1088Chapter XXVIII
482Chapter 21. Down in Dorsetshire.
1089Chapter XXIX
483Chapter 22. Arch-Traitor Within, Arch-Plotter Without.
1090Chapter XXX
484Chapter 23. “Answer Me, If this Be Done?”
1091Chapter XXXI
485Chapter 24. “I Am Weary of My Part.”
1092Chapter XXXII
486Chapter 25. A Dangerous Alliance.
1093Epilogue
487Chapter 26. Move the First.
1094Short Stories
488Chapter 27. “Weave the Warp, and Weave the Woof.”
1095Chapter I. The Funeral of the Elder Son.
489Chapter 28. Preparing the Ground.
1096Chapter II. A Shadow That Hears.
490Chapter 29. At Watch.
1097Chapter III. The Visitor at the Rectory.
491Chapter 30. Found Wanting.
1098Chapter IV. The Wedding-Day.
492Chapter 31. “A Worthless Woman, Mere Cold Clay.”
1099Chapter V. A Cheerless Hearth.
493Chapter 32. A Meeting and an Explanation.
1100Chapter VI. In the Dead of the Night.
494Chapter 33. “Treason has Done His Worst.”
1101Chapter VII. Master and Slave.
495Chapter 34. Caught in the Toils.
1102Chapter VIII. The Last Chance.
496Chapter 35. Larkspur to the Rescue.
1103Captain Thomas
497Chapter 36. On the Track.
1104The Cold Embrace
498Chapter 37. “O, Above Measure False!”
1105My Daughters
499Chapter 38. “Thy Day is Come!”
1106The Mystery at Fernwood
500Chapter 39. “Confusion Worse than Death.”
1107Samuel Lowgood’s Revenge
501Chapter 40. “So Shall Ye Reap.”
1108The Lawyer’s Secret
502Chapter 1. The Common Fever.
1109Chapter I. In a Lawyer’s Office.
503Chapter 2. Marian’s Story.
1110Chapter II. In Which a Secret is Revealed.
504Chapter 3. Accepted.
1111Chapter III. After the Honeymoon.
505Chapter 4. John Saltram.
1112Chapter IV. At Baldwin Court.
506Chapter 5. Halcyon Days.
1113Chapter V. From London to Paris.
507Chapter 6. Sentence of Exile.
1114Chapter VI. Horace Margrave’s Confession.
508Chapter 7. “Good-Bye.”
1115My First Happy Christmas
509Chapter 8. Missing.
1116Chapter I. Picture-Dealing.
510Chapter 9. John Saltram’s Advice.
1117Chapter II. Gin.
511Chapter 10. Jacob Nowell.
1118Chapter III. The Mark Upon Georgey’s Arm
512Chapter 11. The Marriage at Wygrove.
1119Chapter IV. The Foster-Brothers.
513Chapter 12. A Friendly Counsellor.
1120Chapter V. The Gentleman Jockey Who Bode Devilshoof.
514Chapter 13. Mrs. Pallinson has Views.
1121Chapter VI. The King is Dead: Long Live the King!
515Chapter 14. Father and Son.
1122Chapter VII. Lost.
516Chapter 15. On the Track.
1123Chapter VIII. A New Life and a New Love.
517Chapter 16. Face to Face.
1124Chapter IX. A Precautionary Step.
518Chapter 17. Miss Carley’s Admirers.
1125Chapter X. The Die is Cast.
519Chapter 18. Jacob Nowell’s Will.
1126Chapter XI. Before the Wedding.
520Chapter 19. Gilbert Asks a Question.
1127Chapter XII. Gervoise Palgrave’s Curse.
521Chapter 20. Drifting Away.
1128Chapter XIII. The Sound of the Waterfall.
522Chapter 21. Father and Daughter.
1129Chapter XIV. An Uninvited Guest.
523Chapter 22. At Lidford Again.
1130Chapter XV. Hidden in the Dead Woman’s Hand.
524Chapter 23. Called to Account.
1131Chapter XVI. The Detective Science.
525Chapter 24. Tormented by Doubt.
1132Chapter XVII. Hunting Up the Past.
526Chapter 25. Missing Again.
1133Chapter XVIII. Ethel’s Visitor.
527Chapter 26. In Bondage.
1134Chapter XIX. A Friend in Need.
528Chapter 27. Only a Woman.
1135Chapter XX. Humphrey’s Confession.
529Chapter 28. At Fault.
1136Chapter XXI. Identified.
530Chapter 29. Baffled, Not Beaten.
1137Chapter XXII. The Parting of the Foster-Brothers.
531Chapter 30. Stricken Down.
1138Chapter XXIII. The Last of Gervoise Palgrave.
532Chapter 31. Ellen Carley’s Trials.
1139Eveline’s Visitant
533Chapter 32. The Padlocked Door at Wyncomb.
1140Found in the Muniment Chest
534Chapter 33. “What Must Be Shall Be.”
1141How I Heard My Own Will Read
535Chapter 34. Doubtful Information.
1142Chapter I. A Wayside Waif.
536Chapter 35. Bought with a Price.
1143Chapter II. More Than Kin.
537Chapter 36. Coming Round.
1144Chapter III. From Sunshine to Gloom.
538Chapter 37. A Full Confession.
1145Chapter IV. Over Summer Seas.
539Chapter 38. An ill-Omened Wedding.
1146Chapter V. A Leaf From the Book of the Past.
540Chapter 39. A Domestic Mystery.
1147Chapter VI. A Lonely Life.
541Chapter 40. In Pursuit.
1148Chapter VII. Not Disloyal.
542Chapter 41. Outward Bound.
1149Chapter VIII. An Old-Fashioned Christmas.
543Chapter 42. The Pleasures of Wyncomb.
1150Chapter IX. Faithful Unto Death.
544Chapter 43. Mr. Whitelaw Makes an End of the Mystery.
1151George Caulfield’s Journey
545Chapter 44. After the Fire.
1152Chapter I. By the Night Mail.
546Chapter 45. Mr. Whitelaw Makes His Will.
1153Chapter II. In Durance Vile.
547Chapter 46. Ellen Regains Her Liberty.
1154Chapter III. Stage the First.
548Chapter 47. Closing Scenes.
1155Chapter IV. The Mystery of Rose Cottage.
549Chapter 1. Coming Home.
1156Chapter V. ‘Delay This Marriage!’
550Chapter 2. Beginning the World.
1157Chapter VI. Brought to a Focus.
551Chapter 3. Father and Daughter.
1158The Clown’s Quest
552Chapter 4. Clarissa is “Taken up.”
1159Chapter I. After Fifteen Years.
553Chapter 5. At Hale Castle.
1160Chapter II. Missing.
554Chapter 6. And this is George Fairfax.
1161Chapter III. ‘There’s a Woman in It.’
555Chapter 7. Dangerous Ground.
1162Chapter IV. The Dark House by the River.
556Chapter 8. Smouldering Fires.
1163Chapter V. His Old Love.
557Chapter 9. Lady Laura Diplomatises.
1164Dr. Carrick
558Chapter 10. Lady Laura’s Preparations.
1165Chapter I. The Doctor.
559Chapter 11. Daniel Granger.
1166Chapter II. His Patient.
560Chapter 12. Mr. Granger is Interested.
1167Chapter III. Hester Finds a Friend.
561Chapter 13. Open Treason.
1168Chapter IV. Mr. Tregonnell Makes His Will.
562Chapter 14. The Morning After.
1169Chapter V. Mystery.
563Chapter 15. Chiefly Paternal.
1170Chapter VI. For Love and Life.
564Chapter 16. Lord Calderwood is the Cause of Inconvenience.
1171If She Be Not Fate To Me
565Chapter 17. “’Tis Deepest Winter in Lord Timor’s Purse.”
1172Chapter I. After the Season.
566Chapter 18. Something Fatal.
1173Chapter II. Down by the Water-mill.
567Chapter 19. Mr. Granger is Precipitate.
1174Chapter III. ‘Being So Very Wilful You Must Go.’
568Chapter 20. Model Villagers.
1175Chapter IV. ‘O Love, To Think That Love Can Pass Away!’
569Chapter 21. Very Far Gone.
1176The Shadow in the Corner
570Chapter 22. Taking the Pledge.
1177His Secret
571Chapter 23. “He’s Sweetest Friend, or Hardest Foe.”
1178Thou Art the Man
572Chapter 24. “It Means Arden Court.”
1179Chapter I. On the Boards.
573Chapter 25. Wedding Bells.
1180Chapter II. Loved and Lost.
574Chapter 26. Coming Home.
1181Chapter III. Driven by the Furies.
575Chapter 27. In the Season.
1182Chapter IV. In the Red Sunset.
576Chapter 28. Mr. Wooster.
1183Chapter I. I Begin Life.
577Chapter 29. “If i Should Meet Thee —”
1184Chapter II. Milly’s Visitor.
578Chapter 30. The Heir of Arden.
1185Chapter III. At Thornleigh.
579Chapter 31. The Nearest Way to Carlsruhe.
1186Chapter IV. Mrs. Thatcher.
580Chapter 32. Austin.
1187Chapter V. Milly’s Letter.
581Chapter 33. Only a Portrait-Painter.
1188Chapter VI. A New Acquaintance.
582Chapter 34. Austin’s Prospects.
1189Chapter VII. A Little Match-Making.
583Chapter 35. Sisters-In-Law.
1190Chapter VIII. On the Watch.
584Chapter 36. “And Through Thy Life have i Not Writ My Name?”
1191Chapter IX. Angus Egerton is Rejected.
585Chapter 37. Stolen Hours.
1192Chapter X. Changes at Thornleigh.
586Chapter 38. “From Clarissa.”
1193Chapter XI. Danger.
587Chapter 39. That is what Love Means.
1194Chapter XII. Defeated.
588Chapter 40. Lying in Wait.
1195Good Lady Ducayne
589Chapter 41. Mr. Granger’s Welcome Home.
1196Chapter I.
590Chapter 42. Caught in a Trap.
1197Chapter II.
591Chapter 43. Clarissa’s Elopement.
1198Chapter III.
592Chapter 44. Under the Shadow of St. Gudule.
1199Chapter IV.
593Chapter 45. Temptation.
1200At Chrighton Abbey
594Chapter 46. On the Wing.
1201Children’s Book
595Chapter 47. In Time of Need.
1202Preface
596Chapter 48. “Strangers Yet.”
1203Prologue
597Chapter 49. Beginning Again.
1204Chapter I.
598Chapter 50. How Such Things End.
1205Chapter II.
599Volume I.
1206Chapter III.
600Chapter I. Poor Players.
1207Chapter IV.
601Chapter II. Behind the Scenes.
1208Chapter V.
602Chapter III. 'Éveillons Le Plaisir, Son Aurore Est La Nuit.'
1209Chapter VI.
603Chapter IV. 'Love's a Mighty Lord.'
1210Chapter VII.
604Chapter V. 'Il Ne Faut Pas Pousser Au Bout Les Malheureux.'
1211Analysis
605Chapter VI. 'There is No Life on Earth But Being in Love.'
1212Reflection
606Chapter VII. 'Let the World Slip; We Shall Ne'er Be Younger.'
1213Memorable Quotes
607Chapter VIII. Have the High Gods Anything Left to Give?
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