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James Grant (1822-87) was a Scottish novelist and historian. This novel set during the Crimean War of 1853-56 was first published in book form in 1872, having previously been serialised in Tinsley's Magazine from October 1871-August 1872. Excerpt: "And she is to be there--nay, is there already; so one more chance is given me to meet her. But for what?--to part again silently, and more helplessly bewitched than ever, perhaps. Ah, never will she learn to love me as I love her!" thought I, as I turned over my old friend's letter, not venturing, however, to give utterance to this aloud, as the quizzical eyes of Phil Caradoc were upon me. "A penny for your thoughts, friend Harry?" said he, laughing; "try another cigar, and rouse yourself. What the deuce is in this letter, that it affects you so? Have you put a pot of money on the wrong horse?" "Been jilted, had a bill returned, or what?" suggested Gwynne. "Neither, fortunately," said I; "it is simply an invitation from Sir Madoc Lloyd, which rather perplexes me." At this time our regiment was then in the East, awaiting with the rest of the army some movement to be made from Varna, either towards Bessarabia or the Crimea--men's minds were undecided as to which, while her Majesty's Ministers seemed to have no thought on the subject. Our depôt belonged to the provisional battalion at Winchester, where Caradoc, Gwynne, two other subalterns, and I, with some two hundred rank and file, expected ere long the fiat of the fates who reign at the Horse Guards to send us forth to win our laurels from the Russians, or, what seemed more probable, a grave where the pest was then decimating our hapless army, in the beautiful but perilous vale of Aladdyn, on the coast of Bulgaria. We had just adjourned from mess, to have a quiet cheroot and glass of brandy-and-water in my quarters, when I received from my man, Owen Evans, the letter the contents of which awakened so many new hopes and tantalising wishes in my heart, and on which so much of my fate in the future might hinge...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length16 hrs 50 mins
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Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.--THE INVITATION.
2CHAPTER II.--THE MOTH AND THE CANDLE.
3CHAPTER III--By EXPRESS.
4CHAPTER IV.--WINNY AND DORA LLOYD.
5CHAPTER V.--CRAIGADERYN COURT.
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6CHAPTER VI.--THREE GRACES.
7CHAPTER VII.--PIQUE.
8CHAPTER VIII.--SUNDAY AT CRAIGADERYN.
9CHAPTER IX.-THE INITIALS.
10CHAPTER X.--A PERILOUS RAMBLE.
11CHAPTER XI.--THE FÊTE CHAMPETRE.
12CHAPTER XII.--ON THE CLIFFS.
13CHAPTER XIII.--A PROPOSAL.
14CHAPTER XIV.--THE UNFORESEEN.
15CHAPTER XV.--WHAT THE MOON SAW.
16CHAPTER XVI.--THE SECRET ENGAGEMENT.
17CHAPTER XVII.--WHAT FOLLOWED IT.
18CHAPTER XVIII.--GUILFOYLE.
19CHAPTER XIX.--TWO LOVES FOR ONE HEART.
20CHAPTER XX.-FEARS.
21CHAPTER XXI .-GEORGETTE FRANKLIN.
22CHAPTER XXII.--GEORGETTE FRANKLIN'S STORY.
23CHAPTER XXIII.--TURNING THE TABLES.
24CHAPTER XXIV.--BITTER THOUGHTS.
25CHAPTER XXV.--SURPRISES.
26CHAPTER XXVI.--WITHOUT PURCHASE.
27CHAPTER XXVII.--RECONCILIATION.
28CHAPTER XXVIII.--ON BOARD THE URGENT.
29CHAPTER XXIX.--"ICH DIEN."
30CHAPTER XXX.--NEWS OF BATTLE.
31CHAPTER XXXI.-UNDER CANVAS.
32CHAPTER XXXII.--IN THE TRENCHES.
33CHAPTER XXXIII.-THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
34CHAPTER XXXIV.--GUILFOYLE REDIVIVUS.
35CHAPTER XXXV.--THE NIGHT BEFORE INKERMANN.
36CHAPTER XXXVI.--THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
37CHAPTER XXXVII.--THE ANGEL OF HORROR.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII.--THE CAMP AGAIN.
39CHAPTER XXXIX.--A MAIL FROM ENGLAND.
40CHAPTER XL.--A PERILOUS DUTY.
41CHAPTER XLI.--THE CARAVANSERAI.
42CHAPTER XLII.--THE TCHERNIMORSKI COSSACKS.
43CHAPTER XLIII.--WINIFRED'S SECRET.
44CHAPTER XLIV.--THE CASTLE OF YALTA.
45CHAPTER XLV.--EVIL TIDINGS.
46CHAPTER XLVI.--DELILAH.
47CHAPTER XLVII.--VALERIE VOLHONSKI.
48CHAPTER XLVIII.--THE THREATS OF TOLSTOFF.
49CHAPTER XLIX.--BETROTHED.
50CHAPTER L.--CAUGHT AT LAST.
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