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Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
George Meredith
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BOOK I. THE THWACKINGS
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CHAPTER I Some years ago a book was published under the title of "The Pilgrim's
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CHAPTER II October, shone royally on Richard's fourteenth birthday. The brown
Leyendo
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CHAPTER III Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written or
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CHAPTER IV Search for the missing boys had been made everywhere over Raynham, and
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CHAPTER V In the morning that followed this night, great gossip was interchanged
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CHAPTER VI As soon as they could escape, the boys got together into an obscure
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CHAPTER VII A little laurel-shaded temple of white marble looked out on the river
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CHAPTER VIII Farmer Blaize was not so astonished at the visit of Richard Feverel as
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CHAPTER IX In build of body, gait and stature, Giles Jinkson, the Bantam, was a
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CHAPTER X To have determined upon an act something akin to heroism in its way, and
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CHAPTER XI Of all the chief actors in the Bakewell Comedy, Master Ripton Thompson
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CHAPTER XII Laying of ghosts is a public duty, and, as the mystery of the apparition
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CHAPTER XIII It was now, as Sir Austin had written it down, The Magnetic Age: the Age
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CHAPTER XIV All night Richard tossed on his bed with his heart in a rapid canter, and
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CHAPTER XV He had landed on an island of the still-vexed Bermoothes. The world lay
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CHAPTER XVI Lady Blandish, and others who professed an interest in the fortunes and
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CHAPTER XVII The conversation between solicitor and client was resumed.
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CHAPTER XVIII The rumour circulated that Sir Austin Feverel, the recluse of Raynham,
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CHAPTER XIX Away with Systems! Away with a corrupt World! Let us breathe the air of
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CHAPTER XX Enchanted Islands have not yet rooted out their old brood of dragons.
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CHAPTER XXI By twelve o'clock at noon next day the inhabitants of Raynham Abbey knew
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CHAPTER XXII For three weeks Richard had to remain in town and endure the teachings of
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CHAPTER XXIII Night had come on as Richard entered the old elm-shaded, grass-bordered
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CHAPTER XXIV When the young Experiment again knew the hours that rolled him onward, he
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CHAPTER XXV Let it be some apology for the damage caused by the careering hero, and a
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CHAPTER XXVI On the stroke of the hour when Ripton Thompson was accustomed to consult
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CHAPTER XXVII "In all cases where two have joined to commit an offence, punish one of
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CHAPTER XXVIII Beauty, of course, is for the hero. Nevertheless, it is not always he on
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CHAPTER XXIX Although it blew hard when Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the passage of
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CHAPTER XXX And the next moment the bride is weeping as if she would dissolve to one
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CHAPTER XXXI General withdrawing of heads from street-windows, emigration of organs
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CHAPTER XXXII Adrian really bore the news he had heard with creditable
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CHAPTER XXXIII And now the author of the System was on trial under the eyes of the lady
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CHAPTER XXXIV It was the month of July. The Solent ran up green waves before a
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CHAPTER XXXV Three weeks after Richard arrived in town, his cousin Clare was married,
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CHAPTER XXXVI A Lady driving a pair of greys was noticed by Richard in his rides and
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CHAPTER XXXVII Behold the hero embarked in the redemption of an erring beautiful woman.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII One may suppose that a prematurely aged, oily little man; a poet in bad
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CHAPTER XXXIX At a season when the pleasant South-western Island has few attractions to
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CHAPTER XL Sir Austin Feverel had come to town with the serenity of a philosopher
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CHAPTER XLI A man with a beard saluted the wise youth Adrian in the full blaze of
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CHAPTER XLII Briareus reddening angrily over the sea--what is that vaporous Titan? And
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CHAPTER XLIII They heard at Raynham that Richard was coming. Lucy had the news first in
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CHAPTER XLIV The watch consulted by Hippias alternately with his pulse, in occult
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CHAPTER XLV "His ordeal is over. I have just come from his room and seen him bear the
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BOOK 1 I. THE POLES PRELUDE
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BOOK 2 XI. IN WHICH WE SEE THE MAGNANIMITY THAT IS IN BEER.
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BOOK 3 XVIII. RETURN OF THE SENTIMENTALIST INTO BONDAGE
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BOOK 4 XXVI. SUGGESTS THAT THE COMIC MASK HAS SOME KINSHIP WITH A SKULL
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BOOK 5 XXXIV. INDICATES THE DEGRADATION OF BROOKFIELD, TOGETHER
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BOOK 6 XL. SHE TASTES DESPAIR
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BOOK 7 L. EMILIA BEGINS TO FEEL MERTHYR'S POWER
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CHAPTER I We are to make acquaintance with some serious damsels, as this English
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CHAPTER II Half of a rosy mounting full moon was on the verge of the East as the
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CHAPTER III The next morning there were many "tra-las" and "tum-te-turns" over the
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CHAPTER IV The circle which the ladies of Brookfield were designing to establish
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CHAPTER V The night was warm under a slowly-floating moon. Full of compassion for
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CHAPTER VI "My father is one of the most wonderful men in the whole world!"
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CHAPTER VII While Emilia was giving Wilfrid her history in the garden, the ladies of
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CHAPTER VIII The windows of Brookfield were thrown open to the air of May, and bees
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CHAPTER IX Hardly had the last sound of the drum passed out of hearing, when the
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CHAPTER X Richford was an easy drive from Brookfield, through lanes of elm and
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CHAPTER XI At half-past nine of the clock on the evening of this memorable day, a
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CHAPTER XII A pillar of dim silver rain fronted the moon on the hills. Emilia walked
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CHAPTER XIII On the morrow Wilfrid was gone. No one had seen him go. Emilia, while she
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CHAPTER XIV Mr. Pole was one of those men whose characters are read off at a glance.
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CHAPTER XV A letter from Brookfield apprised Wilfrid that Mr. Pole had brought Mrs.
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CHAPTER XVI "Seen Wilfrid?" was Mr. Pole's first cheery call to his daughters, on his
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CHAPTER XVII Emilia sat in her old place under the dwarf pine. Mr. Powys had brought
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CHAPTER XVIII Meantime Wilfrid was leading a town-life and occasionally visiting
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CHAPTER XIX Gossip of course was excited on the subject of the choice of a partner
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CHAPTER XX A half-circle of high-banked greensward, studded with old park-trees,
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CHAPTER XXI At this season Mr. Pericles reappeared. He had been, he said, through
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CHAPTER XXII Cornelia sat with a clenched hand. "You are rich and he is poor," was the
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CHAPTER XXIII All Wilfrid's diplomacy was now brought into play to baffle Mr. Pericles,
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CHAPTER XXIV Mr. Pole was closeted in his City counting-house with Mr. Pericles,
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CHAPTER XXV Braintop's knock at the door had been unheeded for some minutes. At last
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CHAPTER XXVI It was midnight. Mr. Pole had appeased his imagination with a chop, and
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CHAPTER XXVII For days after the foregoing scene, Brookfield was unconscious of what
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CHAPTER XXVIII Georgiana Ford would have had little claim among the fair saints to be
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CHAPTER XXIX The card of Mr. Powys found Arabella alone in the house. Mrs. Lupin was
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CHAPTER XXX Flying from port to port to effect an exchange of stewards (the endless
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CHAPTER XXXI "I am curious to see what you will make of this gathering. I can cook a
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CHAPTER XXXII Despite the pouring in of the flood of guests about the tables, Mrs.
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CHAPTER XXXIII On reaching home that night, Arabella surprised herself thinking, in the
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CHAPTER XXXIV Lady Charlotte was too late for Emilia, when she went forth to her to
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CHAPTER XXXV When Mrs. Chump had turned her back on Brookfield, the feelings of the
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CHAPTER XXXVII A knock at Merthyr's chamber called him out while he sat writing to
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CHAPTER XXXVIII "My voice! I have my voice!"
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CHAPTER XXXIX The pride of punctuality brought Sir Purcell to that appointed seat in
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CHAPTER XL Emilia stretched out her hand and said, "Good-bye." Seeing that the
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CHAPTER XLI "Sei buon' Italiana?"
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CHAPTER XLII Up the centre aisle of Hillford Church, the Tinleys (late as usual) were
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CHAPTER XLIII [Georgiana Ford to Wilfrid:]
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CHAPTER XLIV Dexterously as Wilfrid has turned Tracy to his uses by means of the
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CHAPTER XLV Penarvon castle lay over the borders of Monmouthshire. Thither, on a
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CHAPTER XLVI Emilia was in skilful hands, and against anything less powerful than a
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CHAPTER XLVII When the force of Wilfrid's embrace had died out from her body, Emilia
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CHAPTER XLVIII Three days passed as a running dream to Emilia. During that period she
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CHAPTER XLIX "My brother tells me it is your wish to see Mr. Wilfrid Pole."
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CHAPTER L Emilia remained locked up with her mother all that evening. The good
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CHAPTER LI Commonplaces continued to be Wilfrid's refuge, for sentiment was surging
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CHAPTER LII "Don't blame yourself, my Wilfrid."
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CHAPTER LIII A minute after his parting with Emilia, Wilfrid swung round in the street
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CHAPTER LIV "Let me hear to-morrow." Wilfrid repeated Emilia's petition in the tone
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CHAPTER LV There is a man among our actors here who may not be known to you. It had
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CHAPTER LVI On a wild April morning, Emilia rose from her bed and called to mind a
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CHAPTER LVII By the park-gates that evening, Wilfrid received a letter from the hands
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CHAPTER LVIII A sharp breath of air had passed along the dews, and all the young green
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CHAPTER LIX A wreck from the last Lombard revolt landed upon our shores in June. His
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BOOK 1. I. THE KENTISH FAMILY
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BOOK 2. XII. AT THE THEATRE.
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BOOK 3. XXI. GIVES A GLIMPSE OF WHAT POOR VILLANIES THE STORY CONTAINS
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BOOK 4. XXX. THE EXPIATION
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BOOK 5. XXXIX. DAHLIA GOES HOME
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CHAPTER I Remains of our good yeomanry blood will be found in Kent, developing
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CHAPTER II Mrs. Fleming had a brother in London, who had run away from his Kentish
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CHAPTER III "Pipes in the middle of the day's regular revelry," ejaculated Anthony,
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CHAPTER IV Mr. Fleming kept his forehead from his daughter's good-night kiss until
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CHAPTER V When young minds are set upon a distant object, they scarcely live for
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CHAPTER VI Boyne's bank was of the order of those old and firmly fixed
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CHAPTER VII Rhoda returned home the heavier for a secret that she bore with her. All
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CHAPTER VIII That is Wrexby Hall, upon the hill between Fenhurst and Wrexby: the white
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CHAPTER IX Some consideration for Robert, after all, as being the man who loved her,
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CHAPTER X Old Anthony was expecting them in London. It was now winter, and the
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CHAPTER XI Dahlia, the perplexity to her sister's heart, lay stretched at full
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CHAPTER XII Edward's engagement at his Club had been with his unfortunate cousin
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CHAPTER XIII Robert was to drive to the station to meet Rhoda and her father returning
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CHAPTER XIV The two were together, and all preliminary difficulties had been cleared
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CHAPTER XV Next day, while Squire Blancove was superintending the laying down of
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CHAPTER XVI Fairly, Lord Elling's seat in Hampshire, lay over the Warbeach river; a
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CHAPTER XVII Within a mile of Fairly Park lay the farm of another yeoman; but he was
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CHAPTER XVIII A single night at the Pilot Inn had given life and vigour to Robert's old
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CHAPTER XIX The night was warm with the new-fallen snow, though the stars sparkled
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CHAPTER XX The park-sward of Fairly, white with snow, rolled down in long sweeps to
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CHAPTER XXI Mrs. Boulby's ears had not deceived her; it had been a bet: and the day
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CHAPTER XXII The writing of a letter to Dahlia had previously been attempted and
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CHAPTER XXIII Over a fire in one of the upper sitting-rooms of the Pilot Inn, Robert
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CHAPTER XXIV When the sun takes to shining in winter, and the Southwest to blowing,
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CHAPTER XXV It requires, happily, many years of an ordinary man's life to teach him
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CHAPTER XXVI Sir William Blancove did business at his Bank till the hour of three in
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CHAPTER XXVII The Park had been empty, but the opera-house was full; and in the
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CHAPTER XXVIII Accompanying this pleasant, pregnant bit of paper, possessed of such
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CHAPTER XXIX So long as the fool has his being in the world, he will be a part of
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CHAPTER XXX Those two in the open carriage, one of whom had called out Sedgett's
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CHAPTER XXXI The thousand pounds were in Algernon's hands at last. He had made his
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CHAPTER XXXII Squire Blancove, having business in town, called on his brother at the
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CHAPTER XXXIII Once more Farmer Fleming and Rhoda prepared for their melancholy journey
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CHAPTER XXXIV In the shadowy library light, when there was dawn out of doors, Edward
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CHAPTER XXXV A shy and humble entreaty had been sent by Dahlia through Robert to
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CHAPTER XXXVI At once Rhoda perceived that it was time for her to act. The name of him
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CHAPTER XXXVII A profound belief in the efficacy of his eloquence, when he chose to
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CHAPTER XXXVIII This neighbourhood was unknown to Edward, and, after plunging about in
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CHAPTER XXXIX Late into the afternoon, Farmer Fleming was occupying a chair in Robert's
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CHAPTER XI So long as we do not know that we are performing any remarkable feat, we
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CHAPTER XLI On the Monday evening, Master Gammon was at the station with the cart.
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CHAPTER XLII Three days passed quietly at the Farm, and each morning Dahlia came down
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CHAPTER XLIII Anthony had robbed the Bank. The young squire was aware of the fact, and
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CHAPTER XLIV She watched her father as he went across the field and into the lane. Her
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CHAPTER XLV Rhoda spoke to her father from the doorway, with her hand upon the lock
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CHAPTER XLVI No sooner had Rhoda appeared than her father held up the key of Dahlia's
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CHAPTER XLVII Up to the black gates, but not beyond them. The dawn following such a
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CHAPTER XLVIII Major Waring came to Wrexby Hall at the close of the October month. He
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BOOK 1. I. ABOVE BUTTONS
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BOOK 2. VIII. INTRODUCES AN ECCENTRIC
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BOOK 3. XIV. THE COUNTESS DESCRIBES THE FIELD OF ACTION
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BOOK 4. XIX. SECOND DESPATCH OF THE COUNTESS
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BOOK 5. XXVI. MRS. MEL MAKES A BED FOR HERSELF AND FAMILY
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BOOK 6. XXXII. IN WHICH EVAN'S LIGHT BEGINS TO TWINKLE AGAIN
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BOOK 7. XXXIX. IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM
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CHAPTER I ABOVE BUTTONS
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CHAPTER II THE HERITAGE OF THE SON
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CHAPTER III THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SHEARS
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CHAPTER IV ON BOARD THE JOCASTA
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CHAPTER V THE FAMILY AND THE FUNERAL
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CHAPTER VI MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD
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CHAPTER VII MOTHER AND SON
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CHAPTER VIII INTRODUCES AN ECCENTRIC
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CHAPTER IX THE COUNTESS IN LOW SOCIETY
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CHAPTER X MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN
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CHAPTER XI DOINGS AT AN INN
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CHAPTER XII IN WHICH ALE IS SHOWN TO HAVE ONE QUALITY OF WINE
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CHAPTER XIII THE MATCH OF FALLOW FIELD AGAINST BECKLEY
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CHAPTER XIV THE COUNTESS DESCRIBES THE FIELD OF ACTION
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CHAPTER XV A CAPTURE
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CHAPTER XVI LEADS TO A SMALL SKIRMISH BETWEEN ROSE AND EVAN
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CHAPTER XVII IN WHICH EVAN WRITES HIMSELF TAILOR
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CHAPTER XVIII IN WHICH EVAN CALLS HIMSELF GENTLEMAN
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CHAPTER XIX SECOND DESPATCH OF THE COUNTESS
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CHAPTER XX BREAK-NECK LEAP
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CHAPTER XXI TRIBULATIONS AND TACTICS OF THE COUNTESS
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CHAPTER XXII IN WHICH THE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT MEL HAVE TO DIGEST HIM AT DINNER
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CHAPTER XXIII TREATS OF A HANDKERCHIEF
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CHAPTER XXIV THE COUNTESS MAKES HERSELF FELT
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CHAPTER XXV IN WHICH THE STREAM FLOWS MUDDY AND CLEAR
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CHAPTER XXVI MRS. MEL MAKES A BED FOR HERSELF AND FAMILY
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CHAPTER XXVII EXHIBITS ROSE'S GENERALSHIP; EVAN'S PERFORMANCE ON THE SECOND FIDDLE; AND
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CHAPTER XXVIII TOM COGGLESEY'S PROPOSITION
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CHAPTER XXIX PRELUDE TO AN ENGAGEMENT
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CHAPTER XXX THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART I
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CHAPTER XXXI THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART II.
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CHAPTER XXXII IN WHICH EVANS LIGHT BEGINS TO TWINKLE AGAIN
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CHAPTER XXXIII THE HERO TAKES HIS RANK IN THE ORCHESTRA
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CHAPTER XXXIV A PAGAN SACRIFICE
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CHAPTER XXXV ROSE WOUNDED
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CHAPTER XXXVI BEFORE BREAKFAST
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CHAPTER XXXVII THE RETREAT FROM BECKLEY
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CHAPTER XXXVIII IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SEE IN THE DARK
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CHAPTER XXXIX IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM
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CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH THE COUNTESS STILL SCENTS GAME
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CHAPTER XLI REVEALS AN ABOMINABLE PLOT OF THE BROTHERS COGGLESBY
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CHAPTER XLII JULIANA
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CHAPTER XLIII ROSE
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CHAPTER XLIV CONTAINS A WARNING TO ALL CONSPIRATORS
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CHAPTER XLV IN WHICH THE SHOP BECOMES THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION
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CHAPTER XLVI A LOVERS' PARTING
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CHAPTER XLVII A YEAR LATER, THE COUNTESS DE SALDAR DE SANCORVO TO HER SISTER CAROLINE
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BOOK 1. I. UP MONTE MOTTERONE
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BOOK 2. IX. IN VERONA
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BOOK 3. XIV. AT THE MAESTRO'S DOOR
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BOOK 4. XX. THE OPERA OF CAMILLA
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BOOK 5. XXVI. THE DUEL IN THE PASS
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BOOK 6. XXIX. EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR--THE TOBACCO RIOTS
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BOOK 7. XXXIII. EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR--COUNT KARL LENKENSTEIN--
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BOOK 8. XL. THROUGH THE WINTER
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CHAPTER I From Monte Motterone you survey the Lombard plain. It is a towering dome
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CHAPTER II He was a man of middle stature, thin, and even frail, as he stood defined
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CHAPTER III The old man had introduced her with much of the pride of a father
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CHAPTER IV It was a surprise to all of them, save to Agostino Balderini, who passed
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CHAPTER V Beppo had effected a firm capture of his man some way down the slope. But
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CHAPTER VI A mountain ascended by these children of the forcible Isle, is a mountain
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CHAPTER VII A week following the day of meetings on the Motterone, Luigi the spy was
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CHAPTER VIII The importance of the matters extracted from Luigi does not lie on the
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CHAPTER IX IN VERONA
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CHAPTER X THE POPE'S MOUTH
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CHAPTER XI LAURA PIAVENI
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CHAPTER XII THE BRONZE BUTTERFLY
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CHAPTER XIII THE PLOT OF THE SIGNOR ANTONIO
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CHAPTER XIV AT THE MAESTRO'S DOOR
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CHAPTER XV AMMIANI THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT
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CHAPTER XVI COUNTESS AMMIANI
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CHAPTER XVII IN THE PIAZZA D'ARMI
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CHAPTER XVIII THE NIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTH
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CHAPTER XIX THE PRIMA DONNA
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CHAPTER XX THE OPERA OF CAMILLA
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CHAPTER XXI THE THIRD ACT
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CHAPTER XXII WILFRID COMES FORWARD
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CHAPTER XXIII FIRST HOURS OF THE FLIGHT
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CHAPTER XXIV ADVENTURES OF VITTORIA AND ANGELO
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CHAPTER XXV ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
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CHAPTER XXVI THE DUEL IN THE PASS
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CHAPTER XXVII A NEW ORDEAL
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CHAPTER XXVIII THE ESCAPE OF ANGELO
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CHAPTER XXIX EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR--THE TOBACCO-RIOTS--RINALDO
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CHAPTER XXX EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR
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CHAPTER XXXI EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR
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CHAPTER XXXI EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR
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CHAPTER XXXIII EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR
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CHAPTER XXXIV EPISODES OF THE REVOLT AND THE WAR
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CHAPTER XXXV CLOSE OF THE LOMBARD CAMPAIGN--VITTORIA'S PERPLEXITY
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CHAPTER XXXVI A FRESH ENTANGLEMENT
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CHAPTER XXXVII ON LAGO MAGGIORE
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CHAPTER XXXVIII VIOLETTA D'ISORELLA
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CHAPTER XXXIX ANNA OF LENKENSTEIN
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CHAPTER XL THROUGH THE WINTER
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CHAPTER XLI THE INTERVIEW
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CHAPTER XLII THE SHADOW ON CONSPIRACY
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CHAPTER XLIII THE LAST MEETING IN MILAN
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CHAPTER XLIV THE WIFE AND THE HUSBAND
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CHAPTER XLV SHOWS MANY PATHS CONVERGING TO THE END
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CHAPTER XLVI THE LAST
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BOOK 1. I. I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION
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BOOK 2. VII. A FREE LIFE ON THE ROAD
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BOOK 3. XV. WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST
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BOOK 4. XXIII. MY TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
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BOOK 5. XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF A SHILLING
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BOOK 6. XXXIX. I SEE MY FATHER TAKING THE TIDE AND AM CARRIED ON IT MYSELF
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BOOK 7. XLV. WITHIN AN INCH OF MY LIFE .
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BOOK 8. LII. STRANGE REVELATIONS, AND MY GRANDFATHER HAS HIS LAST OUTBURST
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CHAPTER I I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION
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CHAPTER II AN ADVENTURE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT
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CHAPTER III DIPWELL FARM
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CHAPTER IV I HAVE A TASTE OF GRANDEUR
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CHAPTER V I MAKE A DEAR FRIEND
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CHAPTER VI A TALE OF A GOOSE
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CHAPTER VII A FREE LIFE ON THE ROAD
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CHAPTER VIII JANET ILCHESTER
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CHAPTER IX AN EVENING WITH CAPTAIN BULSTED
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CHAPTER X AN EXPEDITION
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CHAPTER XI THE GREAT FOG AND THE FIRE AT MIDNIGHT
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CHAPTER XII WE FIND OURSELVES BOUND ON A VOYAGE
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CHAPTER XIII WE CONDUCT SEVERAL LEARNED ARGUMENTS WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE PRISCILLA
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CHAPTER XIV I MEET OLD FRIENDS
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CHAPTER XV WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST
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CHAPTER XVI THE STATUE ON THE PROMONTORY
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CHAPTER XVII MY FATHER BREATHES, MOVES, AND SPEAKS
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CHAPTER XVIII WE PASS A DELIGHTFUL EVENING, AND I HAVE A MORNING VISION
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CHAPTER XIX OUR RETURN HOMEWARD
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CHAPTER XX NEWS OF A FRESH CONQUEST OF MY FATHER'S
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CHAPTER XXI A PROMENADE IN BATH
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CHAPTER XXII CONCLUSION OF THE BATH EPISODE
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CHAPTER XXIII MY TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
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CHAPTER XXIV I MEET THE PRINCESS
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CHAPTER XXV ON BOARD A YACHT
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CHAPTER XXVI IN VIEW OF THE HOHENZOLLERN'S BIRTHPLACE
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CHAPTER XXVII THE TIME OF ROSES
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CHAPTER XXVIII OTTILIA
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CHAPTER XXIX AN EVENING WITH DR. JULIUS VON KARSTEG
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CHAPTER XXX A SUMMER STORM, AND LOVE
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CHAPTER XXXI PRINCESS OTTILIA'S LETTER
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CHAPTER XXXII AN INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ERNEST AND A MEETING WITH PRINCE OTTO
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CHAPTER XXXIII WHAT CAME OF A SHILLING
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CHAPTER XXXIV I GAIN A PERCEPTION OF PRINCELY STATE
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CHAPTER XXXV THE SCENE IN THE LAKE-PALACE LIBRARY
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CHAPTER XXXVI HOMEWARD AND HOME AGAIN
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CHAPTER XXXVII JANET RENOUNCES ME
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CHAPTER XXXVIII MY BANKERS' BOOK
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CHAPTER XXXIX I SEE MY FATHER TAKING THE TIDE AND AM CARRIED ON IT MYSELF
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CHAPTER XL MY FATHER'S MEETING WITH MY GRANDFATHER
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CHAPTER XLI COMMENCEMENT OF THE SPLENDOURS AND PERPLEXITIES OF MY FATHER'S GRAND
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CHAPTER XLII THE MARQUIS OF EDBURY AND HIS PUPPET
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CHAPTER XLIII I BECOME ONE OF THE CHOSEN OF THE NATION
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CHAPTER XLIV MY FATHER IS MIRACULOUSLY RELIEVED BY FORTUNE
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CHAPTER XLV WITHIN AN INCH OF MY LIFE
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CHAPTER XLVI AMONG GIPSY WOMEN
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CHAPTER XLVII MY FATHER ACTS THE CHARMER AGAIN
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CHAPTER XLVIII THE PRINCESS ENTRAPPED
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CHAPTER XLIX WHICH FORESHADOWS A GENERAL GATHERING
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CHAPTER L WE ARE ALL IN MY FATHER'S NET
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CHAPTER LI AN ENCOUNTER SHOWING MY FATHER'S GENIUS IN A STRONG LIGHT
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CHAPTER LII STRANGE REVELATIONS, AND MY GRANDFATHER HAS HIS LAST OUTBURST
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CHAPTER LIII THE HEIRESS PROVES THAT SHE INHERITS THE FEUD AND I GO DRIFTING
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CHAPTER LIV MY RETURN TO ENGLAND
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CHAPTER LV I MEET MY FIRST PLAYFELLOW AND TAKE MY PUNISHMENT
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CHAPTER LVI CONCLUSION
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BOOK 1. I. THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY
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BOOK 2. XI. CAPTAIN BASKELETT
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BOOK 3. XIX. LORD PALMET, AND CERTAIN ELECTORS
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BOOK 4. XXVI. MR. BLACKBURN TUCKHAM
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BOOK 5. XXXIV. THE FACE OF RENEE
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BOOK 6. XLII. THE TWO PASSIONS
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BOOK 7. L. AT THE COTTAGE ON THE COMMON
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CHAPTER I THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY
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CHAPTER II UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHER
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CHAPTER III CONTAINS BARONIAL VIEWS OF THE PRESENT TIME
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CHAPTER IV A GLIMPSE OF NEVIL IN ACTION
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CHAPTER V RENEE
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CHAPTER VI LOVE IN VENICE
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CHAPTER VII AN AWAKENING FOR BOTH
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CHAPTER VIII A NIGHT ON THE ADRIATIC
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CHAPTER IX MORNING AT SEA UNDER THE ALPS
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CHAPTER X A SINGULAR COUNCIL
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CHAPTER XI CAPTAIN BASKELETT
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CHAPTER XII AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INFAMOUS DR. SHRAPNEL
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CHAPTER XIII A SUPERFINE CONSCIENCE
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CHAPTER XIV THE LEADING ARTICLE AND MR. TIMOTHY TURBOT
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CHAPTER XV CECILIA HALKETT
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CHAPTER XVI A PARTIAL DISPLAY OF BEAUCHAMP IN HIS COLOURS
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CHAPTER XVII HIS FRIEND AND FOE
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CHAPTER XVIII CONCERNING THE ACT OF CANVASSING
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CHAPTER XIX LORD PALMET, AND CERTAIN ELECTORS OF BEVISHAM
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CHAPTER XX A DAY AT ITCHINCOPE
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CHAPTER XXI THE QUESTION AS TO THE EXAMINATION OF THE WHIGS, AND THE FINE BLOW STRUCK
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CHAPTER XXII THE DRIVE INTO BEVISHAM
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CHAPTER XXIII TOURDESTELLE
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CHAPTER XXIV HIS HOLIDAY
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CHAPTER XXV THE ADVENTURE OF THE BOAT
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CHAPTER XXVI MR. BLACKBURN TUCKHAM
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CHAPTER XXVII A SHORT SIDELOOK AT THE ELECTION
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CHAPTER XXVIII TOUCHING A YOUNG LADY'S HEART AND HER INTELLECT
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CHAPTER XXIX THE EPISTLE OF DR. SHRAPNEL TO COMMANDER BEAUCHAMP
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CHAPTER XXX THE BAITING OF DR. SHRAPNEL
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CHAPTER XXXI SHOWING A CHIVALROUS GENTLEMAN SET IN MOTION
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CHAPTER XXXII AN EFFORT TO CONQUER CECILIA IN BEAUCHAMP'S FASHION
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CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIRST ENCOUNTER AT STEYNHAM
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CHAPTER XXXIV THE FACE OF RENEE
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CHAPTER XXXV THE RIDE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
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CHAPTER XXXVI PURSUIT OF THE APOLOGY OF Mr. ROMFREY TO DR. SHRAPNEL
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CHAPTER XXXVII CECILIA CONQUERED
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CHAPTER XXXVIII LORD AVONLEY
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CHAPTER XXXIX BETWEEN BEAUCHAMP AND CECILIA
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CHAPTER XL A TRIAL OF HIM
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CHAPTER XLI A LAME VICTORY
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CHAPTER XLII THE TWO PASSIONS
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CHAPTER XLIII THE EARL OF ROMFREY AND THE COUNTESS
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CHAPTER XLIV THE NEPHEWS OF THE EARL, AND ANOTHER EXHIBITION OF THE TWO PASSIONS IN
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CHAPTER XLV A LITTLE PLOT AGAINST CECILIA
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CHAPTER XLVI AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN
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CHAPTER XLVII THE REFUSAL OF HIM
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CHAPTER XLVIII OF THE TRIAL AWAITING THE EARL OF ROMFREY
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CHAPTER XLIX A FABRIC OF BARONIAL DESPOTISM CRUMBLE
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CHAPTER L AT THE COTTAGE ON THE COMMON
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CHAPTER LI IN THE NIGHT
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CHAPTER LII QUESTION OF A PILGRIMAGE AND AN ACT OF PENANCE
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CHAPTER LIII THE APOLOGY TO DR. SHRAPNEL
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CHAPTER LIV THE FRUITS OF THE APOLOGY
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CHAPTER LV WITHOUT LOVE
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CHAPTER LVI THE LAST OF NEVIL BEAUCHAMP
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CHAPTER I A MINOR INCIDENT SHOWING AN HEREDITARY APTITUDE IN THE USE OF THE KNIFE
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CHAPTER II THE YOUNG SIR WILLOUGHBY
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CHAPTER III CONSTANTIA DURHAM
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CHAPTER IV LAETITIA DALE
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CHAPTER V CLARA MIDDLETON
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CHAPTER VI HIS COURTSHIP
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CHAPTER VII THE BETROTHED
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CHAPTER VIII A RUN WITH THE TRUANT; A WALK WITH THE MASTER
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CHAPTER IX CLARA AND LAETITIA MEET: THEY ARE COMPARED
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CHAPTER X IN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY CHANCES TO SUPPLY THE TITLE FOR HIMSELF
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CHAPTER XI THE DOUBLE-BLOSSOM WILD CHERRY-TREE
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CHAPTER XII MISS MIDDLETON AND MR. VERNON WHITFORD
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CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST EFFORT AFTER FREEDOM
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CHAPTER XIV SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA
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CHAPTER XV THE PETITION FOR A RELEASE
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CHAPTER XVI CLARA AND LAETITIA
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CHAPTER XVII THE PORCELAIN VASE
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CHAPTER XVIII COLONEL DE CRAYE
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CHAPTER XIX COLONEL DE CRAYE AND CLARA MIDDLETON
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CHAPTER XX AN AGED AND A GREAT WINE
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CHAPTER XXI CLARA'S MEDITATIONS
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CHAPTER XXII THE RIDE
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CHAPTER XXIII TREATS OF THE UNION OF TEMPER AND POLICY
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CHAPTER XXIV CONTAINS AN INSTANCE OF THE GENEROSITY OF WILLOUGHBY
424
CHAPTER XXV THE FLIGHT IN WILD WEATHER
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CHAPTER XXVI VERNON IN PURSUIT
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CHAPTER XXVII AT THE RAILWAY STATION
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CHAPTER XXVIII THE RETURN
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CHAPTER XXIX IN WHICH THE SENSITIVENESS OF SIR WILLOUGHBY IS EXPLAINED: AND HE
429
CHAPTER XXX TREATING OF THE DINNER-PARTY AT MRS. MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON'S
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CHAPTER XXXI SIR WILLOUGHBY ATTEMPTS AND ACHIEVES PATHOS
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CHAPTER XXXII LAETITIA DALE DISCOVERS A SPIRITUAL CHANGE AND DR MIDDLETON A PHYSICAL
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CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH THE COMIC MUSE HAS AN EYE ON TWO GOOD SOULS
433
CHAPTER XXXIV MRS. MOUNTSTUART AND SIR WILLOUGHBY
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CHAPTER XXXV MISS MIDDLETON AND MRS. MOUNTSTUART
435
CHAPTER XXXVI ANIMATED CONVERSATION AT A LUNCHEON-TABLE
436
CHAPTER XXXVII CONTAINS CLEVER FENCING AND INTIMATIONS OF THE NEED FOR IT
437
CHAPTER XXXVIII IN WHICH WE TAKE A STEP TO THE CENTRE OF EGOISM
438
CHAPTER XXXIX IN THE HEART OF THE EGOIST
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CHAPTER XL MIDNIGHT: SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA: WITH YOUNG CROSSJAY UNDER A
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CHAPTER XLI THE REV. DR. MIDDLETON, CLARA, AND SIR WILLOUGHBY
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CHAPTER XLII SHOWS THE DIVINING ARTS OF A PERCEPTIVE MIND
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CHAPTER XLIII IN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY IS LED TO THINK THAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE
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CHAPTER XLIV DR MIDDLETON: THE LADIES ELEANOR AND ISABEL: AND MR. DALE
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CHAPTER XLV THE PATTERNE LADIES: MR. DALE: LADY BUSSHE AND LADY CULMER: WITH MRS.
445
CHAPTER XLVI THE SCENE OF SIR WILLOUGHBY'S GENERALSHIP
446
CHAPTER XLVII SIR WILLOUGHBY AND HIS FRIEND HORACE DE CRAYE
447
CHAPTER XLVIII THE LOVERS
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CHAPTER XLIX LAETITIA AND SIR WILLOUGHBY
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CHAPTER L UPON WHICH THE CURTAIN FALLS
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BOOK 1. The word 'fantastical' is accentuated in our tongue to so scornful an
451
CHAPTER I An unresisted lady-killer is probably less aware that he roams the
452
CHAPTER II 'Who is the man they call Alvan?' She put the question at the first
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CHAPTER III Her hostess met her at the entrance of the rooms, murmuring that Alvan
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CHAPTER IV 'Hamlet in due season,' said he, as they sat together. 'I shall convince
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CHAPTER V Clotilde was of the order of the erring who should by rights have a short
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CHAPTER VI Alvan was at his writing-table doing stout gladiator's work on paper in a
457
BOOK 2. CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VIII Alvan, left to himself, had a quiet belief in the subjugation of his
459
CHAPTER IX After his deed of loftiness Alvan walked to his hotel, where the sight of
460
CHAPTER X His friend Colonel von Tresten was beside him when he received the
461
CHAPTER XI The story of Clotilde's departure from the city, like that of Alvan's,
462
BOOK 3. CHAPTER XII
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CHAPTER XIII His love meantime was the mission and the burden of Alvan, and he was not
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CHAPTER XV He slept. Near upon morning he roused with his tender fit strong on him,
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CHAPTER XVI Then he found himself saying: 'At the age I touch!' . . .
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CHAPTER XVII The baroness expected to see Alvan in the morning, for he kept
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CHAPTER XVIII In the house of the Rudigers there was commotion. Clotilde sat apart from
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CHAPTER XIX Alvan was dead. The shot of his adversary, accidentally well-directed,
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BOOK 1. I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE
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BOOK 2. IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS
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BOOK 3. XVIII. THE AUTHORESS
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BOOK 5. XXXVI. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS
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CHAPTER I OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE
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CHAPTER II AN IRISH BALL
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CHAPTER III THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH, AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH
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CHAPTER IV CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO
477
CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE
478
CHAPTER VI THE COUPLE
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CHAPTER VII THE CRISIS
480
CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO
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CHAPTER IX SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN
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CHAPTER X THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT
483
CHAPTER XI RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND
484
CHAPTER XII BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA
485
CHAPTER XIII TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION
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CHAPTER XIV GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER
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CHAPTER XV INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER
488
CHAPTER XVI TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING
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CHAPTER XVII 'THE PRINCESS EGERIA'
490
CHAPTER XVIII THE AUTHORESS
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CHAPTER XIX A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT
492
CHAPTER XX DIANA A NIGHT-WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH
493
CHAPTER XXI 'THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE'
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CHAPTER XXII BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND
495
CHAPTER XXIII RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN
496
CHAPTER XXIV INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION
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CHAPTER XXV ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS
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CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS
499
CHAPTER XXVII CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION
500
CHAPTER XXVIII DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE
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CHAPTER XXIX SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY
502
CHAPTER XXX IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND AN AFTERTASTE
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CHAPTER XXXI A CHAPTER CONTAINING GREAT POLITICAL NEWS AND THEREWITH AN INTRUSION OF
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CHAPTER XXXII WHEREIN WE BEHOLD A GIDDY TURN AT THE SPECTRAL CROSSWAYS
505
CHAPTER XXXIII EXHIBITS THE SPRINGING OF A MINE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
506
CHAPTER XXXIV IN WHICH IT IS DARKLY SEEN HOW THE CRIMINAL'S JUDGE MAY BE LOVE'S
507
CHAPTER XXXV REVEALS HOW THE TRUE HEROINE OF ROMANCE COMES FINALLY TO HER, TIME OF
508
CHAPTER XXXVI IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS
509
CHAPTER XXXVII AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY
510
CHAPTER XXXVIII CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT
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CHAPTER XXXIX OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN
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CHAPTER XL IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE
513
CHAPTER XLI CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA
514
CHAPTER XLII THE PENULTIMATE: SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO
515
CHAPTER XLIII NUPTIAL CHAPTER; AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO BLOOM WITH
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BOOK 1. I. ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE
517
BOOK 2. XII. TREATS OF THE DUMBNESS POSSIBLE WITH MEMBERS OF A HOUSEHOLD
518
BOOK 3. XIX. TREATS OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE DISSENSION BETWEEN
519
BOOK 4. XXV. NATALY IN ACTION
520
BOOK 5. XXXVI. NESTA AND HER FATHER
521
CHAPTER I ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE
522
CHAPTER II THROUGH THE VAGUE TO THE INFINITELY LITTLE
523
CHAPTER III OLD VEUVE
524
CHAPTER IV THE SECOND BOTTLE
525
CHAPTER V THE LONDON WALK WESTWARD
526
CHAPTER VI NATALY
527
CHAPTER VII BETWEEN A GENERAL MAN OF THIN WORLD AND A PROFESSIONAL
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CHAPTER VIII SOME FAMILIAR GUESTS
529
CHAPTER IX AN INSPECTION OF LAKELANDS
530
CHAPTER X SKEPSEY IN MOTION
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CHAPTER XI WHEREIN WE BEHOLD THE COUPLE JUSTIFIED OF LOVE HAVING SIGHT OF THEIR
532
CHAPTER XII TREATS OF THE DUMBNESS POSSIBLE WITH MEMBERS OF A HOUSEHOLD HAVING ONE
533
CHAPTER XIII THE LATEST OF MRS. BURMAN
534
CHAPTER XIV DISCLOSES A STAGE ON THE DRIVE TO PARIS
535
CHAPTER XV A PATRIOT ABROAD
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CHAPTER XVI ACCOUNTS FOR SKEPSEY'S MISCONDUCT, SHOWING HOW IT AFFECTED NATALY
537
CHAPTER XVII CHIEFLY UPON THE THEME OF A YOUNG MAID'S IMAGININGS
538
CHAPTER XVIII SUITORS FOR THE HAND OF NESTA VICTORIA
539
CHAPTER XIX TREATS OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE DISSENSION BETWEEN THEM AND OF
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CHAPTER XX THE GREAT ASSEMBLY AT LAKELANDS
541
CHAPTER XXI DARTREY FENELLAN
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CHAPTER XXII CONCERNS THE INTRUSION OF JARNIMAN
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CHAPTER XXIII TREATS OF THE LADIES' LAPDOG TASSO FOR AN INSTANCE OF MOMENTOUS EFFECTS
544
CHAPTER XXIV NESTA'S ENGAGEMENT
545
CHAPTER XXV NATALY IN ACTION
546
CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH WE SEE A CONVENTIONAL GENTLEMAN ENDEAVOURING TO EXAMINE A
547
CHAPTER XXVII CONTAINS WHAT IS A SMALL THING OR A GREAT, AS THE SOUL OF THE CHIEF ACTOR
548
CHAPTER XXVIII MRS. MARSETT
549
CHAPTER XXIX SHOWS ONE OF THE SHADOWS OF THE WORLD CROSSING A VIRGIN'S MIND
550
CHAPTER XXX THE BURDEN UPON NESTA
551
CHAPTER XXXI SHOWS HOW THE SQUIRES IN A CONQUEROR'S SERVICE HAVE AT TIMES TO DO
552
CHAPTER XXXII SHOWS HOW TEMPER MAY KINDLE TEMPER AND AN INDIGNANT WOMAN GET HER WEAPON
553
CHAPTER XXXIII A PAIR OF WOOERS
554
CHAPTER XXXIV CONTAINS DEEDS UNRELATED AND EXPOSITIONS OF FEELINGS
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CHAPTER XXXV IN WHICH AGAIN WE MAKE USE OF THE OLD LAMPS FOR LIGHTING AN ABYSMAL
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CHAPTER XXXVI NESTA AND HER FATHER
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CHAPTER XXXVII THE MOTHER-THE DAUGHTER
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CHAPTER XXXVIII NATALY, NESTA, AND DARTREY FENELLAN
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CHAPTER XXXIX A CHAPTER IN THE SHADOW OF MRS. MARSETT
560
CHAPTER XL AN EXPIATION
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CHAPTER XLI THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT UNDELIVERED SPEECH
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CHAPTER XLII THE LAST
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BOOK 1. I. LOVE AT A SCHOOL
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BOOK 2. VI. IN A MOOD OF LANGUOR
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BOOK 3. XII. MORE OF CUPER'S BOYS
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BOOK 4. XVII. LADY CHARLOTTE'S TRIUMPH
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BOOK 5. XXIV. LOVERS MATED
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CHAPTER I. LOVE AT A SCHOOL
569
CHAPTER II. LADY CHARLOTTE
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CHAPTER III. THE TUTOR
571
CHAPTER IV. RECOGNITION
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CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE SHADES OF BROWNY AND MATEY ADVANCE AND RETIRE
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CHAPTER VI. IN A MOOD OF LANGUOR
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CHAPTER VII. EXHIBITS EFFECTS OF A PRATTLER'S DOSES
575
CHAPTER VIII MRS. LAWRENCE FINCHLEY
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CHAPTER IX. A FLASH OF THE BRUISED WARRIOR
577
CHAPTER X A SHORT PASSAGE IN THE GAME PLAYED BY TWO
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CHAPTER XI THE SECRETARY TAKEN AS AN ANTIDOTE
579
CHAPTER XII MORE OF CUPER'S BOYS
580
CHAPTER XIII WAR AT OLMER
581
CHAPTER XIV OLD LOVERS NEW FRIENDS
582
CHAPTER XV SHOWING A SECRET FISHED WITHOUT ANGLING
583
CHAPTER XVI ALONG TWO ROADS TO STEIGNTON
584
CHAPTER XVII LADY CHARLOTTE'S TRIUMPH
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CHAPTER XVIII A SCENE ON THE ROAD BACK
586
CHAPTER XIX THE PURSUERS
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CHAPTER XX AT THE SIGN OF THE JOLLY CRICKETERS
588
CHAPTER XXI UNDER-CURRENTS IN THE MINDS OF LADY CHARLOTTE AND LORD ORMONT
589
CHAPTER XXII TREATS OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONTENTION OF BROTHER AND SISTER
590
CHAPTER XXIII THE ORMONT JEWELS
591
CHAPTER XXIV LOVERS MATED
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CHAPTER XXV PREPARATIONS FOR A RESOLVE
593
CHAPTER XXVI VISITS OF FAREWELL
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CHAPTER XXVII A MARINE DUET
595
CHAPTER XXVIII THE PLIGHTING
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CHAPTER XXIX AMINTA TO HER LORD
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CHAPTER XXX CONCLUSION
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BOOK 1. I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS
599
BOOK 2. X. SMALL CAUSES
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BOOK 3. XX. STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD SEAMAN, A LOVELY SERPENT, AND THE
601
BOOK 4. XXIX. CARINTHIA IN WALES
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BOOK 5. XXXIX. THE RED WARNING FROM A SON OF VAPOUR
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CHAPTER I ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS
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CHAPTER II MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH
605
CHAPTER III CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHER
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CHAPTER IV MORNING AND FAREWELL TO AN OLD HOME
607
CHAPTER V A MOUNTAIN WALK IN MIST AND SUNSHINE
608
CHAPTER VI THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
609
CHAPTER VII THE LADY'S LETTER
610
CHAPTER VIII OF THE ENCOUNTER OF TWO STRANGE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR CONSORTING: IN WHICH
611
CHAPTER IX CONCERNING THE BLACK GODDESS FORTUNE AND THE WORSHIP OF HER, TOGETHER
612
CHAPTER X SMALL CAUSES
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CHAPTER XI THE PRISONER OF HIS WORD
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CHAPTER XII HENRIETTA'S LETTER TREATING OF THE GREAT EVENT
615
CHAPTER XIII AN IRRUPTION. OF MISTRESS GOSSIP IN BREACH OF THE CONVENTION
616
CHAPTER XIV A PENDANT OF THE FOREGOING
617
CHAPTER XV OPENING STAGE OF THE HONEYMOON
618
CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH THE BRIDE FROM FOREIGN PARTS IS GIVEN A TASTE OF OLD ENGLAND
619
CHAPTER XVII RECORDS A SHADOW CONTEST CLOSE ON THE FOREGOING
620
CHAPTER XVIII DOWN WHITECHAPEL WAY
621
CHAPTER XIX THE GIRL MADGE
622
CHAPTER XX STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD SEAMAN, A LOVELY SERPENT, AND THE MORAL
623
CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH WE HAVE FURTHER GLIMPSES OF THE WONDROUS MECHANISM OF OUR
624
CHAPTER XXII A RIGHT-MINDED GREAT LADY
625
CHAPTER XXIII IN DAME GOSSIP'S VEIN
626
CHAPTER XXIV A KIDNAPPING AND NO GREAT HARM
627
CHAPTER XXV THE PHILOSOPHER MAN OF ACTION
628
CHAPTER XXVI AFTER SOME FENCING THE DAME PASSES OUR GUARD
629
CHAPTER XXVII WE DESCEND INTO A STEAMER'S ENGINE-ROOM
630
CHAPTER XXVIII BY CONCESSIONS TO MISTRESS GOSSIP A FURTHER INTRUSION IS AVERTED
631
CHAPTER XXIX CARINTHIA IN WALES
632
CHAPTER XXX REBECCA WYTHAN
633
CHAPTER XXXI WE HAVE AGAIN TO DEAL WITH THE EXAMPLES OF OUR YOUNGER MAN
634
CHAPTER XXXII IN WHICH WE SEE CARINTHIA PUT IN PRACTICE ONE OF HER OLD FATHER'S LESSONS
635
CHAPTER XXXIII A FRIGHTFUL DEBATE
636
CHAPTER XXXIV A SURVEY OF THE RIDE OF THE WELSH CAVALIERS ESCORTING THE COUNTESS OF
637
CHAPTER XXXV IN WHICH CERTAIN CHANGES MAY BE DISCERNED
638
CHAPTER XXXVI BELOW THE SURFACE AND ABOVE
639
CHAPTER XXXVII BETWEEN CARINTHIA AND HER LORD
640
CHAPTER XXXVIII A DIP INTO THE SPRING'S WATERS
641
CHAPTER XXXIX THE RED WARNING FROM A SON OF VAPOUR
642
CHAPTER XL RECORD OF MINOR INCIDENTS
643
CHAPTER XLI IN WHICH THE FATES ARE SEEN AND A CHOICE OF THE REFUGES FROM THEM
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CHAPTER XLII THE RETARDED COURTSHIP
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CHAPTER XLIII ON THE ROAD TO THE ACT OF PENANCE
646
CHAPTER XLIV BETWEEN THE EARL, THE COUNTESS AND HER BROTHER, AND OF A SILVER CROSS
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CHAPTER XLV CONTAINS A RECORD OF WHAT WAS FEARED, WHAT WAS HOPED, AND WHAT HAPPENED
648
CHAPTER XLVI A CHAPTER OF UNDERCURRENTS AND SOME SURFACE FLASHES
649
CHAPTER XLVII THE LAST: WITH A CONCLUDING WORD BY THE DAME
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BOOK 1. I. WHEREIN AN EXCURSION IS MADE IN A CELTIC MIND
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BOOK 2. XII. MISS MATTOCK
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CHAPTER I WHEREIN AN EXCURSION IS MADE IN A CELTIC MIND
653
CHAPTER II MR. ADISTER
654
CHAPTER III CAROLINE
655
CHAPTER IV THE PRINCESS
656
CHAPTER V AT THE PIANO, CHIEFLY WITHOUT MUSIC
657
CHAPTER VI A CONSULTATION: WITH OPINIONS UPON WELSHWOMEN AND THE CAMBRIAN RACE
658
CHAPTER VII THE MINIATURE
659
CHAPTER VIII CAPTAIN CON AND MRS. ADISTER O'DONNELL
660
CHAPTER IX THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN
661
CHAPTER X THE BROTHERS
662
CHAPTER XI INTRODUCING A NEW CHARACTER
663
CHAPTER XII MISS MATTOCK
664
CHAPTER XIII THE DINNER-PARTY
665
CHAPTER XIV OF ROCKNEY
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CHAPTER XV THE MATTOCK FAMILY
667
CHAPTER XVI OF THE GREAT MR. BULL AND THE CELTIC AND SAXON VIEW OF HIM: AND SOMETHING
668
CHAPTER XVII CROSSING THE RUBICON
669
CHAPTER XVIII CAPTAIN CON'S LETTER
670
CHAPTER XIX MARS CONVALESCENT
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CHAPTER I An excursion beyond the immediate suburbs of London, projected long
672
CHAPTER II This is the pathetic matter of my story, and it requires pointing out,
673
CHAPTER III 'Lady Camper is no common enigma,' General Ople observed to his daughter.
674
CHAPTER IV Elizabeth came riding home to breakfast from a gallop round the park, and
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CHAPTER V It is a noble thing to say that your road is forward, and it befits a man
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CHAPTER VI Politeness required that General Ople should not appear to rejoice in his
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CHAPTER VII Lady Camper's return was the subject of speculation in the neighbourhood,
678
CHAPTER VIII Our young barbarians have it all their own way with us when they fall
679
CHAPTER I A proper tenderness for the Peerage will continue to pass current the
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CHAPTER II A certain time after the marriage, his Grace alighted at the Wells, and
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CHAPTER III The splendid equipage of a coach and six, with footmen in scarlet and
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CHAPTER IV It was an axiom with Mr. Beamish, our first, if not our only
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CHAPTER V Humouring Chloe with his usual considerateness, Mr. Beamish forbore to
684
CHAPTER VI That evening Duchess Susan played at the Pharaoh table and lost eight
685
CHAPTER VII The total disappearance of the pair of heroes who had been the latest in
686
CHAPTER VIII Mr. Camwell was in the ante-room as Chloe passed out behind the two
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CHAPTER IX Chloe drew the silken string from her bosom, as she descended the dim
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CHAPTER X At midnight the great supper party to celebrate the reconciliation of Mr.
689
CHAPTER I The experience of great officials who have laid down their dignities
690
CHAPTER II A carriage Stopped short in the ray of candlelight that was fitfully and
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CHAPTER III The story of the shattered chiwal-glass and the visit of Tinman's old
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CHAPTER IV Annette Smith's delight in her native England made her see beauty and
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CHAPTER V A month later, after a night of sharp frost on the verge of the warmer
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CHAPTER VI One of the most difficult lessons for spirited young men to learn is,
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CHAPTER VII Round under the cliffs by the sea, facing South, are warm seats in
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CHAPTER VIII The moon was over sea. Coasting vessels that had run into the bay for
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CHAPTER IX Annette did not shun him next morning. She did not shun the subject,
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CHAPTER X The English have been called a bad-tempered people, but this is to judge
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CHAPTER XI Annette had gone to the big metropolis, which burns in colonial
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CHAPTER XII Elba lay more sheltered from South-east winds under the slopes of down
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CHAPTER I HE
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CHAPTER II SHE
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CHAPTER III HE
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CHAPTER IV SHE
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CHAPTER V HE
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CHAPTER VI SHE
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