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The Prologue 1

Word Count: 928    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

special messenger disturbed the repose of Dennis Howmore, at

umped on a bed-room door, and shouted his message through it

person receiving the message was Sir Giles's head clerk. As a matter of course, Dennis Howmore dress

he banker's bed, his night-cap was crumpled crookedly on his head, he was in too gre

r you to do. It must be kept a s

connected with

suppose that anything connected with business could happen at this tim

s,

ck of the stone. If you discover an Object which appears to have been left in that situation on the gr

ion followed these ext

hen he owed it; and, worse still, was disposed to remember in a friendly spirit what England had done for Ireland, in the course of the last fifty years. If anything appeared to justify d

ed on the ground behind it one Object

s this. At the same time, he was acting under orders which were as positive as tone, manner, and language could make them. Passive obedience appeared to be th

contemptible discovery made at the milestone. After having examined and re-examined the fragment, he announced his intention of

open on his bed. "Ask the librarian," he continued, "for the third volume of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' Open the book at pages seventy-eight and seventy-nine. If you find a piece of pap

was a sensible human being, conscious of the consideration to which his responsible place in the office entitled him. Sir Gil

he man to whom you confide the superintendence of your clerks and the transaction of your b

s now offende

s, co-operations, and bank holidays, an employer has one privilege left - he has not ceased to be a Man, and he has not forfe

ade his bow in sil

contrary. He had made up his mind that Sir Giles Mountjoy's motives shou

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Contents

Preface The Prologue 1 The Prologue 2 The Prologue 3 The Prologue 4 The Prologue 5 The Prologue 6 The Prologue 7 The Prologue 8 The Prologue 9 The Prologue 10
The Prologue 11
Chapter 1 The Sour French Wine
Chapter 2 The Man she Refused
Chapter 3 The Registered Packet
Chapter 4 The Game Mountjoy Loses
Chapter 5 The Game Mountjoy Plays a New Card
Chapter 6 The Game Mountjoy Wins
Chapter 7 Doctoring the Doctor
Chapter 8 Her Father's Message
Chapter 9 Mr. Vimpany on Intoxication
Chapter 10 The Mockery of Deceit
Chapter 11 Mrs. Vimpany's Farewell
Chapter 12 Lord Harry's Defence
Chapter 13 Iris at Home
Chapter 14 The Lady's Maid
Chapter 15 Mr. Henley's Temper
Chapter 16 The Doctor in Full Dress
Chapter 17 On Hampstead Heath
Chapter 18 Professional Assistance
Chapter 19 Mr. Henley at Home
Chapter 20 First Suspicions of Iris
Chapter 21 The Parting Scene
Chapter 22 The Fatal Words
Chapter 23 News of Iris
Chapter 24 Lord Harry's Honeymoon
Chapter 25 The Doctor in Difficulties
Chapter 26 London and Paris
Chapter 27 The Bride at Home
Chapter 28 The Maid and the Keyhole
Chapter 29 The Conquest of Mr. Vimpany
Chapter 30 Saxon and Celt
Chapter 31 The School for Husbands
Chapter 32 Good-Bye to Iris
Chapter 33 The Decree of Fate
Chapter 34 My Lord's Mind
Chapter 35 My Lady's Mind
Chapter 36 The Doctor Means Mischief
Chapter 37 The First Quarrel
Chapter 38 Ici on Parle Francais
Chapter 39 The Mystery of the Hospital
Chapter 40 Dire Necessity
Chapter 41 The Man is Found
Chapter 42 The Mettlesome Maid
Chapter 43 Fiction Attempted by My Lord
Chapter 44 Fiction Improved by the Doctor
Chapter 45 Fact Related by Fanny
Chapter 46 Man and Wife
Chapter 47 The Patient and My Lord
Chapter 48 "The Mistress and the Maid"
Chapter 49 The Nurse is Sent Away
Chapter 50 In the Alcove
Chapter 51 What Next
Chapter 52 The Dead Man's Photograph
Chapter 53 The Wife's Return
Chapter 54 Another Step
Chapter 55 The Adventures of a Faithful Maid
Chapter 56 Fanny's Narrative
Chapter 57 At Louvain
Chapter 58 Of Course They Will Pay
Chapter 59 The Consequences of an Advertisement
Chapter 60 On the Eve of a Change
Chapter 61 The Last Discovery
Chapter 62 The Board of Directors
Chapter 63 A Refuge
Chapter 64 The Invincibles
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