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The Prologue 5

Word Count: 1237    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

er godfather court

ou to my house. My clerk will do what is necessary at the hotel. You don't look

ittle startled, on discovering that he was in consultation with the police. "I remember that we are in Ireland," sh

inspire sentiments of alarm - not unmingled with admiration - in the mind of his insensible goddaughter, by exhibiting himself as a public character threatened by a conspiracy, was more than the banker's vanity could

without being influenced by his own point of view. On the first occasion when he mentioned Arth

Mr. Arthur

we were both children. He is as dear to me as if he wa

could only write to him, and she did write to him, by that day's post - having reasons of her own for anxiety, which forbade her to show her letter to Dennis. Well aware of the devoted friendship which united Lord Harry and Arthur Mountjoy - and bea

, during the interval that elapsed before it would be possible to receive Arthur's reply. The day arrived - and the post brought no relief to her anxieties. The next day passed without a letter. On the morning

ng the letter to Iris. "Does t

he lines t

by daylight. My one hope of safety is in darkness. Meet me at the first milestone, on the road to Garva

an to go?"

"My dear child, do pray try to think before you s

man prisoner

tain

olice in another room. Iris dropped into the nearest chair. The tur

, composed and smiling. The course of proceedin

password. He was to be followed by two of his men who would wait in concealment, within hearing of his whistle, if their services were required.

awed Irish lord - the man whom she was forbidden, and rightly forbidden, to marry - as she loved him at that moment. Let the risk be what it might, this resolute woman had determined that the S

scended the stairs to her godfather's dressing-room. Opening his wardrobe, she discovered in one part of it a large Spanish cloak, and,

own, she went out, and asked her way to Garvan of the first respectable stranger whom she met in the street. Her object was to walk as far as the first milestone, in

to wait patiently at home. He went away to the police-office, eager

. At nine the servants assembled at the supper-table. They wer

isguise as the clock struck nine. She left the house without a living creature to notice her, indoors or out. Clouds wer

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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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