This Man's Wife
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Fenn George Manville. This Man's Wife
Volume One – Chapter One. The New Curate – Christie Bayle’s Mistake
Volume One – Chapter Two. Some Introductions and a Little Music
Volume One – Chapter Three. A Little Business of the Bank
Volume One – Chapter Four. Drawing a Dog’s Teeth
Volume One – Chapter Five. A Little Bit of News
Volume One – Chapter Six. Sir Gordon is Troubled with Doubts
Volume One – Chapter Seven. A Terrible Mistake
Volume One – Chapter Eight. Crossed in Love
Volume One – Chapter Nine. The Scales Fall from Sir Gordon’s Eyes
Volume One – Chapter Ten. Thisbe Gives Her Experience
Volume One – Chapter Eleven. Another Evening at the Doctor’s
Volume One – Chapter Twelve. James Thickens is Mysterious
Volume One – Chapter Thirteen. Mr Hallam has a Visitor
Volume One – Chapter Fourteen. Like Gathering Clouds
Volume Two – Chapter One. The Thorny Way – Millicent Hallam’s Home
Volume Two – Chapter Two. Miss Heathery’s Offering
Volume Two – Chapter Three. James Thickens Takes Tea
Volume Two – Chapter Four. Dr Luttrell’s Troubles
Volume Two – Chapter Five. Sir Gordon Bourne Asks Questions
Volume Two – Chapter Six. James Thickens Makes a Communication
Volume Two – Chapter Seven. Christie Bayle Changes his Mind
Volume Two – Chapter Eight. Brought to Book
Volume Two – Chapter Nine. A Few Words on Love
Volume Two – Chapter Ten. Husband and Wife
Volume Two – Chapter Eleven. Getting Near the Edge
Volume Two – Chapter Twelve. Robert Hallam Wants Fresh Air
Volume Two – Chapter Thirteen. A Human Storm
Volume Two – Chapter Fourteen. Writhing in her Agony
Volume Two – Chapter Fifteen. A Critical Time
Volume Two – Chapter Sixteen. In misery’s depths
Volume Two – Chapter Seventeen. Mr Gemp is Curious
Volume Two – Chapter Eighteen. A Painful Meeting
Volume Two – Chapter Nineteen. The Verdict
Volume Three – Chapter One. After Twelve Years – Back from a Voyage
Volume Three – Chapter Two. A Peep behind the Clouds
Volume Three – Chapter Three. By the Fire’s Glow
Volume Three – Chapter Four. The Dreaded Message
Volume Three – Chapter Five. The Wife Speaks
Volume Three – Chapter Six. In Her Service
Volume Three – Chapter Seven. The Old Home
Volume Three – Chapter Eight. Julia Seems Strange
Volume Three – Chapter Nine. The Strange Quest
Volume Three – Chapter Ten. Kindly Acts
Volume Three – Chapter Eleven. Millicent Hallam Learns a Little more of the Truth
Volume Three – Chapter Twelve. Over the Sea
Volume Three – Chapter Thirteen. New Faces – New Friends
Volume Three – Chapter Fourteen. Lady Eaton’s Son
Volume Three – Chapter Fifteen. Sir Gordon Gets out of Temper
Volume Three – Chapter Sixteen. A Sore Place
Volume Three – Chapter Seventeen. Communing with Self
Volume Three – Chapter Eighteen “At Last!”
Volume Three – Chapter Nineteen. A Strange Encounter
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty. In the Convict Barracks
Volume Four – Chapter One. In the New Land – The Situation
Volume Four – Chapter Two. Mrs Hallam’s Servant
Volume Four – Chapter Three. Our Julia’s Lover
Volume Four – Chapter Four. Stephen Crellock is Communicative
Volume Four – Chapter Five “You are my Wife.”
Volume Four – Chapter Six. The Shadow across the Path
Volume Four – Chapter Seven “To the Better Way.”
Volume Four – Chapter Eight. A Convict Rising
Volume Four – Chapter Nine. Lieutenant Eaton is in the Way
Volume Four – Chapter Ten. In the Night
Volume Four – Chapter Eleven. The Doctor Gives Way
Volume Four – Chapter Twelve. Mrs Otway on Love
Volume Four – Chapter Thirteen. In the Toils
Volume Four – Chapter Fourteen. For Julie
Volume Four – Chapter Fifteen. Crellock on Guard
Volume Four – Chapter Sixteen. The Flight
Volume Four – Chapter Seventeen. In Sanctuary
Volume Four – Chapter Eighteen. The Blow Falls
Volume Four – Chapter Nineteen. The Good that was in him
Volume Four – Chapter Twenty. Overheard
Volume Four – Chapter Twenty One. Rest
Volume Four – Chapter Twenty Two. The Doctor’s Garden
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The reception had been so simple and homely, that, once having secured his coat and donned it, the doctor’s volunteer assistant felt more at his ease. His disposition to retreat passed off, and, in despite of all refusal, he was almost compelled to enter the house, Mrs Luttrell taking possession of him to chat rather volubly about King’s Castor and the old vicar, while from time to time a few words passed with Millicent, at whom the visitor gazed almost in wonder.
She was so different from the provincial young lady he had set up in his own mind as a type. Calm, almost grave in its aspect, her face was remarkable for its sweet, self-contained look of intelligence, and the new curate had not been many minutes in her society before he was aware that he was conversing with a woman as highly cultivated as she was beautiful.
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“Yes, I’m very fond of that duet,” said Millicent. “Excuse me, Sir Gordon, here’s Miss Heathery.”
She crossed to the door to welcome a lady in a very tight evening dress of cream satin – tight, that is, in the body – and pinched in by a broad sash at the waist, but the sleeves were like two cream-coloured spheres, whose open mouths hung down as if trying to swallow the long crinkly gloves that the wearer kept drawing above her pointed elbows, and which then slipped down.
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