The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. 1
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Lever Charles James. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. 1
CHAPTER I. A FIRESIDE GROUP
CHAPTER II. A TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III. GWYNNE ABBEY
CHAPTER IV. THE DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER V. AN AFTER-DINNER STORY
CHAPTER VI. A MESSAGE
CHAPTER VII. A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER VIII. THE “HEAD” OF A FAMILY
CHAPTER IX. “DALY’S.”
CHAPTER X. AN INTRIGUE DETECTED
CHAPTER XI. THE KNIGHT AND HIS AGENT
CHAPTER XII. A FIRST VISIT
CHAPTER XIII. A TREATY REJECTED
CHAPTER XIV. “THE MECHANISM OP CORRUPTION”
CHAPTER XV. THE KNIGHT’S NOTIONS OF FINANCE
CHAPTER XVI. A HURRIED VISIT
CHAPTER XVII. BAGENAL DALY’S JOURNEY TO DUBLIN
CHAPTER XVIII. LORD CASTLEREAGH’S DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER XIX. A DAY OF EXCITEMENT
CHAPTER XX. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE
CHAPTER XXI. TWO OF A TRADE
CHAPTER XXII. “A WARNING” AND “A PARTING.”
CHAPTER XXIII. SOME SAD REVELATIONS
CHAPTER XXIV. A GLANCE AT “THE FULL MOON.”
CHAPTER XXV. BAGENAL DALY’S COUNSELS
CHAPTER XXVI. “THE CORVY.”
CHAPTER XXVII. THE KNIGHT’S RETURN
CHAPTER XXVIIII. THE HUNT-BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXIX. THE HUNT
CHAPTER XXX. BAGENAL DALY’S VISITORS
CHAPTER XXXI. “A LEAVE-TAKING.”
CHAPTER XXXII. “SAD DISCLOSURES.”
CHAPTER XXXIII. TATE SULLIVAN’S FAREWELL
CHAPTER XXXIV. A GLANCE AT PUBLIC OPINION IN THE YEAR 1800
CHAPTER XXXV. BAGENAL DALY’S RETURN
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE LAW AND ITS CHANCES
CHAPTER XXXVII. A SCENE OF HOME
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It was exactly forty-five years ago that a group, consisting of three persons, drew their chairs around the fire of a handsome dinner-room in Merrion Square, Dublin. The brilliantly lighted apartment, the table still cumbered with decanters and dessert, and the sideboard resplendent with a gorgeous service of plate, showed that the preparations had been made for a much larger party, the last of whom had just taken his departure.
Of the three who now drew near the cheerful blaze, more intent, as it seemed, on confidential intercourse than the pleasures of the table, he who occupied the centre was a tall and singularly handsome man, of some six or seven-and-twenty years of age. His features, perfectly classical in their regularity, conveyed the impression of one of a cold and haughty temperament, unmoved by sudden impulse, but animated by a spirit daringly ambitious. His dress was in the height of the then mode, and he wore it with the air of a man of fashion and elegance.
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“Yes; and the best fellow in the regiment,” broke in Forester. “In every quality of a high-spirited gentleman, Lionel Darcy has no superior.”
“The better deserving of rapid promotion,” said his Lordship, smiling significantly.
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