Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life

Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life
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Ainsworth William Harrison. Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life

PROLOGUE. 1599

BOOK THE FIRST. EBBA

CHAPTER I. THE RUINED HOUSE IN THE VAUXHALL ROAD

CHAPTER II. THE DOG-FANCIER

CHAPTER III. THE HAND AND THE CLOAK

CHAPTER IV. THE IRON-MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER V. THE MEETING NEAR THE STATUE

CHAPTER VI. THE CHARLES THE SECOND SPANIEL

CHAPTER VII. THE HAND AGAIN!

CHAPTER VIII. THE BARBER OF LONDON

CHAPTER IX. THE MOON IN THE FIRST QUARTER

CHAPTER X. THE STATUE AT CHARING CROSS

CHAPTER XI. PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER XII. THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERY

INTERMEAN. 1800

CHAPTER I. THE TOMB OF THE ROSICRUCIAN

CHAPTER II. THE COMPACT

CHAPTER III. IRRESOLUTION

CHAPTER IV. EDITH TALBOT

CHAPTER V. THE SEVENTH NIGHT

BOOK THE SECOND. CYPRIAN ROUGEMONT

CHAPTER I. THE CELL

CHAPTER II. THE ENCHANTED CHAIRS

CHAPTER III. GERARD PASTON

CHAPTER IV. THE PIT

CHAPTER V. NEW PERPLEXITIES

CHAPTER VI. DOCTOR LAMB AGAIN

THE OLD LONDON MERCHANT. A SKETCH

A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE IN ROME

CHAPTER I. SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE

CHAPTER II. THE MARCHESA

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Late one night, in the spring of 1830, two men issued from a low, obscurely situated public-house, near Millbank, and shaped their course apparently in the direction of Vauxhall Bridge. Avoiding the footpath near the river, they moved stealthily along the farther side of the road, where the open ground offered them an easy means of flight, in case such a course should be found expedient. So far as it could be discerned by the glimpses of the moon, which occasionally shone forth from a rack of heavy clouds, the appearance of these personages was not much in their favour. Haggard features, stamped deeply with the characters of crime and debauchery; fierce, restless eyes; beards of several days' growth; wild, unkempt heads of hair, formed their chief personal characteristics; while sordid and ragged clothes, shoes without soles, and old hats without crowns, constituted the sum of their apparel.

One of them was tall and gaunt, with large hands and feet; but despite his meagreness, he evidently possessed great strength: the other was considerably shorter, but broad-shouldered, bow-legged, long-armed, and altogether a most formidable ruffian. This fellow had high cheek-bones, a long aquiline nose, and a coarse mouth and chin, in which the animal greatly predominated. He had a stubby red beard, with sandy hair, white brows and eyelashes. The countenance of the other was dark and repulsive, and covered with blotches, the result of habitual intemperance. His eyes had a leering and malignant look. A handkerchief spotted with blood, and tied across his brow, contrasted strongly with his matted black hair, and increased his natural appearance of ferocity. The shorter ruffian carried a mallet upon his shoulder, and his companion concealed something beneath the breast of his coat, which afterwards proved to be a dark lantern.

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"They must relate to his granddad, then," said the Sandman; "it's impossible they can refer to him."

"But I tell 'ee they do refer to him," said the Tinker, somewhat angrily, at having his assertion denied; "at least, if his own word's to be taken. Anyhow, these papers is waluable to us. If no one else believes in 'em, it's clear he believes in 'em hisself, and will be glad to buy 'em from us."

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