Boothby Guy. In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas
INTRODUCTION. IN WHICH IS SET FORTH HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE WRITTEN
PART I
CHAPTER I. SHOWING WHERE THE MONEY REALLY CAME FROM
CHAPTER II. A STRANGE NIGHT
CHAPTER III. A STRANGER DAY
CHAPTER IV. THE ALBINO IS DISAPPOINTED
CHAPTER V. THE ESCAPE FROM CHILI
CHAPTER VI. THE 'ISLAND QUEEN.'
CHAPTER VII. THE MAN'S DEATH
PART II
CHAPTER I. JOHN RAMSAY TAKES UP THE TALE
CHAPTER II. A CHEQUERED CAREER
CHAPTER III. SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
CHAPTER IV. RAMSAY BECOMES A SHIP-OWNER
CHAPTER V. A CURIOUS QUEST
CHAPTER VI. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
CHAPTER VII. BATAVIA – A STRANGE MEETING
PART III
CHAPTER I. RAMSAY IS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
CHAPTER II. GAOL-BREAKING EXTRAORDINARY
CHAPTER III. THE ISLAND
CHAPTER IV. RESCUED
CHAPTER V. RAMSAY MEETS OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION
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So far we have seen, that shifty Marmaduke Plowden, in Chili known as Marcos Veneda, despatched to the care of his uncle, Sir Benjamin Plowden, of the East India Avenue, London, £200,000 in English gold, with the request that that gentleman would keep it for him until he could come home to look after it himself.
Now, to properly understand our story, we must hark back to the very beginning of things, and endeavour to discover where such an enormous fortune came from in the first instance; for the statement of its owner that he derived it from his silver mines and Hacienda properties is not worthy of a moment's credence. There is only one person who can elucidate the mystery for us, and his extraordinary adventures we must now proceed to consider.
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"And how much do you say it will amount to? Remember the old man's had a good slice out of it himself."
"Lord grant me patience! How many more questions do you want to ask? Why, as near as we can fix it, Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Pounds; isn't it enough for you?"
