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Charles Reade Reade. A Perilous Secret
A Perilous Secret
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE POOR MAN'S CHILD. CHAPTER II. THE RICH MAN'S CHILD. CHAPTER III. THE TWO FATHERS. CHAPTER IV. AN OLD SERVANT. CHAPTER V. MARY'S PERIL. CHAPTER VI. SHARP PRACTICE. CHAPTER VII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. CHAPTER VIII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. CHAPTER IX. LOVERS PARTED. CHAPTER X. THE GORDIAN KNOT. CHAPTER XI. THE KNOT CUT.—ANOTHER TIED. CHAPTER XII. THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. CHAPTER XIII. THE SERPENT LET LOOSE. CHAPTER XIV. THE SERPENT. CHAPTER XV. THE SECRET IN DANGER. CHAPTER XVI. REMINISCENCES.—THE FALSE ACCUSER.—THE SECRET EXPLODED. CHAPTER XVII. LOVERS' QUARRELS. CHAPTER XVIII. APOLOGIES. CHAPTER XIX. A WOMAN OUTWITS TWO MEN. CHAPTER XX. CALAMITY. CHAPTER XXI. BURIED ALIVE. CHAPTER XXII. REMORSE. CHAPTER XXIII. BURIED ALIVE.—THE THREE DEADLY PERILS. CHAPTER XXIV. STRANGE COMPLICATIONS. CHAPTER XXV. RETRIBUTION. CHAPTER XXVI. STRANGE TURNS. CHAPTER XXVII. CURTAIN. A PERILOUS SECRET
"Stay," said he, "and let me think." The truth is, a daring idea had just flashed through that brain of his; and he wanted to think it out. He walked to and fro in silent agitation, and his face was as a book in which you may read strange matter. At last he made up his mind, but the matter was one he did not dare to approach too bluntly, so he went about a little.
"Stay—you don't know all my misfortunes. I am ambitious—like you. I believe in science and knowledge—like you. And, if my child had lived, you should have been my adviser and my right hand: I want such a man as you."
