Great Porter Square: A Mystery. Volume 2

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Farjeon Benjamin Leopold. Great Porter Square: A Mystery. Volume 2

CHAPTER XX. THE “EVENING MOON” CONCLUDES ITS NARRATIVE, AND AFFORDS A FURTHER INSIGHT INTO THE CHILD-LIKE AND VOLATILE CHARACTER OF LYDIA HOLDFAST

CHAPTER XXI. RICHARD MANX MAKES LOVE TO “SWEET BECKY.”

CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH BECKY GIVES WAY TO HER FEELINGS, AND RENEWS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE

CHAPTER XXIII “JUSTICE” SENDS A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE “EVENING MOON.”

CHAPTER XXIV. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT

CHAPTER XXV. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXVI. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXVII. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXVIII. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXIX. FREDERICK HOLDFAST’S STATEMENT (CONCLUDED)

CHAPTER XXX. BECKY’S REPLY TO HER LOVER’S STATEMENT

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ON the morning following the publication of the Supplement to the Evening Moon, Becky had occasion to observe that her mistress, Mrs. Preedy, was earnestly engaged in the perusal of a newspaper. A great deal of house-work had to be done on this morning; there was a general “cleaning-up;” floors and stairs to be scrubbed, chairs and tables to be polished, and looking-glasses and windows to be cleaned; and as the greater portion of this work fell to Becky’s share, she was kept busily employed until the afternoon. She was, therefore, in ignorance of the publication of the statement in the Evening Moon, and her curiosity was but languidly aroused by Mrs. Preedy’s pre-occupation, until, by mere chance, she caught sight of the heading, “The Murder in Great Porter Square.” She turned hot and cold, and her pulses quickened.

“Is that something fresh about the murder next door?” she ventured to ask.

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“Lydia Holdfast.

“Frederick Holdfast.”

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