Mad: A Story of Dust and Ashes
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Fenn George Manville. Mad: A Story of Dust and Ashes
Volume One – Chapter One. The Thin End of the Wedge
Volume One – Chapter Two. Sep’s Complaint
Volume One – Chapter Three. Further Introductions
Volume One – Chapter Four. With the Dragon’s Teeth
Volume One – Chapter Five. A Pair of Shoes
Volume One – Chapter Six. The Sorrows of Septimus Hardon
Volume One – Chapter Seven. The Doctor and his Dame
Volume One – Chapter Eight. Mr Pawley’s Performance
Volume One – Chapter Nine. Old Matt on Manners
Volume One – Chapter Ten. Brotherly Love
Volume One – Chapter Eleven. Hard Times
Volume One – Chapter Twelve. Friends from Town
Volume One – Chapter Thirteen. At the County Arms
Volume One – Chapter Fourteen. Matt Makes a Discovery
Volume One – Chapter Fifteen. Another Visitor from Town
Volume One – Chapter Sixteen. Seeking Hospitality
Volume One – Chapter Seventeen “Nothing like Leather.”
Volume Two – Chapter One. Home
Volume Two – Chapter Two. Meetings
Volume Two – Chapter Three. Another Funeral
Volume Two – Chapter Four. After a Lapse
Volume Two – Chapter Five. Homes in London
Volume Two – Chapter Six. Shades
Volume Two – Chapter Seven. With Mrs Jarker
Volume Two – Chapter Eight. Documentary Evidence
Volume Two – Chapter Nine. The Curate at Home
Volume Two – Chapter Ten. On the Search
Volume Two – Chapter Eleven. Lucy’s Best
Volume Two – Chapter Twelve. In Hospital
Volume Two – Chapter Thirteen. Mr Jarker is “A Bit Odd.”
Volume Two – Chapter Fourteen. Sick Man’s Fancies
Volume Two – Chapter Fifteen. The Common Lot Again
Volume Two – Chapter Sixteen. A Battle: Science Wins
Volume Three – Chapter One. The Breaking of a Barrier
Volume Three – Chapter Two. Snuff
Volume Three – Chapter Three. Mr Jarker’s Traits
Volume Three – Chapter Four. Lucy’s Trouble
Volume Three – Chapter Five. Matt’s Discovery
Volume Three – Chapter Six. Weakness and Strength
Volume Three – Chapter Seven. A Meeting and its Result
Volume Three – Chapter Eight. Waste-Paper
Volume Three – Chapter Nine. By Night
Volume Three – Chapter Ten. By Day
Volume Three – Chapter Eleven. Mr Jarker is Wanted
Volume Three – Chapter Twelve. What Ma Mère Knew
Volume Three – Chapter Thirteen. Peace
Volume Three – Chapter Fourteen. In the Rat’s Hole
Volume Three – Chapter Fifteen. Taken
Volume Three – Chapter Sixteen. Worn Out
Volume Three – Chapter Seventeen “My Solicitors, Sir!”
Volume Three – Chapter Eighteen. The Lake Uncaged
Volume Three – Chapter Nineteen. Mad
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Octavius Hardon’s book was at a standstill, and the world still in the thick darkness of ignorance as regarded political reform upon his basis, for Septimus Hardon was ill, sick almost unto death. He had slowly grown listless and dull, careless of everything, daily becoming weaker, until, apparently without ailment, he had taken to his bed, over which his uncle, Doctor Hardon; his assistant, Mr Reston, a handsome, cynical-looking man, and the rival practitioner of the town, had all concurred in shaking their heads and declaring that nothing could be done, since Septimus Hardon was suffering from the effects of an internal malformation.
They were quite right; the poor fellow had too much heart; and though the wise of this earth declare that people do not die of or for love, yet most assuredly Septimus Hardon would slowly have faded from his place among men, and before many months had passed over his head gone where there is rest.
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“God bless you for that, Agnes!” cried Septimus passionately, as he caught her in his arms, and kissed her affectionately.
“Yes, poor Mrs Grey,” sneered the old man, looking savagely at the pair before him. “But there, let him go; and mind you, or you won’t have what I’ve got. But there, you will, and your sisters will have something to fleer and jeer at then, and your father will purr in my face, and spit and swear behind my back. Bah! a cursed tom-cat humbug!”
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