The Hillyars and the Burtons
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Henry Kingsley. The Hillyars and the Burtons
The Hillyars and the Burtons
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Mr. Secretary Oxton Thinks Gerty Neville Little Better than a Fool
Chapter II. James Burton's Story: shows the Disgraceful Lowness of his Origin
Chapter III. James Burton's Story: Cousin Reuben
Chapter IV. The Colonial Secretary Sees Snakes and Other Vermin
Chapter V. James Burtons Story: The Ghosts Room is Invaded, and James puts his Foot Through the Floor
Chapter VI. James Burton's Story: The Preliminaries to the Momentous Expedition to Stanlake
Chapter VII. The Battle of Barker's Gap
Chapter VIII. James Burton's Story: The Immediate Results of the Expedition to Stanlake
Chapter IX. Sir George Hillyar
Chapter X. Erne Makes his Escape from the Brazen Tower
Chapter XI. The Secretary Sees Nothing for it But to Submit
Chapter XII. Disposes of Samuel Burton for a Time
Chapter XIII. James Burton's Story: The Golden Thread Begins to Run off the Reel
Chapter XIV. The Gleam of the Autumn Sunset
Chapter XV. In Which the Snake Creeps out of the Grass
Chapter XVI. James Burton's Story: Erne and Emma
Chapter XVII. Erne and Reuben
Chapter XVIII. James Burton's Story: Reuben and Sir George Hillyar
Chapter XIX. Samuel Burton goes into the Licensed Victualling Line
Chapter XX. James Burton's Story: Reuben Entertains Mysterious and Unsatisfactory Company
Chapter XXI. Gerty Goes on the War-Trail
Chapter XXII. James Burton's Story: Very Low Company
Chapter XXIII. James Burton's Story: The Hillyars and the Burtons Among the Tombs
Chapter XXIV. Homeward Bound
Chapter XXV. Gerty's First Innings
Chapter XXVI. James Burton's Story: James and his Sister Fall Out
Chapter XXVII. James Burton's Story: The Ghost Shows a Light for the First Time
Chapter XXVIII. Affairs at Stanlake
Chapter XXIX. James Burton's Story: The Beginning of the Bad Times
Chapter XXX. James Burton's Story: In Which Two Great Pieces of Good Fortune Befall us,--one Visible, The Other Invisible
Chapter XXXI. George Begins to Take A New Interest in Beuben
Chapter XXXII. Gerty's Hybernation Terminates
Chapter XXXIII. J. Burton's Story: the Ghost Shows A Light for the Second Time
Chapter XXXIV. Sir George's Escritoire
Chapter XXXV. James Burton's Story: Miss Brown's Troubles Come to an End, While Mr. Erne Hillyar's Fairly Commence
Chapter XXXVI. Le Roi Est Mort,--vive Le Roi
Chapter XXXVII. James Burton's Story: Erne's Nurse
Chapter XXXVIII. Sir George Hillyar Is Witness for Character
Chapter XXXIX. Uncle Bob Surprises Erne
Chapter XL. The Last of the Church-Yard
Chapter XLI. Emma's Work Begins to be Cut out for Her
Chapter XLII. Emma Astonishes A Good Many People: The Members of Her Family in Particular
Chapter XLIII. Emma Gives the Key to the Landlord
Chapter XLIV. James Burton's Story: Our Voyage, with a Long Description of Some Queer Fish that we Saw
Chapter XLV. Gerty in Society
Chapter XLVI. The letter, Which was not From Mrs. Nalder
Chapter XLVII. Sir George Hillyar Starts on his Adventure
Chapter XLVIII. James Burton's Story: The Forge is Lit up Once More
Chapter XLIX. In which Two bad Pennies Come Back
Chapter L. Trevittick's Latent Madness Begins to Appear
Chapter LI. Changes in the Romilly Home
Chapter LII. Feeds the Boar at the Old Frank?
Chapter LIII. James Burton's Story: The Clayton Ménage
Chapter LIV. Emma's Visit
Chapter LV. The Land Sale
Chapter LVI. The Burnt Hut Company
Chapter LVII. The Last of the Forge
Chapter LVIII. Erne Goes on his Adventures
Chapter LIX. James Oxton Goes Out, and Widow North Comes in
Chapter LX. Too Late! Too Late!
Chapter LXI. Husband and Wife
Chapter LXII. Gerty's Anabasis
Chapter LXIII. Samuel Burton Gets A Fright
Chapter LXIV. Samuel Burton's Resolution
Chapter LXV. Ex-Secretary Oxton Gets A Lesson
Chapter LXVI. Something To Do
Chapter LXVII. The Backstairs History of Two Great Coalitions
Chapter LXVIII. Samuel Burton Makes His Last Visit to Stanlake
Chapter LXIX. Sir George and Samuel Close their
Chapter LXX. Reuben's Temptation
Chapter LXXI. James Burton's Story
Chapter LXXII. The Omeo Disaster
Chapter LXXIII. The Midnight Meeting
Chapter LXXIV. The Sky Brightening
Chapter LXXV. Emma's Angelic Ministrations
Chapter LXXVI. James Burton's Story: Captain Arkwright Goes Back Once More
Chapter LXXVII. The Cyclone
Chapter LXXVIII. James Burton's Story: No Answer
Chapter LXXIX. Conclusion
THE END
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Henry Kingsley
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Now, Aggy! Now, who was right? Was not I wiser than you, my sister? My noble hero! Two to one, Agnes, and he is so calm and modest about it. Why, James and you were blind. Did not I see what he was; am I a fool?"
Mrs. Oxton was very much inclined to think she was. She was puzzled by this undoubted act of valor on George Hillyar's part. She had very good sense of her own, and the most profound belief in one of the cleverest men in the world,--her husband. Her husband's distrust of the man had reacted on her; so, in the midst of Gerty's wild enthusiasm, she could only hope that things would go right, though she tried to be enthusiastic for Gerty's sake.
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