Johnny Ludlow, Second Series

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Henry Wood. Johnny Ludlow, Second Series

I. LOST IN THE POST

II. A LIFE OF TROUBLE

III. HESTER REED’S PILLS

IV. ABEL CREW

V. ROBERT ASHTON’S WEDDING-DAY

VI. HARDLY WORTH TELLING

VII. CHARLES VAN RHEYN

VIII. MRS. TODHETLEY’S EARRINGS

IX. A TALE OF SIN

Part the First

Part the Second

Part the Third

Part the Fourth

X. A DAY OF PLEASURE

XI. THE FINAL ENDING TO IT

XII. MARGARET RYMER

XIII. THE OTHER EARRING

XIV. ANNE.2

Part the First

Part the Second

Part the Third

XV. THE KEY OF THE CHURCH

XVI. THE SYLLABUB FEAST

XVII. SEEN IN THE MOONLIGHT

XVIII. ROSE LODGE

XIX. LEE, THE LETTER-MAN

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Mrs. Todhetley says that you may sometimes read a person’s fate in their eyes. I don’t know whether it’s true. She holds to it that when the eyes have a sad, mournful expression naturally, their owner is sure to have a life of sorrow. Of course such instances may be found: and Thomas Rymer’s was one of them.

You can look back and read what was said of him: “A thin, delicate-faced man, with a rather sad expression and mild brown eyes.” The sad expression was in the eyes: that was certain: thoughtful, dreamy, and would have been painfully sad but for its sweetness. But it is not given to every one to discern this inward sadness in the look of another.

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“Well, sir, I don’t go as far as that. The man told Jelf that one of the stolen notes was given to young Rymer to pass, and he was to have a pound for himself if he succeeded in doing it.”

The Squire would hardly let him finish.

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