Verner's Pride
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Henry Wood. Verner's Pride
CHAPTER I. RACHEL FROST
CHAPTER II. THE WILLOW POND
CHAPTER III. THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME
CHAPTER IV. THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE
CHAPTER VI. DINAH ROY'S "GHOST."
CHAPTER VII. THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST
CHAPTER VIII. ROBIN'S VOW
CHAPTER IX. MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT
CHAPTER X. LADY VERNER
CHAPTER XI. LUCY TEMPEST
CHAPTER XII. DR. WEST'S HOME
CHAPTER XIII. A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE
CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XV. A TROUBLED MIND
CHAPTER XVI. AN ALTERED WILL
CHAPTER XVII. DISAPPEARED
CHAPTER XVIII. PERPLEXITY
CHAPTER XIX. THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER
CHAPTER XX. DRY WORK
CHAPTER XXI. A WHISPERED SUSPICION
CHAPTER XXII. PECKABY'S SHOP
CHAPTER XXIII. DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL
CHAPTER XXVI. THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER
CHAPTER XXVII. DR. WEST'S SANCTUM
CHAPTER XXVIII. MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT
CHAPTER XXIX. AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY
CHAPTER XXX. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER XXXI. ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE
CHAPTER XXXII "IT'S APPLEPLEXY."
CHAPTER XXXIII. JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD
CHAPTER XXXIV. IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER XXXV. BACK AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXVI. A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM
CHAPTER XXXVII. NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE MISSES WEST EN PAPILLOTES
CHAPTER XXXIX. BROTHER JARRUM
CHAPTER XL. A VISIT OF CEREMONY
CHAPTER XLI. A SPECIAL VISION TOUCHING MRS. PECKABY
CHAPTER XLII. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. TYNN
CHAPTER XLIII. LIONEL'S PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
CHAPTER XLIV. FARMER BLOW'S WHITE-TAILED PONY
CHAPTER XLV. STIFLED WITH DISHONOUR
CHAPTER XLVI. SHADOWED-FORTH EMBARRASSMENT
CHAPTER XLVII. THE YEW-TREE ON THE LAWN
CHAPTER XLVIII. MR. DAN DUFF IN CONVULSIONS
CHAPTER XLIX "I SEE'D A DEAD MAN!"
CHAPTER L. MR. AND MRS. VERNER
CHAPTER LI. COMMOTION IN DEERHAM
CHAPTER LII. MATTHEW FROST'S NIGHT ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER LIII. MASTER CHEESE'S FRIGHT—OTHER FRIGHTS
CHAPTER LIV. MRS. DUFF'S BILL
CHAPTER LV. SELF WILL
CHAPTER LVI. A LIFE HOVERING IN THE BALANCE
CHAPTER LVII. A WALK IN THE RAIN
CHAPTER LVIII. THE THUNDER-STORM
CHAPTER LIX. A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER
CHAPTER LX. MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF
CHAPTER LXI. MEETING THE NEWS
CHAPTER LXII. TYNN PUMPED DRY
CHAPTER LXIII. LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST
CHAPTER LXIV. ENDURANCE
CHAPTER LXV. CAPTAIN CANNONBY
CHAPTER LXVI "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!"
CHAPTER LXVII. DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST
CHAPTER LXVIII. A THREAT TO JAN
CHAPTER LXIX. NO HOME
CHAPTER LXX. TURNING OUT
CHAPTER LXXI. UNPREMEDITATED WORDS
CHAPTER LXXII. JAN'S SAVINGS
CHAPTER LXXIII. A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER LXXIV. GOING TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY
CHAPTER LXXV. AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S
CHAPTER LXXVI. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL
CHAPTER LXXVII. AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S
CHAPTER LXXVIII. AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD
CHAPTER LXXIX. A SIN AND A SHAME
CHAPTER LXXX. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY
CHAPTER LXXXI. A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE
CHAPTER LXXXII. TRYING ON WREATHS
CHAPTER LXXXIII. WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT
CHAPTER LXXXIV. GOING TO THE BALL
CHAPTER LXXXV. DECIMA'S ROMANCE
CHAPTER LXXXVI. WAS IT A SPECTRE?
CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE LAMP BURNS OUT AT LAST
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. ACHING HEARTS
CHAPTER LXXXIX. MASTER CHEESE BLOWN UP
CHAPTER XC. LIGHT THROWN ON OBSCURITY
CHAPTER XCI. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE GRATIS, INCLUDING PHYSIC
CHAPTER XCII. AT LAST!
CHAPTER XCIII. LADY VERNER'S "FEAR."
CHAPTER XCIV. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JAN!
CHAPTER XCV. SUNDRY ARRIVALS
Отрывок из книги
Before the sun had well set, the family at Verner's Pride were assembling for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Verner, and John Massingbird: neither Lionel Verner nor Frederick Massingbird was present. The usual custom appeared somewhat reversed on this evening: while roving John would be just as likely to absent himself from dinner as not, his brother and Lionel Verner nearly always appeared at it. Mr. Verner looked surprised.
"Where are they?" he cried, as he waited to say grace.
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Rachel laughed. Her conscience told her that she enjoyed a joke at Luke's undersize. She took a shower of kisses from the little girl, put her down, and rose.
"I must go," she said. "Mrs. Verner may be calling for me."
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