Mr. Witt's Widow: A Frivolous Tale
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Hope Anthony. Mr. Witt's Widow: A Frivolous Tale
CHAPTER I. HOW GEORGE NESTON JUMPED
CHAPTER II. WHY GEORGE NESTON JUMPED
CHAPTER III “WHAT ARE QUARTER-SESSIONS?”
CHAPTER IV. A SERPENT IN EDEN
CHAPTER V. THE FIRST PARAGRAPH – AND OTHERS
CHAPTER VI. A SUCCESSFUL ORDEAL
CHAPTER VII. AN IMPOSSIBLE BARGAIN
CHAPTER VIII. THE FRACAS AT MRS. POCKLINGTON’S
CHAPTER IX. GERALD NESTON SATISFIES HIMSELF
CHAPTER X. REMINISCENCES OF A NOBLEMAN
CHAPTER XI. PRESENTING AN HONEST WOMAN
CHAPTER XII. NOT BEFORE THOSE GIRLS!
CHAPTER XIII. CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XIV. NEAERA’S LAST CARD
CHAPTER XV. A LETTER FOR MR. GERALD
CHAPTER XVI. THERE IS AN EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XVII. LAURA DIFFERS
CHAPTER XVIII. GEORGE NEARLY GOES TO BRIGHTON
CHAPTER XIX. SOME ONE TO SPEAK TO
CHAPTER XX. FATE’S INSTRUMENTS
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“How could I ever have forgotten?” said George, aloud, as he walked home. “I remember her now as if it was yesterday.”
The picture was now complete in his mind: the little, muggy court at Peckton; old Dawkins, his wig black with age, the rest of him brown with snuff; the fussy clerk; the prosecuting counsel, son to the same fussy clerk; he himself, thrusting his first guinea into his pocket with shaking hand and beating heart (nervous before old Daw! Imagine!); the fat, peaceful policeman; the female warder, in her black straw-bonnet trimmed with dark-blue ribbons; and last of all, in the dock, a young girl, in shabby, nay, greasy, black, with pale cheeks, disordered hair, and swollen eyelids, gazing in blank terror on the majesty of the law, strangely expressed in the Recorder’s ancient person. And, beyond all doubt or imagination of a doubt, the girl was Gerald’s bride, Neaera Witt.
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Gerald was pleased. He liked to see his taste endorsed with the approbation of his friends. “It’s about time old George, here, followed suit, isn’t it, Tommy? I’ve given him a lead.”
George’s attachment to Isabel Bourne was an accepted fact among his acquaintance. He never denied it: he did like her very much, and meant to marry her, if she would have him. And he did not really doubt that she would. If he had doubted, he would not have been so content to rest without an express assurance. As it was, there was no hurry. Let the practice grow a little more yet. He and Isabel understood one another, and, as soon as she was ready, he was ready. But long engagements were a nuisance to everybody. These were his feelings, and he considered himself, by virtue of them, to be in love with Isabel. There are many ways of being in love, and it would be a want of toleration to deny that George’s is one of them, although it is certainly very unlike some of the others.
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