Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan. The Tenants of Malory. Volume 3
CHAPTER I. A LARK
CHAPTER II. A NEW VOICE
CHAPTER III. CLEVE COMES
CHAPTER IV. LOVE'S REMORSE
CHAPTER V. MRS. MERVYN'S DREAM
CHAPTER VI. TOM HAS A "TALK" WITH THE ADMIRAL
CHAPTER VII. ARCADIAN RED BRICK, LILAC, AND LABURNUM
CHAPTER VIII. THE TRIUMVIRATE
CHAPTER IX. IN VERNEY HOUSE
CHAPTER X. A THUNDER-STORM
CHAPTER XI. THE PALE HORSE
CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH HIS FRIENDS VISIT THE SICK
CHAPTER XIII. MR. DINGWELL THINKS OF AN EXCURSION
CHAPTER XIV. A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XV. CLAY RECTORY BY MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER XVI. AN ALARM
CHAPTER XVII. A NEW LIGHT
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. DINGWELL AND MRS. MERVYN CONVERSE
CHAPTER XIX. THE GREEK MERCHANT SEES LORD VERNEY
CHAPTER XX. A BREAK-DOWN
CHAPTER XXI. MR. LARKIN'S TWO MOVES
CHAPTER XXII. CONCLUSION
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The ladies ascended, led by the maid with the candle, and closely followed by their own servant, and our friend Tom Sedley brought up the rear, tugging the box and the bag with him.
At the stair-head was a great gallery from which many doors opened. Tom Sedley halted close by the banister for orders, depositing his luggage beside him. The maid set the candle down upon a table, and opened one of these tall doors, through which he saw an angle of the apartment, a fire burning in the grate, and a pleasant splendour of candlelight; he saw that the floor was carpeted, and the windows curtained, and though there was disclosed but a corner of a large room, there were visible such pieces of furniture as indicated general comfort.
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"Out here," said Tom.
"Hish, man, quiet; don't you know there's sickness? Walk easy, can't you? please, consider."
