Checkmate
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Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan. Checkmate
CHAPTER I. MORTLAKE HALL
CHAPTER II. MARTHA TANSEY
CHAPTER III. MR. LONGCLUSE OPENS HIS HEART
CHAPTER IV. MONSIEUR LEBAS
CHAPTER V. A CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER VI. TO BED
CHAPTER VII. FAST FRIENDS
CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING A BOOT
CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME
CHAPTER X. THE ROYAL OAK
CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAM ARRIVES
CHAPTER XII. SIR REGINALD ARDEN
CHAPTER XIII. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XIV. MR. LONGCLUSE'S BOOT FINDS A TEMPORARY ASYLUM
CHAPTER XV. FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER XVI. A MIDNIGHT MEETING
CHAPTER XVII. MR. LONGCLUSE AT MORTLAKE HALL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PARTY IN THE DINING-ROOM
CHAPTER XIX. IN MRS. TANSEY'S ROOM
CHAPTER XX. MRS. TANSEY'S STORY
CHAPTER XXI. A WALK BY MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. MR. LONGCLUSE MAKES AN ODD CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MEETING
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. LONGCLUSE FOLLOWS A SHADOW
CHAPTER XXV. A TETE-A-TETE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE
CHAPTER XXVII. WINGED WORDS
CHAPTER XXVIII. STORIES ABOUT MR. LONGCLUSE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GARDEN PARTY
CHAPTER XXX. HE SEES HER
CHAPTER XXXI. ABOUT THE GROUNDS
CHAPTER XXXII. UNDER THE LIME-TREES
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DERBY
CHAPTER XXXIV. A SHARP COLLOQUY
CHAPTER XXXV. DINNER AT MORTLAKE
CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A LADY'S NOTE
CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT ALICE COULD SAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GENTLEMEN IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN FRIENDS
CHAPTER XL. AN INTERVIEW IN THE STUDY
CHAPTER XLI. VAN APPOINTS HIMSELF TO A DIPLOMATIC POST
CHAPTER XLII. DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XLIII. A LETTER AND A SUMMONS
CHAPTER XLIV. THE REASON OF ALICE'S NOTE
CHAPTER XLV. COLLISION
CHAPTER XLVI. AN UNKNOWN FRIEND
CHAPTER XLVII. BY THE RIVER
CHAPTER XLVIII. SUDDEN NEWS
CHAPTER XLIX. VOWS FOR THE FUTURE
CHAPTER L. UNCLE DAVID'S SUSPICIONS
CHAPTER LI. THE SILHOUETTE
CHAPTER LII. MR. LONGCLUSE EMPLOYED
CHAPTER LIII. THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL
CHAPTER LIV. AMONG THE TREES
CHAPTER LV. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A FRIEND
CHAPTER LVI. A HOPE EXPIRES
CHAPTER LVII. LEVI'S APOLOGUE
CHAPTER LVIII. THE BARON COMES TO TOWN
CHAPTER LIX. TWO OLD FRIENDS MEET AND PART
CHAPTER LX “SAUL.”
CHAPTER LXI. A WAKING DREAM
CHAPTER LXII. LOVE AND PLAY
CHAPTER LXIII. PLANS
CHAPTER LXIV. FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER
CHAPTER LXV. BEHIND THE ARRAS
CHAPTER LXVI. A BUBBLE BROKEN
CHAPTER LXVII. BOND AND DEED
CHAPTER LXVIII. SIR RICHARD'S RESOLUTION
CHAPTER LXIX. THE MEETING
CHAPTER LXX. MR. LONGCLUSE PROPOSES
CHAPTER LXXI. NIGHT
CHAPTER LXXII. MEASURES
CHAPTER LXXIII. AT THE BAR OF THE “GUY OF WARWICK.”
CHAPTER LXXIV. A LETTER
CHAPTER LXXV. BLIGHT AND CHANGE
CHAPTER LXXVI. PHŒBE CHIFFINCH
CHAPTER LXXVII. MORE NEWS OF PAUL DAVIES
CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE CATACOMBS
CHAPTER LXXIX. RESURRECTIONS
CHAPTER LXXX. ANOTHER
CHAPTER LXXXI. BROKEN
CHAPTER LXXXII. DOPPELGANGER
CHAPTER LXXXIII. A SHORT PARTING
CHAPTER LXXXIV. AT MORTLAKE
CHAPTER LXXXV. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER LXXXVI. PURSUIT
CHAPTER LXXXVII. CONCLUSION
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“By-the-bye, Longcluse,” said Richard, as they entered together the long tiled passage that leads to the billiard-room, “you like pictures. There is one here, banished to the housekeeper's room, that they say is a Vandyck; we must have it cleaned and backed, and restored to its old place – but would you care to look at it?”
“Certainly, I should like extremely,” said Mr. Longcluse.
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“Well, if that's your case, you can't be one of those giants you described just now. Women are not the obdurate and cruel creatures you fancy. They are proud, and vain, and unforgiving; but the misery and the perseverance of a lover constitute a worship that first flatters and then wins them. Remember this, a woman finds it very hard to give up a worshipper, except for another. Now why should you despair? You are a gentleman, you are a clever fellow, an agreeable fellow; you are what is accounted a young man still, and you can make your wife rich. They all like that. It is not avarice, but pride. I don't know the young lady, but I see no good reason why you should fail.”
“I wish, Arden, I dare tell you all; but some day I'll tell you more.”
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