Guy Deverell. Volume 2 of 2
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Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan. Guy Deverell. Volume 2 of 2
CHAPTER I. Lady Alice and Varbarriere tête-à-tête in the Library
CHAPTER II. M. Varbarriere orders his Wings
CHAPTER III. Monsieur Varbarriere talks with Donica Gwynn
CHAPTER IV. A Story of a Magician and a Vampire
CHAPTER V. Farewell
CHAPTER VI. At the Bell and Horns
CHAPTER VII. M. Varbarriere's Plans
CHAPTER VIII. Tempest
CHAPTER IX. Guy Deverell at Slowton
CHAPTER X. Uncle and Nephew
CHAPTER XI. In Lady Mary's Boudoir
CHAPTER XII. The Guests Together
CHAPTER XIII. A Visitor in the Library
CHAPTER XIV. Pelter opens his mind
CHAPTER XV. The Pipe of Peace
CHAPTER XVI. A Rencontre in the Gallery
CHAPTER XVII. Old Donnie and Lady Jane
CHAPTER XVIII. Alone – Yet not alone
CHAPTER XIX. Varbarriere the Tyrant debates with the weaker Varbarrieres
CHAPTER XX. M. Varbarriere decides
CHAPTER XXI. At the Green Chamber
CHAPTER XXII. In the Green Chamber
CHAPTER XXIII. The Morning
CHAPTER XXIV. The Doctor's Visit
CHAPTER XXV. The Patient interrogated
CHAPTER XXVI. General Lennox appears
CHAPTER XXVII. Lady Alice Redcliffe makes General Lennox's Acquaintance
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Bishop sees the Patient
CHAPTER XXIX. In the Yard of the Marlowe Arms
CHAPTER XXX. About Lady Jane
CHAPTER XXXI. Lady Jane's Toilet
CHAPTER XXXII. The two Doctors consult
CHAPTER XXXIII. Varbarriere in the Sick-room
CHAPTER XXXIV. Guy Deverell arrives
CHAPTER XXXV. I am Thine and Thou art Mine, Body and Soul, for ever
CHAPTER XXXVI. In the Chaise
CHAPTER XXXVII. Old Lady Alice talks with Guy
CHAPTER XXXVIII. Something more of Lady Jane Lennox
CHAPTER XXXIX. The Last
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In her own way, with interjections, and commentary and occasional pauses for the sake of respiration, old Lady Alice related the substance of what the Bishop had communicated to her.
"And what do you suppose, Monsieur Varbarriere, to have been the contents of that red leather box?" asked Lady Alice.
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At the "Plough Inn" he was received with an awful bustle and reverence. The fame of the consideration with which he was entertained at Marlowe had reached that modest hostelry, and Monsieur Varbarriere looked larger, grander, more solemn in its modest hall, than ever; his valise was handled with respect, and lifted in like an invalid, not hauled and trundled like a prisoner; and the desk and despatch-box, as the more immediate attendants on his person, were eyed with the respect which such a confidence could not fail to inspire.
So Monsieur Varbarriere, having had his appetising drive through a bright country and keen air, ate his breakfast very comfortably; and when that meal was over, ordered a "fly," in which he proceeded to Wardlock, and pulled up at the hall-door of Lady Alice's reserved-looking, but comfortable old redbrick mansion.
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