Roland Cashel, Volume II (of II)
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Lever Charles James. Roland Cashel, Volume II (of II)
CHAPTER I. AN “UNLIMITED” MONARCHY
CHAPTER II. LADY KILGOFF AT BAY
CHAPTER III. A PARTIAL RECOVERY AND A RELAPSE
CHAPTER IV. MORE KENNYFECK INTRIGUING
CHAPTER V. LINTON’S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER VI. THE SEASON OF LINTON’S FLITTING
CHAPTER VII. FORGERY
CHAPTER VIII. ROLAND DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS OVERDRAWN
CHAPTER IX. THE BURNT LETTER – “GREAT EXPECTATIONS”
CHAPTER X. A STARTLING INTRUSION
CHAPTER XI. SCANDAL, AND GENERAL ILL-HUMOR
CHAPTER XII. SHYLOCK DEMANDS HIS BOND
CHAPTER XIII. CIGARS, ÉCARTÉ, AND HAZARD
CHAPTER XIV. MR. KENNYFECK AMONG THE BULLS
CHAPTER XV. POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS
CHAPTER XVI. A WET DAT – THE FALSE SIGNAL
CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOW IN THE MIRROR
CHAPTER XVIII. THE OLD FRIENDS IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER XIX. A TÊTE-À-TÊTE INTERRUPTED
CHAPTER XX. LORD KILGOFF DETERMINES TO “MEET” ROLAND
CHAPTER XXI. THE SECOND SHOCK
CHAPTER XXII. LINTON INSTIGATES KEANE TO MURDER
CHAPTER XXIII. LINTON IS BAFFLED – HIS RAGE AT THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXIV. GIOVANNI UNMASKED
CHAPTER XXV. TIERNAY INTIMIDATED – THE ABSTRACTED DEEDS
CHAPTER XXVI. AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DUPE AND HIS VICTIM
CHAPTER XXVII. MURDER OF MR. KENNYFECK – CASHEL DETAINED ON SUSPICION
CHAPTER XXVIII. SCENE OF THE MURDER – THE CORONER’S VERDICT
CHAPTER XXIX. THE TRIAL – THE PROSECUTION
CHAPTER XXX. THE DEFENCE
CHAPTER XXXI. “NOT GUILTY”
CHAPTER XXXII. ON THE TRACK
CHAPTER XXXIII. LA NINETTA
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FATE OF KEANE – HIS DEPOSITION
CHAPTER XXXV. THE “BANK OF ROUGE ET NOIR”
CHAPTER XXXVI. ARREST OF LINTON
CHAPTER XXXVII. ALL MYSTERY CEASES – MARRIAGE AND GENERAL JOY
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Had Linton been about to renew an acquaintance with one he had scarcely known before, and who might possibly have ceased to remember him, his manner could not have been more studiously diffident and respectful.
“I rejoice to see your Ladyship here,” said he, in a low, deliberate voice, “where, on the last time we spoke together, you seemed uncertain of coming.”
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“Can that be possible, sir? Is any one’s welfare of such moment to his friends – to the world at large – as the high-minded, the honorable, the open-hearted Mr. Linton, who condescends, for the sake of a warning to his young friends, to turn gambler and ruin them; while he has the daring courage to single out a poor unprotected woman, without one who could rightly defend her, and, under the miserable mask of interest, to insult her?”
“Is it thus you read my conduct, madam?” said he, with an air at once sad and reproachful.
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