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M. E. Braddon. Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey
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Book the First. FATAL FRIENDSHIP. I. THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY II. PHILIP SHELDON READS THE "LANCET" III. MR. AND MRS. HALLIDAY IV. A PERPLEXING ILLNESS V. THE LETTER FROM THE "ALLIANCE" OFFICE VI. MR. BURKHAM'S UNCERTAINTIES. Book the Second. THE TWO MACAIRES. I. A GOLDEN TEMPLE II. THE EASY DESCENT III. "HEART BARE, HEART HUNGRY, VERY POOR" Book the Third. HEAPING UP RICHES. I. A FORTUNATE MARRIAGE II. CHARLOTTE III. GEORGE SHELDON'S PROSPECTS IV. DIANA FINDS A NEW HOME V. AT THE LAWN VI. THE COMPACT OF GRAY'S INN VII. AUNT SARAH VIII. CHARLOTTE PROPHESIES RAIN IX. MR. SHELDON ON THE WATCH. Book the Fourth. VALENTINE HAWKEHURST'S RECORD. I. THE OLDEST INHABITANT II. MATTHEW HAYGARTH'S RESTING-PLACE III. MR. GOODGE'S WISDOM. Book the Fifth. RELICS OF THE DEAD. I. BETRAYED BY A BLOTTING-PAD II. VALENTINE INVOKES THE PHANTOMS OF THE PAST III. HUNTING THE JUDSONS IV. GLIMPSES OF A BYGONE LIFE. Book the Sixth. THE HEIRESS OF THE HAYGARTHS. I. DISAPPOINTMENT II. VALENTINE'S RECORD CONTINUED III. ARCADIA IV. IN PARADISE V. TOO FAIR TO LAST VI. FOUND IN THE BIBLE. Book the Seventh. CHARLOTTE'S ENGAGEMENT. I. "IN YOUR PATIENCE YE ARE STRONG" II. MRS. SHELDON ACCEPTS HER DESTINY III. MR. HAWKEHURST AND MR. GEORGE SHELDON COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING IV. MR. SHELDON IS PROPITIOUS V. MR. SHELDON IS BENEVOLENT VI. RIDING THE HIGH HORSE VII. MR. SHELDON IS PRUDENT VIII. CHRISTMAS PEACE. BIRDS OF PREY
BOOK THE FIRST. FATAL FRIENDSHIP. CHAPTER I
THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY
CHAPTER II
PHILIP SHELDON READS THE "LANCET."
CHAPTER III
MR. AND MRS. HALLIDAY
CHAPTER IV
A PERPLEXING ILLNESS
CHAPTER V
THE LETTER FROM THE "ALLIANCE" OFFICE
CHAPTER VI
MR. BURKHAM'S UNCERTAINTIES
BOOK THE SECOND
THE TWO MACAIRES. CHAPTER I
A GOLDEN TEMPLE
CHAPTER II
THE EASY DESCENT
CHAPTER III
"HEART BARE, HEART HUNGRY, VERY POOR."
BOOK THE THIRD
HEAPING UP RICHES. CHAPTER I
A FORTUNATE MARRIAGE
CHAPTER II
CHARLOTTE
CHAPTER III
GEORGE SHELDON'S PROSPECTS
CHAPTER IV
DIANA FINDS A NEW HOME
CHAPTER V
AT THE LAWN
CHAPTER VI
THE COMPACT OF GRAY'S INN
CHAPTER VII
AUNT SARAH
CHAPTER VIII
CHARLOTTE PROPHESIES RAIN
CHAPTER IX
MR. SHELDON ON THE WATCH
BOOK THE FOURTH
VALENTINE HAWKEHURST'S RECORD. CHAPTER I
THE OLDEST INHABITANT
CHAPTER II
MATTHEW HAYGARTH'S RESTING-PLACE
CHAPTER III
MR. GOODGE'S WISDOM
BOOK THE FIFTH
RELICS OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER I
BETRAYED BY A BLOTTING-PAD
CHAPTER II
VALENTINE INVOKES THE PHANTOMS OF THE PAST
"REBECCA HAYGARTHE."
CHAPTER III
HUNTING THE JUDSONS
CHAPTER IV
GLIMPSES OF A BYGONE LIFE
"MATHEW HAYGARTH."
"MATHEW HAYGARTH."
BOOK THE SIXTH
THE HEIRESS OF THE HAYGARTHS. CHAPTER I
DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER II
VALENTINE'S RECORD CONTINUED
CHAPTER III
ARCADIA
CHAPTER IV
IN PARADISE
CHAPTER V
TOO FAIR TO LAST
CHAPTER VI
FOUND IN THE BIBLE
BOOK THE SEVENTH
CHARLOTTE'S ENGAGEMENT. CHAPTER I
"IN YOUR PATIENCE YE ARE STRONG."
CHAPTER II
MRS. SHELDON ACCEPTS HER DESTINY
CHAPTER III
MR. HAWKEHURST AND MR. GEORGE SHELDON COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER IV
MR. SHELDON IS PROPITIOUS
AN WOOLPER
CHAPTER V
MR. SHELDON IS BENEVOLENT
CHAPTER VI
RIDING THE HIGH HORSE
CHAPTER VII
MR. SHELDON IS PRUDENT
CHAPTER VIII
CHRISTMAS PEACE
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M. E. Braddon
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Halliday occupied themselves in the pursuit of pleasure or business, as the case might be. They were eager for amusement: went to exhibitions in the day and to theatres at night, and came home to cozy little suppers in Fitzgeorge-street, after which Mr. Halliday was wont to waste the small hours in friendly conversation with his quondam companion, and in the consumption of much brandy-and-water.
Unhappily for Georgy, these halcyon days were broken by intervals of storm and cloud. The weak little woman was afflicted with that intermittent fever called jealousy; and the stalwart Thomas was one of those men who can scarcely give the time of day to a feminine acquaintance without some ornate and loud-spoken gallantry. Having no intellectual resources wherewith to beguile the tedium of his idle prosperous life, he was fain to seek pleasure in the companionship of other men; and had thus become a haunter of tavern parlours and small racecourses, being always ready for any amusement his friends proposed to him. It followed, therefore, that he was very often absent from his commonplace substantial home, and his pretty weak-minded wife. And poor Georgy had ample food for her jealous fears and suspicions; for where might a man not be who was so seldom at home? She had never been particularly fond of her husband, but that was no reason why she should not be particularly jealous about him; and her jealousy betrayed itself in a peevish worrying fashion, which was harder to bear than the vengeful ferocity of a Clytemnestra. It was in vain that Thomas Halliday and those jolly good fellows his friends and companions attested the Arcadian innocence of racecourses, and the perfect purity of that smoky atmosphere peculiar to tavern parlours. Georgy's suspicions were too vague for refutation; but they were nevertheless sufficient ground for all the alternations of temper—from stolid sulkiness to peevish whining, from murmured lamentations to loud hysterics—to which the female temperament is liable.
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