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M. E. Braddon. The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE ARTICLED PUPIL
CHAPTER II
'I AM GOING TO MARRY FOR MONEY.'
CHAPTER III
AT THE KNOLL
CHAPTER IV
WENDOVER ABBEY
CHAPTER V
DR. RYLANCE ASSERTS HIMSELF
CHAPTER VI
A BIRTHDAY FEAST
CHAPTER VII
IN THE RIVER-MEADOW
CHAPTER VIII
AT THE LOCK-HOUSE
CHAPTER IX
A SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT
CHAPTER X
A BAD PENNY
CHAPTER XI
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT A DISCOUNT
CHAPTER XII
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
CHAPTER XIII
KINGTHORPE SOCIETY
CHAPTER XIV
THE TRUE KNIGHT
CHAPTER XV
MR. WENDOVER PLANS AN EXCURSION
CHAPTER XVI
THICKER THAN WATER
CHAPTER XVII
OUGHT SHE TO STAY?
CHAPTER XVIII
AFTER A STORM COMES A CALM
CHAPTER XIX
AFTER A CALM A STORM
CHAPTER XX
WAS THIS THE MOTIVE?
CHAPTER XXI
TAKING LIFE QUIETLY
CHAPTER XXII
LADY PALLISER STUDIES THE UPPER TEN
CHAPTER XXIII
'ALL OUR LIFE IS MIXED WITH DEATH.'
CHAPTER XXIV
'FRUITS FAIL AND LOVE DIES AND TIME RANGES.'
CHAPTER XXV
'MY SEED WAS YOUTH, MY CROP WAS ENDLESS CAKE.'
CHAPTER XXVI
'AND, IF I DIE, NO SOUL WILL PITY ME.'
CHAPTER XXVII
JOHN JARDINE SOLVES THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXVIII
AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE
CHAPTER XXIX
'AS ONE DEAD IN THE BOTTOM OF A TOMB.'
CHAPTER XXX
A FIERY DAWN
CHAPTER XXXI
'SOLE PARTNER AND SOLE PART OF ALL THESE JOYS.'
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M. E. Braddon
Published by Good Press, 2022
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'Then he may not have the money.'
'The lot is in the urn of fate, Bess, We must take our chance. I think, somehow, that the money will come. I have asked for it urgently, for I do want to come to Kingthorpe.' Bessie kissed her. 'Yes, dear, I wish with all my heart to accept your kind mother's invitation; though I know, in my secret soul, that it is foolishness for me to see the inside of a happy home, to sit beside a hospitable hearth, when it is my mission in life to be a dependent in the house of a stranger. If you had half a dozen small sisters, now, and your people would engage me as a nursery governess—'
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