The Twickenham Peerage
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Marsh Richard. The Twickenham Peerage
BOOK I. – THE SLEEPING MAN. THE STORY IS BEGUN BY THE HON. DOUGLAS HOWARTH
CHAPTER I. A SIDE SHOW
CHAPTER II. LADY DESMOND GIVES A DINNER PARTY
CHAPTER III. CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
CHAPTER IV. MR. MONTAGU BABBACOMBE AWAKES
CHAPTER V. AT THE YORK HOTEL
CHAPTER VI. A MESSAGE FROM THE MARQUIS
CHAPTER VII. MR. FOSTER INTERRUPTS
CHAPTER VIII. DYING
CHAPTER IX. DEAD
CHAPTER X. AND BURIED
BOOK II. – THE LOST HUSBAND. THE STORY IS CONTINUED BY MRS. JAMES MERRETT
CHAPTER XI. AN ENCOUNTER IN PICCADILLY
CHAPTER XII. MRS. MERRETT IS OVER-PERSUADED
CHAPTER XIII. WHO'S THAT CALLING?
CHAPTER XIV. HELPING TO MAKE THE PUDDING
CHAPTER XV. THE NEW PEER: AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XVI. MR. FITZHOWARD OPENS THE DOOR
CHAPTER XVII. THE MARCHIONESS IN SPITE OF HERSELF
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. HOWARTH AGAINST THE WORLD
CHAPTER XIX. IN TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XX. THE OPENING OF THE COFFIN
BOOK III. – THE GENTLEMAN WITH NINE LIVES. THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF. FORTUNE, AS TOLD BY HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXI. A PEER IN EMBRYO
CHAPTER XXII. A MARQUIS IN FACT
CHAPTER XXIII. SURPRISES
CHAPTER XXIV. AN IDYLL
CHAPTER XXV. A REVERSION FROM THE IDYLLIC
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SCALES OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXVII. A WHIPPING BOY
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE GOING: AND THE COMING
BOOK IV. – THE SINNER. THE AUTHOR THROWS LIGHT UPON AN. INTERESTING SITUATION
CHAPTER XXIX. BACK TO THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXX. THE ONE MAN-AND THE OTHER
CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERIOR
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST JOURNEY TO TWICKENHAM HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TWINKLE IN THE FATHER'S EYES
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PENITENT
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'You and I can never marry.'
Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them. All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air. I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens. More for the sake of the exercise than in the desire of seeing him. As I was passing the Abbey I glanced at the Aquarium on my right. My eye was caught by the words on a board which ran right across the front of the building, 'At No Place In The World Can So Many Sights Be Seen.' I hesitated. It was years since I had been in the place. One might as well spend half an hour beneath its roof as with George Douglas. I crossed the road and entered.
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'What nonsense is this?' demanded Lady Desmond. 'Haven't I said that I brought you here to tell you that I would have no more of it?'
'My dear Lady Desmond, I think you will admit that Edith and I have arrived at years of discretion?'
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