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Майн Рид. The Child Wife
The Child Wife
Table of Contents
Chapter One
The Isle of Peace
Chapter Two
A Brace of Naiads
Chapter Three
The Two Poetasters
Chapter Four
“Help! Help!”
Chapter Five
The Scathed Retriever
Chapter Six
A Loving Couple
Chapter Seven
A Dutiful Daughter
Chapter Eight
A Nobleman Incog
Chapter Nine
Avant le Bal
Chapter Ten
A Previous Engagement
Chapter Eleven
Ball-Room Emotions
Chapter Twelve
“Après le Bal.”
Chapter Thirteen
Challenging the Challenger
Chapter Fourteen
A Request for a Quick Fight
Chapter Fifteen
A Parting Glance
Chapter Sixteen
A Safe Challenge
Chapter Seventeen
“The Coward!”
Chapter Eighteen
Down with the Despots!
Chapter Nineteen
Blanche and Sabina
Chapter Twenty
“The Wondering Eyes.”
Chapter Twenty One
A Short-Lived Triumph
Chapter Twenty Two
The Conspiracy of Crowns
Chapter Twenty Three
The Programme of the Great Powers
Chapter Twenty Four
A Treacherous Staging
Chapter Twenty Five
The Fifth Avenue House
Chapter Twenty Six
Eljen Kossuth!
Chapter Twenty Seven
The Broken Swords
Chapter Twenty Eight
A Tour in Search of a Title
Chapter Twenty Nine
The Lost Lord
Chapter Thirty
Inside the Tuileries
Chapter Thirty One
In the Hotel de Louvre
Chapter Thirty Two
On the Boulevards
Chapter Thirty Three
A Nation’s Murder
Chapter Thirty Four
“I’ll Come to you!”
Chapter Thirty Five
To the Prison
Chapter Thirty Six
To the Embassy
Chapter Thirty Seven
Death upon the Drum-Head
Chapter Thirty Eight
The Two Flags
Chapter Thirty Nine
Once More in Westbourne
Chapter Forty
A Cautious Baronet
Chapter Forty One
A Scene in Park Lane
Chapter Forty Two
The Power of a Pretty Face
Chapter Forty Three
To the Country
Chapter Forty Four
At the Meet
Chapter Forty Five
In the Cover
Chapter Forty Six
A Recreant Sportsman
Chapter Forty Seven
Just Fifteen
Chapter Forty Eight
The Dinner
Chapter Forty Nine
The Dance
Chapter Fifty
A Jealous Cousin
Chapter Fifty One
Under the Deodara
Chapter Fifty Two
The Illustrious Exile
Chapter Fifty Three
A Kingly Scheme of Revolution
Chapter Fifty Four
A Desirable Neighbourhood
Chapter Fifty Five
A Tenant Secured
Chapter Fifty Six
A Dress Rehearsal
Chapter Fifty Seven
Patron and Protégé
Chapter Fifty Eight
Improved Prospects
Chapter Fifty Nine
A Distinguished Dinner-Party
Chapter Sixty
A Parting Present
Chapter Sixty One
An Informer
Chapter Sixty Two
Unsociable Fellow-Travellers
Chapter Sixty Three
“It is sweet—so sweet.”
Chapter Sixty Four
A Painful Promise
Chapter Sixty Five
Spies
Chapter Sixty Six
Two Cabs
Chapter Sixty Seven
Disinterested Sympathy
Chapter Sixty Eight
An Irksome Imprisonment
Chapter Sixty Nine
The Cabriolet
Chapter Seventy
A Skilful Driver
Chapter Seventy One
A Quiet Hotel
Chapter Seventy Two
Wanted—A Master!
Chapter Seventy Three
Purchasing a Passport
Chapter Seventy Four
A Sham Insurrection
Chapter Seventy Five
A Statesman in Private Life
Chapter Seventy Six
A Modest Demand
Chapter Seventy Seven
The Count De Valmy
Chapter Seventy Eight
Contemplating a Canal
Chapter Seventy Nine
A Petit Souper
Chapter Eighty
On the Tow-Rope
Chapter Eighty One
Consent at Last
Chapter Eighty Two
A Consoling Epistle
Chapter Eighty Three
Both Pre-engaged
Chapter Eighty Four
The Meet at Church
Chapter Eighty Five
The Climax of a Criminal Scheme
Chapter Eighty Six
Still Later
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Mayne Reid
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“There’s nothing in it to spoil. Waste print and paper. There’s more poetry in one of these pretty seaweeds that lie neglected on the sand—far more than in a myriad of such worthless volumes. Let it lie!”
The last words were addressed to Keziah, who, startled from her slumber, had stooped to pick up the trampled volume.
