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Sydney C. Grier. Like Another Helen
Like Another Helen
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE REFLECTIONS OF A YOUNG LADY ON GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH IS SET FORTH THE INCONSTANCY OF MAN
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH MISS FREYNE ENTERS CALCUTTA, BUT NOT IN TRIUMPH
CHAPTER IV. SHOWING HOW MISS FREYNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH HER SURROUNDINGS
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH DESPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL WATSON REACH CALCUTTA
CHAPTER VI. SHOWING HOW CALCUTTA FOUND FOOD FOR TALK
CHAPTER VII. WHICH TREATS OF TREASONS, STRATAGEMS, AND SPOILS
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH MR FREYNE’S PATIENCE COMES TO AN END
CHAPTER IX. TREATING OF LOVERS AND FRIENDS
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH THE FLOOD BEGINS TO RISE
CHAPTER XI. SHOWING HOW THE FLOOD CAME
CHAPTER XII. PRESENTING ONE OF THE WORLD’S TRAGEDIES
CHAPTER XIII. CONTAINING THE EPILOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XIV. TELLS OF A VOYAGE ACCOMPLISHED FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS
CHAPTER XV. WHICH RECOUNTS THE TRIALS OF A DEVOUT LOVER
CHAPTER XVI. CONTAINING THE MEMOIRS OF A CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH GREEK JOINS GREEK
CHAPTER XVIII. PROVING THAT THE DAYS OF MIRACLES ARE PAST
CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH A KNOT IS TIED
CHAPTER XX. WHICH DESCRIBES A STRATEGIC RETREAT
CHAPTER XXI. SHOWING HOW CALCUTTA WAS AVENGED
APPENDIX
A.—ON THE SPELLING OF WORDS AND NAMES
B.—THE FAMILY OF ALIVARDI KHAN
C.—AUTHORITIES FOLLOWED IN THE TEXT
D.—THE HISTORICAL PERSONAGES INTRODUCED
E.—THE TOPOGRAPHY OF CALCUTTA
F.—SOME POINTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FALL OF CALCUTTA
Footnote
CHAPTER I FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER II FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER III FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IV FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER V FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VII FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IX FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER X FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XI FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XII FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIII FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIV FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XV FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XVI FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XVII FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XVIII FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIX FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XX FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXI FOOTNOTES
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Sydney C. Grier
Published by Good Press, 2022
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“So, young gentleman!” he said; “dancing attendance on the ladies, hey? More likely work for a King’s officer than soiling his hands with horrid tarry ropes, en’t it? Your servant, madam. Trust a navy gentleman to know a pretty face when he sees one, but when you get tired of your present convoy, you hoist signals, and I’ll find you a fresh consort in no time.”
“Sir,” says Mr Fraser (I was so confounded by this address that I knew not how to reply), “I would think better of you if you kept your insults for company in which I could resent ’em on the spot.”
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