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T. W. Speight. The Grey Monk
The Grey Monk
Table of Contents
By The Author Of "The Mysteries Of Heron Dyke."
CHAPTER I. ALEC'S SENTENCE
CHAPTER II. AN OLD FAMILY AND ITS HOME
CHAPTER III. ALEC'S PROPOSITION
CHAPTER IV. AN OFFER AND ITS ACCEPTANCE
CHAPTER V. AT ONE FELL BLOW
CHAPTER VI. ALEC'S FATE
CHAPTER VII. TOO LATE
CHAPTER VIII. THE EBONY CASKET
CHAPTER IX. ETHEL AND TAMSIN
CHAPTER X. LAUNCE KEYMER
CHAPTER XI. HOPES AND FEARS
CHAPTER XII. A RECREANT LOVER
CHAPTER XIII. CAPTAIN VERINDER AND HIS VISITOR
CHAPTER XV. CONSPIRATORS THREE
CHAPTER XVI. HOW SIR GILBERT RECEIVED THE NEWS
CHAPTER XVII. SIR GILBERT AND GIOVANNA
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FALSE HEIR
CHAPTER XIX. LUIGI ACKNOWLEDGED
CHAPTER XX. SIR GILBERT'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXI. AFFAIRS AT ST. OSWYTH'S
CHAPTER XXII. FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER XXIII. ETHEL'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIV. TAMSIN SPEAKS HER MIND
CHAPTER XXV. LADY PELL
CHAPTER XXVI. GIOVANNA AT MAYLINGS
CHAPTER XXVII "MR. LEWIS CLARE."
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS
CHAPTER XXIX. ARRIVALS AT THE CHASE
CHAPTER XXX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XXXI. LUIGI'S ESCAPADE
CHAPTER XXXII. SIR GILBERT'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXXIII. UNCLE AND NEPHEW
CHAPTER XXXIV. A DESPERATE RESOLVE
CHAPTER XXXV. MATTERS AT THE CHASE
CHAPTER XXXVI. A DEED OF DARKNESS
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEFEAT OF ROGUERY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE COUNSEL OF EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER XL "LOVE TOOK UP THE HARP OF LIFE."
CHAPTER XLI. SIR GILBERT'S STRANGE EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER XLII. SIR GILBERT'S THEORY
CHAPTER XLIII. THE ROOT OF THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XLIV. BACK AT ST. OSWYTH'S
CHAPTER XLV "COME BACK TO ME."
CHAPTER XLVI. UNKNITTED THREADS
CHAPTER XLVII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XLVIII. SIR GILBERT'S GREAT SURPRISE
CHAPTER XLIX. PAYMENT IN FULL
CHAPTER L. THE VEILED STRANGER
CHAPTER LI. SAFE IN PORT
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T. W. Speight
Published by Good Press, 2019
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His father had been a man of fashion and a gamester, under the Regency, and in the course of a few years of reckless expenditure had contrived to undo the work of several generations of thrifty progenitors. This was a state of things which the young baronet at once set himself to remedy. The town house and its contents were sold to the highest bidder; the Yorkshire property was let on lease to a wealthy manufacturer; while the Withington establishment was cut down to the lowest limits compatible with keeping up his station in the county.
Unfortunately for his worldly prospects--and he was the first to admit the fact later on--Sir Gilbert had married about a year prior to his father's death, and, little likely as one would have deemed him, with his cold temperament, to commit such an imprudence, had married for love. His bride had come of a good family, but beyond a trifling dowry of a few thousand pounds, had had nothing save a pretty face, and a piquant manner to recommend her. Such as she was, however, she had contrived to fascinate the haughty young heir of Withington Chase.
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