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House of Torment
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
IN THE QUEEN'S CLOSET; THE FOUR FACES
CHAPTER II
THE HOUSE OF SHAME; THE LADDER OF GLORY
CHAPTER III
THE MEETING WITH JOHN HULL AT CHELMSFORD
CHAPTER IV
PART TAKEN IN AFFAIRS BY THE HALF TESTOON
CHAPTER V
THE FINDING OF ELIZABETH
CHAPTER VI
A KING AND A VICTIM. TWO GRIM MEN
CHAPTER VII
HEY HO! AND A RUMBELOW!
CHAPTER VIII
"WHY, WHO BUT YOU, JOHNNIE!"
CHAPTER IX
"MISERICORDIA ET JUSTITIA" (The ironic motto of the Spanish Inquisition)
CHAPTER X
THE SILENT MEN IN BLACK
CHAPTER XI
IN THE BOX
CHAPTER XII
"TENDIMUS IN LATIUM"
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