The Legacy of Cain
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Уилки Коллинз. The Legacy of Cain
The Legacy of Cain
Table of Contents
First Period: 1858–1859. EVENTS IN THE PRISON, RELATED BY THE GOVERNOR
CHAPTER I. THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINS
CHAPTER II. THE MURDERESS ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER III. THE CHILD APPEARS
CHAPTER IV. THE MINISTER SAYS YES
CHAPTER V. MISS CHANCE ASSERTS HERSELF
CHAPTER VI. THE DOCTOR DOUBTS
CHAPTER VII. THE MURDERESS CONSULTS THE AUTHORITIES
CHAPTER VIII. THE MINISTER SAYS GOOD-BY
CHAPTER IX. THE GOVERNOR RECEIVES A VISIT
CHAPTER X. MISS CHANCE REAPPEARS
Second Period: 1875. THE GIRLS AND THE JOURNALS
CHAPTER XI. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XIII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XIV. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XV. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XVI. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XVII. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XVIII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XIX. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XX. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXI. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXIII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXIV. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXV. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXVI. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXVII. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXVIII. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXIX. HELENA’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXX. EUNICE’S DIARY
CHAPTER XXXI. EUNICE’S DIARY
My restless nights are passed in Selina’s room
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MIDDLE-AGED LADY
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MINISTER’S MISFORTUNE
“Do you know that lady?” Miss Helena asked, as we entered the house
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LIVELY OLD MAID
CHAPTER XXXV. THE FUTURE LOOKS GLOOMY
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE WANDERING MIND
For the moment, the Minister disappointed me
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SHAMELESS SISTER
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE GIRLS’ AGES
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE ADOPTED CHILD
I opened the door
CHAPTER XL. THE BRUISED HEART
CHAPTER XLI. THE WHISPERING VOICE
CHAPTER XLII. THE QUAINT PHILOSOPHER
CHAPTER XLIII. THE MASTERFUL MASSEUSE
CHAPTER XLIV. THE RESURRECTION OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XLV. THE FATAL PORTRAIT
I knocked at the bedroom door
CHAPTER XLVI. THE CUMBERSOME LADIES
CHAPTER XLVII. THE JOURNEY TO THE FARM
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE DECISION OF EUNICE
CHAPTER XLIX. THE GOVERNOR ON HIS GUARD
CHAPTER L. THE NEWS FROM THE FARM
CHAPTER LI. THE TRIUMPH OF MRS. TENBRUGGEN
Third period: 1876. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LII. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LIII. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LIV. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LV. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
I did think of it. Philip came to us, and lived in our house
CHAPTER LVI. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LVII. HELENA’S DIARY RESUMED
CHAPTER LVIII. DANGER
CHAPTER LIX. DEFENSE
CHAPTER LX. DISCOVERY
CHAPTER LXI. ATROCITY
CHAPTER LXII. THE SENTENCE PRONOUNCED
CHAPTER LXIII. THE OBSTACLE REMOVED
CHAPTER LXIV. THE TRUTH TRIUMPHANT
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Wilkie Collins
Published by Good Press, 2019
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He raised her. Her fierce tearless eyes questioned his face in a mute expectation dreadful to see. Suddenly, a foretaste of death—the death that was so near now!—struck her with a shivering fit: her head dropped on the Minister’s shoulder. Other men might have shrunk from the contact of it. That true Christian let it rest.
Under the maddening sting of suspense, her sinking energies rallied for an instant. In a whisper, she was just able to put the supreme question to him.
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