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MAN AND WIFE. by Wilkie Collins
Contents
PROLOGUE.—THE IRISH MARRIAGE
Part the First
Part the Second
THE STORY
FIRST SCENE.—THE SUMMER-HOUSE
CHAPTER THE FIRST
CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE GUESTS
CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE TWO
CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE PLAN
CHAPTER THE SIXTH. THE SUITOR
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. THE DEBT
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE SCANDAL
SECOND SCENE.—THE INN
CHAPTER THE NINTH. ANNE
CHAPTER THE TENTH. MR. BISHOPRIGGS
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. SIR PATRICK
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH. ARNOLD
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH. BLANCHE
THIRD SCENE.—LONDON
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH. GEOFFREY AS A LETTER-WRITER
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH. GEOFFREY IN THE MARRIAGE MARKET
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH. GEOFFREY AS A PUBLIC CHARACTER
FOURTH SCENE.—WINDYGATES
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH. NEAR IT
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH. NEARER STILL
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH. CLOSE ON IT
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH. TOUCHING IT
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST. DONE!
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND. GONE
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD. TRACED
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH. BACKWARD
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH. FORWARD
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SIXTH. DROPPED
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH. OUTWITTED
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH. STIFLED
FIFTH SCENE.—GLASGOW
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-NINTH. ANNE AMONG THE LAWYERS
CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH. ANNE IN THE NEWSPAPERS
SIXTH SCENE.—SWANHAVEN LODGE
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIRST. SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (FIRST SOWING)
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SECOND. SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (SECOND SOWING)
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-THIRD. SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (THIRD SOWING)
SEVENTH SCENE.—HAM FARM
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FOURTH. THE NIGHT BEFORE
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIFTH. THE DAY
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH. THE TRUTH AT LAST
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SEVENTH. THE WAY OUT
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-EIGHTH. THE NEWS FROM GLASGOW
EIGHTH SCENE—THE PANTRY
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-NINTH. ANNE WINS A VICTORY
NINTH SCENE.—THE MUSIC-ROOM
CHAPTER THE FORTIETH. JULIUS MAKES MISCHIEF
TENTH SCENE—THE BEDROOM
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIRST. LADY LUNDIE DOES HER DUTY
ELEVENTH SCENE.—SIR PATRICK'S HOUSE
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SECOND. THE SMOKING-ROOM WINDOW
CHAPTER THE FORTY-THIRD. THE EXPLOSION
TWELFTH SCENE.—DRURY LANE
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FOURTH. THE LETTER AND THE LAW
THIRTEENTH SCENE.—FULHAM
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIFTH. THE FOOT-RACE
FOURTEENTH SCENE.—PORTLAND PLACE
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SIXTH. A SCOTCH MARRIAGE
FIFTEENTH SCENE.—HOLCHESTER HOUSE
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SEVENTH. THE LAST CHANCE
SIXTEENTH SCENE.—SALT PATCH
CHAPTER THE FORTY-EIGHTH. THE PLACE
CHAPTER THE FORTY-NINTH. THE NIGHT
CHAPTER THE FIFTIETH. THE MORNING
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FIRST. THE PROPOSAL
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SECOND. THE APPARITION
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-THIRD. WHAT had happened in the hours of darkness?
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FOURTH. THE MANUSCRIPT
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FIFTH. THE SIGNS OF THE END
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SIXTH. THE MEANS
CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SEVENTH. THE END
EPILOGUE
THE VILLA AT HAMPSTEAD.
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"I head one side, ladies and gentlemen," she resumed. "And Lady Lundie heads the other. We choose our players turn and turn about. Mamma has the advantage of me in years. So mamma chooses first."
With a look at her step-daughter—which, being interpreted, meant, "I would send you back to the nursery, miss, if I could!"—Lady Lundie turned and ran her eye over her guests. She had evidently made up her mind, beforehand, what player to pick out first.
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