The Chaplain of the Fleet

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Walter Besant. The Chaplain of the Fleet

Part I. WITHIN THE RULES

CHAPTER I. HOW KITTY LOST HER FATHER AND HER FRIENDS

CHAPTER II. HOW KITTY MADE ENGAGEMENTS

CHAPTER III. HOW WE CAME TO LONDON ON THE COACH

CHAPTER IV. HOW KITTY FIRST SAW THE DOCTOR

CHAPTER V. HOW KITTY WITNESSED A FLEET WEDDING

CHAPTER VI. HOW KITTY BEGAN TO ENJOY THE LIBERTIES OF THE FLEET

CHAPTER VII. HOW KITTY LEARNED TO KNOW THE DOCTOR

CHAPTER VIII. HOW KITTY SPENT HER TIME

CHAPTER IX. HOW THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE MADE TWO WOMEN PRISONERS

CHAPTER X. HOW THE DOCTOR WAS AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS

CHAPTER XI. HOW THE DOCTOR DISMISSED HIS FRIENDS

CHAPTER XII. HOW KITTY EXECUTED THE DOCTOR’S REVENGE

CHAPTER XIII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WOKE OUT OF SLEEP

CHAPTER XIV. HOW MRS. DEBORAH WAS RELEASED

CHAPTER XV. HOW MRS. ESTHER WAS DISCHARGED

Part II. THE QUEEN OF THE WELLS

CHAPTER I. HOW WE RETURNED TO THE POLITE WORLD

CHAPTER II. HOW WE WENT TO THE WELLS

CHAPTER III. HOW NANCY RECKONED UP THE COMPANY

CHAPTER IV. HOW KITTY WENT TO HER FIRST BALL

CHAPTER V. HOW KITTY WORE HER CROWN

CHAPTER VI. HOW THE DOCTOR WROTE TO KITTY

CHAPTER VII. HOW KITTY BROKE HER PROMISE

CHAPTER VIII. HOW KITTY HAD LETTERS AND VERSES

CHAPTER IX. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WENT TO LONDON

CHAPTER X. HOW TWO OLD FRIENDS CAME TO EPSOM

CHAPTER XI. HOW SIR MILES RENEWED HIS OFFER

CHAPTER XII. HOW HARRY TEMPLE PROVED HIS VALOUR

CHAPTER XIII. HOW DURDANS WAS ILLUMINATED

CHAPTER XIV. HOW MY LORD MADE HIS CONFESSION

CHAPTER XV. HOW NANCY HAD A QUICK TONGUE

CHAPTER XVI. HOW SPED THE MASQUERADE

CHAPTER XVII. HOW KITTY PREVENTED A DUEL

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW HARRY GOT RELEASED

CHAPTER XIX. HOW WILL LEVETT WAS DISAPPOINTED

CHAPTER XX. HOW WILL WOULD NOT BE CROSSED

CHAPTER XXI. HOW KITTY WENT TO LONDON

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My life has been (above any merits of my own) so blessed by Providence, that methinks its history should be begun with the ringing of bells, the singing of psalms, the sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music. For surely the contemplation of a happy course should, even towards its close, be accompanied by a heart full of cheerful piety and gratitude. And though, as often happens to us in the Lord’s wisdom, ill fortune, disappointment, troubles of the flesh, and pain of disease may perhaps afflict me in these latter years of fleeting life, they ought not to lessen the glad song of praise for blessings formerly vouchsafed (and still dwelling in my memory) of love, of joy, and of happiness. Truly, the earth is a delightful place; a fair garden, which yields pleasant fruit; and, if it may be so said with becoming reverence, there are yet, outside the gates of Eden, places here and there which for beauty and delight, to those who thither win their way, are comparable with Paradise itself. In such a place it has been my happy lot to dwell.

Yet, just as the newborn babe begins his earthly course with a wail – ah, joyful cry for ear of mother! – so must this book begin with tears and weeping.

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[A] When, some months later, Kitty went to the publisher, that gentleman informed her that there was no money to receive, because he had been a loser by the publication of the books.

“My drink,” he said, “is from the spring, which costs nothing; and my bread is but oatmeal-porridge, potatoes, or barley-meal.”

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