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William Carleton. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. A Mail-coach by Night, and a Bit of Moonshine
CHAPTER II. The Town and its Inhabitants
CHAPTER III. Pauden Gair's Receipt how to make a Bad Dinner a Good One
—The Stranger finds Fenton as mysterious as Himself
CHAPTER IV. An Anonymous Letter
—Lucy Gourlay avows a previous Attachment
CHAPTER V. Sir Thomas Gourlay fails in unmasking the Stranger
—Mysterious Conduct of Fenton
CHAPTER VI. Extraordinary Scene between Fenton and the Stranger
CHAPTER VII. The Baronet attempts by Falsehood
The Baronet attempts by Falsehood to urge his Daughter into an Avowal of her Lover's Name
CHAPTER VIII. The Fortune-Teller—An Equivocal Prediction
CHAPTER IX. Candor and Dissimulation
CHAPTER X. A Family Dialogue—and a Secret nearly Discovered
CHAPTER XI. The Stranger's Visit to Father MacMalum
CHAPTER XII. Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton
—The Baronet, Enraged at His Daughter's Firmness, strikes Her
CHAPTER XIII. The Stranger's Second Visit to Father M'Mahon
—Something like an Elopement
CHAPTER XIV. Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong Scent
—Miss Gourlay takes Refuge with an Old Friend
CHAPTER XV. Interview between Lady Gourlay and the Stranger
—Dandy Dulcimer makes a Discovery—The Stranger receives Mysterious Communications
CHAPTER XVI. Conception and Perpetration of a Diabolical Plot against Fenton
CHAPTER XVII. A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's
—Retributive Justice, or the Robber robbed
CHAPTER XVIII. Dunphy visits the County Wicklow
—Old Sam and his Wife
CHAPTER XIX. Interview between Trailcudgel and the Stranger
—A Peep at Lord Dunroe and His Friend
CHAPTER XX. Interview between Lords Cullamore, Dunroe, and Lady Emily
—Tom Norton's Aristocracy fails Him—His Reception by Lord Cullamore
CHAPTER XXI. A Spy Rewarded
—Sir Thomas Gourlay Charged Home by the Stranger with the Removal and Disappearance of his Brother's Son
CHAPTER XXII. Lucy at Summerfield Cottage
CHAPTER XXIII. A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage
CHAPTER XXIV. An Irish Watchhouse in the time of the “Charlies.”
CHAPTER XXV. The Police Office
—Sir Spigot Sputter and Mr. Coke—An Unfortunate Translator—Decision in “a Law Case.”
CHAPTER XXVI. The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's Money and Pistols
—A Bit of Controversy—A New Light Begins to Appear
CHAPTER XXVII. Lucy calls upon Lady Gourlay, where she meets her Lover
Sir Thomas, who shams Illness, is too sharp for Mrs. Mainwaring, who visits Him—Affecting interview between Lucy and Lady Gourlay
CHAPTER XXVIII. Innocence and Affection overcome by Fraud and Hypocrisy
—Lucy yields at Last
CHAPTER XXIX. Lord Dunroe's Affection for his Father
—Glimpse of a new Character—Lord Gullamore's Rebuke to his Son, who greatly refuses to give up his Friend
CHAPTER XXX. A Courtship on Novel Principles
CHAPTER XXXI. The Priest goes into Corbet's House very like a Thief
—a Sederunt, with a Bright look up for Mr. Gray
CHAPTER XXXII. Discovery of the Baronet's Son
—Who, however, is Shelved for a Time
CHAPTEK XXXIII. The Priest asks for a Loan of Fifty Guineas
—and Offers “Freney the Robber” as Security
CHAPTER XXXIV. Young Gourlay's Affectionate Interview with His Father
—Risk of Strangulation—Movements of M'Bride
CHAPTER XXXV. Lucy's Vain but Affecting Expostulation with her Father
—Her Terrible Denunciation of Ambrose Gray
CHAPTER XXXVI. Contains a Variety of Matters
—Some to Laugh and some to Weep at
CHAPTER XXXVII. Dandy's Visit to Summerfield Cottage
—Where he Makes a most Ungallant Mistake—Returns with Tidings of both Mrs. Norton and Fenton—and Generously Patronizes his Master
CHAPTER XXXVIII. An Unpleasant Disclosure to Dunroe
—Anthony Corbet gives Important Documents to the Stranger—Norton catches a Tartar
CHAPTEE XXXIX. Fenton Recovered—The Mad-House
CHAPTER XL. Lady Gourlay sees her Son
CHAPTER XLI. Denouement
