George W. M. Reynolds - The Mysteries of London

George W. M. Reynolds

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CHAPTER I. THE OLD HOUSE IN SMITHFIELD.

CHAPTER II. THE MYSTERIES OF THE OLD HOUSE.

CHAPTER III. THE TRAP-DOOR.

CHAPTER IV. THE TWO TREES.

CHAPTER V. ELIGIBLE ACQUAINTANCES.

CHAPTER VI. MRS. ARLINGTON.

CHAPTER VII. THE BOUDOIR.

CHAPTER VIII. THE CONVERSATION.

CHAPTER IX. A CITY MAN.—SMITHFIELD SCENES.

CHAPTER X. THE FRAIL ONE'S NARRATIVE.

CHAPTER XI. "THE SERVANTS' ARMS."

CHAPTER XII. THE BANK-NOTES.

CHAPTER XIII. THE HELL.

CHAPTER XIV. THE STATION-HOUSE.

CHAPTER XV. THE POLICE-OFFICE.

CHAPTER XVI. THE BEGINNING OF MISFORTUNES.

CHAPTER XVII. A DEN OF HORRORS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE BOOZING-KEN.

CHAPTER XIX. MORNING.

CHAPTER XX. THE VILLA.

CHAPTER XXI. ATROCITY.

CHAPTER XXII. A WOMAN'S MIND.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE OLD HOUSE IN SMITHFIELD AGAIN.

CHAPTER XXIV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

CHAPTER XXV. THE ENCHANTRESS.

CHAPTER XXVI. NEWGATE.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE REPUBLICAN AND THE RESURRECTION MAN.

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DUNGEON.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE BLACK CHAMBER.

CHAPTER XXX. THE 26TH OF NOVEMBER.

CHAPTER XXXI. EXPLANATIONS.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE OLD BAILEY.

CHAPTER XXXIII. ANOTHER DAY AT THE OLD BAILEY.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LESSON INTERRUPTED.

CHAPTER XXXV. WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON.

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE EXECUTION.

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAPSE OF TWO YEARS.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE VISIT.

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE DREAM.

CHAPTER XL. THE SPECULATION.—AN UNWELCOME MEETING.

CHAPTER XLI. MR. GREENWOOD.

CHAPTER XLII. "THE DARK HOUSE."

CHAPTER XLIII. THE MUMMY.

CHAPTER XLIV. THE BODY-SNATCHERS.

CHAPTER XLV. THE FRUITLESS SEARCH.

CHAPTER XLVI. RICHARD AND ISABELLA.

CHAPTER XLVII. ELIZA SYDNEY.

CHAPTER XLVIII. MR. GREENWOOD'S VISITORS.

CHAPTER XLIX. THE DOCUMENT.

CHAPTER L. THE DRUGGED WINE-GLASS.

CHAPTER LI. DIANA AND ELIZA.

CHAPTER LII. THE BED OF SICKNESS.

CHAPTER LIII. ACCUSATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.

CHAPTER LIV. THE BANKER.

CHAPTER LV. MISERRIMA!!!

CHAPTER LVI. THE ROAD TO RUIN.

CHAPTER LVII. THE LAST RESOURCE.

CHAPTER LVIII. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

CHAPTER LIX. THE ROYAL LOVERS.

CHAPTER LX. REVELATIONS.

CHAPTER LXI. THE "BOOZING KEN" ONCE MORE.

CHAPTER LXII. THE RESURRECTION MAN'S HISTORY.

CHAPTER LXIII. THE PLOT.

CHAPTER LXIV. THE COUNTERPLOT.

CHAPTER LXV. THE WRONGS AND CRIMES OF THE POOR.

CHAPTER LXVI. THE RESULT OF MARKHAM'S ENTERPRISE.

CHAPTER LXVII. SCENES IN FASHIONABLE LIFE.

CHAPTER LXVIII. THE ELECTION.

CHAPTER LXIX. THE "WHIPPERS-IN."

CHAPTER LXX. THE IMAGE, THE PICTURE, AND THE STATUE.

CHAPTER LXXI. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

CHAPTER LXXII. THE BLACK CHAMBER AGAIN.

CHAPTER LXXIII. CAPTAIN DAPPER AND SIR CHERRY BOUNCE.

CHAPTER LXXIV. THE MEETING.

CHAPTER LXXV. THE CRISIS.

CHAPTER LXXVI. COUNT ALTERONI'S FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS.

CHAPTER LXXVII. A WOMAN'S SECRET.

CHAPTER LXXVIII. MARIAN.

CHAPTER LXXIX. THE BILL.—A FATHER.

CHAPTER LXXX. THE REVELATION.

CHAPTER LXXXI. THE MYSTERIOUS INSTRUCTIONS.

CHAPTER LXXXII. THE MEDICAL MAN.

CHAPTER LXXXIII. THE BLACK CHAMBER AGAIN.

CHAPTER LXXXIV. THE SECOND EXAMINATION.—COUNT ALTERONI.

CHAPTER LXXXV. A FRIEND IN NEED.

CHAPTER LXXXVI. THE OLD HAG.

CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE PROFESSOR OF MESMERISM.

CHAPTER LXXXVIII. THE FIGURANTE.

CHAPTER LXXXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.

CHAPTER XC. MARKHAM'S OCCUPATIONS.

CHAPTER XCI. THE TRAGEDY.

CHAPTER XCII. THE ITALIAN VALET.

CHAPTER XCIII. NEWS FROM CASTELCICALA.

CHAPTER XCIV. THE HOME OFFICE.

CHAPTER XCV. THE FORGER AND THE ADULTERESS.

CHAPTER XCVI. THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT'S LEVEE.

CHAPTER XCVII. ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S DAY.

CHAPTER XCVIII. DARK PLOTS AND SCHEMES.

CHAPTER XCIX. THE BUFFER'S HISTORY.

CHAPTER C. THE MYSTERIES OF THE GROUND-FLOOR ROOMS.

CHAPTER CI. THE WIDOW.

CHAPTER CII. THE REVEREND VISITOR.

CHAPTER CIII. HOPES AND FEARS.

CHAPTER CIV. FEMALE COURAGE.

CHAPTER CV. THE COMBAT.

CHAPTER CVI. THE GRAVE-DIGGER.

CHAPTER CVII. A DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER CVIII. THE EXHUMATION.

CHAPTER CIX. THE STOCK-BROKER.

CHAPTER CX. THE EFFECTS Of A TRANCE.

CHAPTER CXI. A SCENE AT MR. CHICHESTER'S HOUSE.

CHAPTER CXII. VIOLA.

CHAPTER CXIII. THE LOVERS.

CHAPTER CXIV. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET.

CHAPTER CXV. THE TREASURE.—A NEW IDEA.

CHAPTER CXVI. THE RATTLESNAKE'S HISTORY. [82]

CHAPTER CXVII. THE RATTLESNAKE.

CHAPTER CXVIII. THE TWO MAIDENS.

CHAPTER CXIX. POOR ELLEN!

CHAPTER CXX. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER.

CHAPTER CXXI. HIS CHILD!

CHAPTER CXXII. A CHANGE OF FORTUNE.

CHAPTER CXXIII. ARISTOCRATIC MORALS.

CHAPTER CXXIV. THE INTRIGUES OF A DEMIREP.

CHAPTER CXXV. THE RECONCILIATION.

CHAPTER CXXVI. THE RECTOR OF SAINT DAVID'S.

CHAPTER CXXVII. BLANDISHMENTS.

CHAPTER CXXVIII. TEMPTATION.

CHAPTER CXXIX. THE FALL.

CHAPTER CXXX. MENTAL STRUGGLES.

CHAPTER CXXXI. THE STATUE.

CHAPTER CXXXII. AN OLD FRIEND.

CHAPTER CXXXIII. SKILLIGALEE'S HISTORY.

CHAPTER CXXXIV. THE PALACE IN THE HOLY LAND.

CHAPTER CXXXV. THE PROPOSAL.—UNEXPECTED MEETINGS.

CHAPTER CXXXVI. THE SECRET TRIBUNAL.

EPILOGUE TO VOLUME I.

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OUR narrative opens at the commencement of July, 1831.

The night was dark and stormy. The sun had set behind huge piles of dingy purple clouds, which, after losing the golden hue with which they were for awhile tinged, became sombre and menacing. The blue portions of the sky that here and there had appeared before the sunset, were now rapidly covered over with those murky clouds which are the hiding-places of the storm, and which seemed to roll themselves together in dense and compact masses, ere they commenced the elemental war.

In the same manner do the earthly squadrons of cavalry and mighty columns of infantry form themselves into one collected armament, that the power of their onslaught may be the more terrific and irresistible.

That canopy of dark and threatening clouds was formed over London; and a stifling heat, which there was not a breath of wind to allay or mitigate, pervaded the streets of the great metropolis.

Everything portended an awful storm.

In the palace of the peer and the hovel of the artisan the windows were thrown up; and at many, both men and women stood to contemplate the scene—timid children crowding behind them.

The heat became more and more oppressive.

At length large drops of rain fell, at intervals of two or three inches apart, upon the pavement.

And then a flash of lightning, like the forked tongue of one of those fiery serpents of which we read in oriental tales of magic and enchantment, darted forth from the black clouds overhead.