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A blighted life

INDEX TO “A BLIGHTED LIFE.”

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Account of Jean Hestier, the poor orphan, 60

Anecdote of Sir E. L.’s brutality to his wife, 76

Appendix, 76

Attempt to induce Lady L. to live with her husband, 58

Aylmer’s, Lady, Ball at, 6

Bell, Mr. Robert, spreads the report of the pretended madness of Lady L., 12

Blackburn, Lady, Money lent by, and Mr. L.’s notions of honour, 65

Brellisford, the Maid, Courage of, 10

Clarke’s, Mrs., interview with Sir E.’s solicitor, 37

Cockburn, described, 6;

alluded to, 47, 69;

tries to borrow money from Sir E., scene, 70

Cole, Mr., Q.C., alluded to, 64, 69;

Lady L. gives a testimonial to, 70

D—— and Wyndham Lewis, 20

Deacon, Miss Laura, Account of, 23, 24

Dedication of “Lucille” defended, 47, 57

Dickens, Charles, described, 4;

“In Memoriam” by, 22

Directions to her son in case of Lady L.’s death, 49

Divorce Court, Why Lady L. did not apply to, 50

Drives with Mary H. described, 39, 43

E. J.’s flattering account of Sir E. in an American Court, 72

Grattan, alluded to, 41

H——, the Madhouse Keeper, driven from Brentford, 55

Hertford Election, Lady L. speaks at, 27

Hodgson, the good attorney, 8

Hotham, Lady, Visit to, 8

Hyde, Mr., Lady L.’s solicitor, opposes Sir E.’s plot to prevent the pittance being paid, 17

Interview with her son described by Lady L., 50

Lady Lytton describes her son’s conduct, 44;

abandoned by him abroad, 59;

ceases to have intercourse with him, 66

Lamartine quoted, 6

Llangollen, Mrs. P., the spy, at, 8

Lawrence, the Quaker, and Lord L., 71, 73

Leighton set upon Lady L., 10

London, Lady L. visits, and is trapped, 33

Loudon, Mrs., Account of, 7

Lytton, Sir E., lectures on the Holiness of Truth, 11;

on the scene of abduction, 35;

drummed out of Nice, 40

Lyndhurst, Lord, applied to, 19;

his letter, 19

Lyndhurst, Lord, and Lady Sykes, 6, 20;

his conduct as to Lady L.’s papers, 22

Madhouse conspiracy carried out, 35;

Arrival at, 36;

Waking at, for the first time, 38

Maginn, Dr., alluded to, 63

Mary H——, Lady L’s little friend, described, 37;

Drives with, described, 39, 43

Massey, Lord, alluded to, 41

Norton, Mrs., 6;

Anecdote of, 18;

Trial of, 63

O’Kane and Palmerston, Case of, 63

Plot as to copyright of “Very Successful,” 67

Queen, The, and Prince Albert compared, 19;

alluded to, 42

R——, Miss, 47;

as a spy, 54

Return from abroad and reception at Taunton, 61

Roberts, Dr. Oily Gammon, described, 43

Shaftesbury, Lord, and the trusteeship, 53, 57, 65

Sparrow, the maid, 38

Stepney, Lady, alluded to, 76

“Strange Story, A,” alluded to, 19

Terror of Lord L. in his son, 56

Talfourd, Mr. Serjt., and his Custody of Infants Bill, 5

Whalley, Mr., sent for, 17

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