CHETWYND CALVERLEY
Reading edition
By William Harrison Ainsworth,
Chapman And Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
1877
Original
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CONTENTS
CHETWYND CALVERLEY.
INTRODUCTION.—THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER.
I. OUSELCROFT.
II. TERESA.
III. MR. CALVERLEY.
IV. FATHER AND SON.
V. THE OLD BUTLER.
VI. SELF-EXAMINATION.
VII. TERRIBLE SUSPICIONS.
VIII. DEATH OF MR. CALVERLEY.
BOOK THE FIRST—MILDRED.
I. SUITORS.
II. SIR BRIDGNORTH CHARLTON.
III. INQUIRIES.
IV. PORTRAITS.
V. THE POCKET-BOOK.
VI. BRACKLEY HEATH.
VII. CAPTAIN DANVERS.
VIII. BRACKLEY HALL.
IX. LADY BARFLEUR.
X. THE GALLERY.
XI. WHAT PASSED IN THE GARDEN.
XII. BRACKLEY MERE.
XIII. PURSUIT OF THE GIPSIES.
XIV. THE BLOODHOUND.
XV. THE DEERHOUNDS.
BOOK THE SECOND—THE HEIRESS OF BRACKLEY HALL.
I. THE LAST OF THE OLD CHESHIRE SQUIRES.
II. A CONSULTATION.
III. CHETWYND'S LETTER.
IV. HOW THE DIREFUL NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY MRS. CALVERLEY; AND HOW SIR BRIDGNORTH VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE INQUIRIES AS TO ITS TRUTH.
BOOK THE THIRD—WALTER LIDDEL.
I. ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.
II. THE HOUSE IN SPENCER'S KENTS.
III. INTRODUCES MR. TANKARD, MR. LAEKINS, AND MR. PLEDGER DAPP.
IV. SIGEBERT SMART.
V. ROMNEY.
VI. ROSE HARTLEY.
VII. TOM TANKARD.
VIII. AS A FOOTMAN.
IX. IN WHICH MISS CLOTILDE TRIPP AND MISS FLORA SICKLE-MORE MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE.
X. SUPPER.
BOOK THE FOURTH—PROBATION.
I. THE FIRST STEP.
II. THE SECOND ORDEAL.
III. THE RETURN TO OUSELCROFT.
IV. WHICH OF THE TWO?
V. HOW CAPTAIN DANVERS WAS THROWN OVER BY BOTH LADIES.
VI. MRS. CALVERLEY RENDERS CHETWYND AN IMPORTANT SERVICE.
VII. HOW CHETWYND AND EMMELINE PLIGHTED THEIR FAITH IN THE OLD CHAPEL.
VIII. THE HAUNTED BOOM.
IX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN CAPTAIN DANVERS AND MRS. CALVERLEY IN THE GARDEN.
X. AN INVITATION TO TOWN.
BOOK THE FIFTH—LADY THICKNESSE.
I. IN WHICH CHETWYND LEARNS HOW A QUARREL HAS TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN ROSE AND HARRY NETTERVILLE.
II. HARRY NETTERVILLE'S JEALOUS RAGE.
III. LORD COURLAND.
IV. A VIEW OF THE RING ROAD.
V. LORD COURLAND CONTINUES UNDECIDED.
VI. LADY THICKNESSE HAS A CONFERENCE WITH SCROPE.
VII. THE VISIT TO MRS. HARTLEY'S.
VIII. HOW HARRY NETTERVILLE FOUND ROMNEY.
IX. CAPTAIN DANVERS ARRIVES IN BELGRAVE SQUARE.
X. MRS. CALVERLEY MAKES AN IMPORTANT CONQUEST.
XI. LADY THICKNESSE CONSULTS SIR BRIDGNORTH.
XII. ANOTHER EXPLANATION.
XIII. A SOIREE DANSANTE.
XIV. AN UNPLEASANT INQUIRY.
XV. EVIDENCE IN CHETWYND's FAVOUR.
XVI. LORD COURLAND PROPOSES TO MRS. CALVERLEY.
BOOK THE SIXTH—THE CLAUSE IN MR. CALVERLEY'S WILL.
I. OLD NOBBIS QUESTIONS LAURA.
II. THE CABINET.
III. HOW THE WILL WAS FOUND.
IV. A LETTER PROM LORD COURLAND.
V. SHOWING WHAT MRS. CALVERLEY'S DRESSING-BOX CONTAINED.
VI. POISON IN THE CUP.
VII. PANGS OP REMORSE.
VIII. HARRY NETTERVILLE AND TOM TANKARD APPEAR AT OUSELCROFT.
IX. THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION.
X. HOW MILDRED RECOVERED.
XI. MORE LETTERS.
XII. LORD COURLAND ARRIVES AT OUSELCROFT.
XIII. A DANCE ON THE LAWN.
XIV. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY PASSED THE NIGHT.
XV. HOW DOCTOR SPENCER WAS SENT FOR.
XVI. CHETWYND MAKES COMMUNICATION TO SIR BRIDGNORTH.
XVII, DOCTOR SPENCER.
XVIII. DOCTOR SPENCER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHETWYND.
XIX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN LORD COURLAND AND MR. CARTERET.
XX. THE PARTING BETWEEN TERESA AND LORD COURLAND.
XXI. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY MADE HER WILL.
XXII. CHETWYND IS SUMMONED TO HIS SISTER'S ROOM, AND IS SENT BY HER TO TERESA.—THEIR INTERVIEW.
XXIII. SIR BRIDGNORTH PROPOSES TO LADY THICKNESSE, AND IS ACCEPTED.
XXIV. THE RACE BETWEEN ZEPHYRUS AND TOM TANKARD.
XXV. CAPTAIN DANVERS BRINGS DISTRESSING NEWS.
XXVI. TERESA'S CONFESSION.
XXVII. A MONTH LATER.
XXVIII. ALL IS SETTLED.
XXIX. CONCLUSION.