Isopel BernersFront matterReading editionChapter navigation37 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterISOPEL BERNERSINTRODUCTION.DWELLERS IN THE DINGLE, AND SOME OTHERS.Chapter I · —THE SCHOLAR SAYS GOOD-BYE TO THE GYPSY, AND PITCHES HIS TENT IN THE DINGLE.Chapter II · —THE SHOEING OF AMBROL.Chapter III · —THE DARK HOUR COMES UPON LAVENGRO AND HIS SOUL IS HEAVY WITHIN HIM.Chapter IV · —A CLASSICAL ENCOUNTER—LONG MELFORD TO THE RESCUE.Chapter V · —ISOPEL BERNERS: A TALL GIRL OF EIGHTEEN, AND HER STORY.Chapter VI · —A FOAMING DRAUGHT—THE MAGIC OF ALE.Chapter VII · —A DISCIPLE OF WILLIAM COBBETT—THE SCHOLAR ENCOUNTERS THE PRIEST.Chapter VIII · —FIRST LESSONS IN ARMENIAN.Chapter IX · —LAVENGRO RECEIVES A VISIT OF CEREMONY FROM THE MAN IN BLACK.Chapter X · —HOW ISOPEL BERNERS AND THE WORD-MASTER PASSED THEIR TIME IN THE DINGLE.Chapter XI · —ALE, GIVE THEM ALE, AND LET IT BE STRONG—A MAIN OF COCKS—LAVENGRO CONSOLES THE LANDLORD, WHO PROPOUNDS A NOVEL PLAN FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF DEBTS.Chapter XII · —ANOTHER VISIT FROM THE MAN IN BLACK: HIS ESTIMATE OF MEZZOFANTE.Chapter XIII · —THE MAN IN BLACK DISCUSSES THE FOIBLES OF THE ENGLISH—HIS SCHEMES FOR WINNING OVER THE ARISTOCRACY, THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND THE RABBLE—HORSEFLESH AND BITTER ALE.Chapter XIV · —LIFE IN THE DINGLE—ISOPEL IS INOCULATED WITH TONGUES—A THUNDERSTORM.Chapter XV · —FIRST AID TO A POSTCHAISE AND A POSTILLION—MORE HOSPITALITY.Chapter XVI · —THE NEW-COMER TAKES KINDLY TO THE DINGLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS, ABOUT WHOM HE FORMS HIS OWN OPINIONS.Chapter XVII · —THE MAKING OF THE LINCH-PIN—THE SOUND SLEEPER—BREAKFAST—THE POSTILLION’S DEPARTURE.Chapter XVIII · —THE MAN IN BLACK—THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY—NEPOTISM—DONNA OLYMPIA—OMNIPOTENCE—CAMILLO ASTALLI—THE FIVE PROPOSITIONS.Chapter XIX · —NECESSITY OF RELIGION—THE GREAT INDIAN ONE—IMAGE WORSHIP—SHAKESPEARE—THE PAT ANSWER—KRISHNA—AMEN.Chapter XX · —THE PROPOSAL—THE SCOTCH NOVEL—LATITUDE—MIRACLES—PESTILENT HERETICS—OLD FRASER—WONDERFUL TEXT—NO ARMENIAN.Chapter XXI · —FRESH ARRIVALS—PITCHING THE TENT—CERTIFICATED WIFE—HIGH-FLYING NOTIONS.Chapter XXII · —THE PROMISED VISIT—ROMAN FASHION—WIZARD AND WITCH—CATCHING AT WORDS—THE TWO FEMALES—DRESSING OF HAIR—THE NEW ROADS—BELLE’S ALTERED APPEARANCE—HERSELF AGAIN.Chapter XXIII · —THE FESTIVAL—THE GYPSY SONG—PIRAMUS OF ROME—THE SCOTCHMAN—GYPSY NAMES.Chapter XXIV · —THE CHURCH—THE ARISTOCRATICAL PEW—DAYS OF YORE—THE CLERGYMAN—“IN WHAT WOULD A MAN BE PROFITED?”Chapter XXV · —RETURN FROM CHURCH—THE CUCKOO AND GYPSY—SPIRITUAL DISCOURSE.Chapter XXVI · —SUNDAY EVENING—URSULA—ACTION AT LAW—MERIDIANA MARRIED ALREADY.Chapter XXVII · —URSULA’S TALE—THE PATTERAN—THE DEEP WATER—SECOND HUSBAND.Chapter XXVIII · —THE DINGLE AT NIGHT—THE TWO SIDES OF THE QUESTION—ROMAN FEMALES—FILLING THE KETTLE—THE DREAM—THE TALL FIGURE.Chapter XXIX · —VISIT TO THE LANDLORD—HIS MORTIFICATIONS—HUNTER AND HIS CLAN—RESOLUTION.Chapter XXX · —PREPARATIONS FOR THE FAIR—THE LAST LESSON—THE VERB SIRIEL.Chapter XXXI · —THE DAWN OF DAY—THE LAST FAREWELL—DEPARTURE FOR THE FAIR—THE FINE HORSE—RETURN TO THE DINGLE—NO ISOPEL.Chapter XXXII · —GLOOMY FOREBODINGS—THE POSTMAN’S MOTHER—A VALEDICTORY LETTER FROM ISOPEL WITH A LOCK OF HER HAIR—THE END OF A CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF THE ROMANY RYE—AND OF THE BOOK OF ISOPEL BERNERS.Footnotes:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →ISOPEL BERNERSAll chapters and sections (37)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsISOPEL BERNERSINTRODUCTION.DWELLERS IN THE DINGLE, AND SOME OTHERS.Chapter I · —THE SCHOLAR SAYS GOOD-BYE TO THE GYPSY, AND PITCHES HIS TENT IN THE DINGLE.Chapter II · —THE SHOEING OF AMBROL.Chapter III · —THE DARK HOUR COMES UPON LAVENGRO AND HIS SOUL IS HEAVY WITHIN HIM.Chapters4567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132Other sectionsFootnotes:Transcribed from the 1901 Hodder and Stoughton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org◇ISOPEL BERNERS →