Nina's perilJosh Billings.Reading editionChapter navigation85 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…NINA’S PERIL.Chapter I · A BEAUTIFUL FACE.Chapter II · WAITING AND HOPING.Chapter III · SKETCHING THE PAST.Chapter IV · COMING HOME.Chapter V · “NOTHING CAN UNDO THE FOLLY OF FIVE YEARS AGO.”Chapter VI · “CAN THIS REALLY BE NINA?”Chapter VII · PRIDE.Chapter VIII · “I HAVE SWORN AN OATH AND I SHALL HAVE TO KEEP IT.”Chapter IX · JEALOUSY.Chapter X · “I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER.”Chapter XI · THE SHADOWS FALL.Chapter XII · AN INTERVIEW DECLINED.Chapter XIII · NINA’S SACRIFICE.Chapter XIV · A MADDENED LOVER.Chapter XV · THE TRAGEDY.Chapter XVI · THE FLIGHT OF NINA.Chapter XVII · SIBYL’S ACCUSATION.Chapter XVIII · RESCUED.Chapter XIX · WITH FRIENDS.Chapter XX · THE FIELDINGS.Chapter XXI · “MAD FROM LIFE’S HISTORY.”Chapter XXII · REMORSE.Chapter XXIII · COMPAGNONS DU VOYAGE.Chapter XXIV · “SHE IS DEAD TO ALL.”Chapter XXV · POVERTY.Chapter XXVI · I MUST HAVE MONEY.Chapter XXVII · BACK TO SELWYN HEIGHTS.Chapter XXVIII · ENTRAPPED.Chapter XXIX · NINA LEARNS THE TRUTH.Chapter XXX · A GHOSTLY LAUGH.Chapter XXXI · THE ARREST OF NINA.Chapter XXXII · TALBOT’S SUSPICIONS.Chapter XXXIII · TALBOT’S DREAMS.Chapter XXXIV · THE PRISON.Chapter XXXV · NINA’S DESPAIR.Chapter XXXVI · THE TRIAL.Chapter XXXVII · THE LETTER.Chapter XXXVIII · THE GHOST AGAIN.Chapter XXXIX · NINA FORGIVES TALBOT.Chapter XL · IN EGYPT.Chapter XLI · FERRIS GROWS DESPERATE.Chapter XLII · THE NAYA HAYE.Chapter XLIII · JUDGE LYNCH.Chapter XLIV · ARMSTRONG’S NEWS.Chapter XLV · TALBOT LEARNS ALL.Chapter XLVI · TALBOT ACCUSES FERRIS.Chapter XLVII · RALPH ST. ALBAN.Chapter XLVIII · FLIGHT INTO THE DESERT.Chapter XLIX · TORN BY WOLVES.Chapter L · JOURNEYING HOMEWARD.Chapter LI · ON THE SCAFFOLD.Chapter LII · SIBYL’S PUNISHMENT.Chapter LIII · NINA’S HAPPINESS.Chapter LIV · THE INVITATION.Chapter LV · “IT’S WE TWO FOR AYE.”Mary J. Holmes’ Novels.Charles Dickens—15 Vols.—“Carleton’s Edition.”Marion Harland’s Novels.Augusta J. Evans’ NovelsElla Wheeler Wilcox.May Agnes Fleming’s Novels.Allan Pinkerton’s Works.Bertha Clay’s Novels.“New York Weekly” Series.Miriam Coles Harris’ Novels.A. S. Roe’s Select Stories.Julie P. Smith’s Novels.Artemas Ward.The Game of Whist.Victor Hugo’s Great Novel.Mrs. Hill’s Cook Book.Celia E. Gardner’s Novels.Captain Mayne Reid’s Works.Hand-Books of Society.Josh Billings.Charles Dickens.Annie Edwards’ Novels.Ernest Renan’s French Works.G. W. Carleton.M. M. Pomeroy (Brick).Miscellaneous Works.Humorous Works.Miscellaneous Works.Miscellaneous Novels.Previous chapter ←Hand-Books of Society.Next chapter →Charles Dickens.All chapters and sections (85)Other sectionsNINA’S PERIL.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455Other sectionsMary J. Holmes’ Novels.Charles Dickens—15 Vols.—“Carleton’s Edition.”Marion Harland’s Novels.Augusta J. Evans’ NovelsElla Wheeler Wilcox.May Agnes Fleming’s Novels.Allan Pinkerton’s Works.Bertha Clay’s Novels.“New York Weekly” Series.Miriam Coles Harris’ Novels.A. S. Roe’s Select Stories.Julie P. Smith’s Novels.Artemas Ward.The Game of Whist.Victor Hugo’s Great Novel.Mrs. Hill’s Cook Book.Celia E. Gardner’s Novels.Captain Mayne Reid’s Works.Hand-Books of Society.Josh Billings.Charles Dickens.Annie Edwards’ Novels.Ernest Renan’s French Works.G. W. Carleton.M. M. Pomeroy (Brick).Miscellaneous Works.Humorous Works.Miscellaneous Works.Miscellaneous Novels.His Complete Writings—With Biography, Steel Portrait and 100 Illustrations.$2 00◇← Hand-Books of Society.Charles Dickens. →