Sir John Dering
- Subtitle
- A romantic comedy
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1. Front matter2. PROLOGUE3. CHAPTER I WHICH INTRODUCES THE DOG WITH A BAD NAME4. CHAPTER II WHICH DESCRIBES A FORTUITOUS BUT FATEFUL MEETING5. CHAPTER III TELLETH OF MRS. ROSE, THE GUILEFUL INNOCENT6. CHAPTER IV SHEWETH THE WICKED DERING IN A NEW RÔLE7. CHAPTER V THE ALLURE OF SIMPLICITY: MOONLIGHT AND AN ELOPEMENT8. CHAPTER VI OF SOULS, SOLITUDE AND A DUSTY ROAD9. CHAPTER VII WHICH INTRODUCES MY LORD SAYLE AND THE CLASH OF STEEL10. CHAPTER VIII OF A POST-CHAISE, INIQUITY AND A GRANDMOTHER11. CHAPTER IX DESCRIBES THE ADVENTURES OF THE TRUE BELIEVER12. CHAPTER X FURTHER CONCERNING THE SAME13. CHAPTER XI OF AN ALTRUISTIC SCOT14. CHAPTER XII DESCRIBETH THE DUPLICITY OF INNOCENCE15. CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING THE ADVENT OF JOHN DERWENT16. CHAPTER XIV HOW THE MAN OF SENTIMENT SENTIMENTALISED IN A DITCH17. CHAPTER XV WHICH INTRODUCES A FRIEZE COAT AND ITS WEARER, ONE GEORGE POTTER18. CHAPTER XVI DESCRIBES A SCANDALOUS ITEM OF FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF19. CHAPTER XVII HOW SIR JOHN DERING CAME BACK TO MAYFAIR20. CHAPTER XVIII HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING21. CHAPTER XIX TELLS HOW SIR JOHN WENT “BEAR-BAITING”22. CHAPTER XX HOW SIR JOHN PLEDGED HIS WORD: WITH SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTIES OF SNUFF23. CHAPTER XXI OF GEORGE POTTER, HIS WHISTLE24. CHAPTER XXII MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WEAVES WEBS FOR AN UNWARY HE25. CHAPTER XXIII HOW GEORGE POTTER CIRCUMVENTED THE PREVENTIVES26. CHAPTER XXIV OF MR. BUNKLE AND THE ROOM WITH FIVE DOORS27. CHAPTER XXV TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN BEHELD THE GHOST28. CHAPTER XXVI CONCERNS ITSELF MAINLY WITH THE “MORNING AFTER”29. CHAPTER XXVII TELLETH HOW MR. DERWENT BEGAN HIS WOOING30. CHAPTER XXVIII TELLETH HOW MY LADY ADOPTED A FAIRY GODMOTHER31. CHAPTER XXIX GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF A TEA-DRINKING32. CHAPTER XXX IN WHICH SIR JOHN RECEIVES A WARNING33. CHAPTER XXXI BEING A CHAPTER OF NO GREAT CONSEQUENCE34. CHAPTER XXXII TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING35. CHAPTER XXXIII WHICH, AMONG OTHER SMALL MATTERS, TELLETH OF A SNUFF-BOX36. CHAPTER XXXIV CONCERNS ITSELF WITH ONE OF THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE ‘MARKET CROSS INN’37. CHAPTER XXXV BEING THE SHORTEST IN THIS BOOK38. CHAPTER XXXVI WHICH CONTAINS FURTHER MENTION OF A CERTAIN SNUFF-BOX39. CHAPTER XXXVII WHICH GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER’S HAT40. CHAPTER XXXVIII OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT41. CHAPTER XXXIX HOW THEY WARNED CAPTAIN SHARKIE NYE42. CHAPTER XL DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW MY LADY TRAMPLED TRIUMPHANTLY AT LAST43. CHAPTER XLI TELLETH OF THE DUEL ON DERING TYE44. CHAPTER XLII MR. DUMBRELL MEDIATES45. CHAPTER XLIII IN WHICH SIR JOHN DEVOTES HIMSELF TO THE MUSE46. CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH THE GHOST FLITS TO GOOD PURPOSE47. CHAPTER XLV WHICH, AS THE READER OBSERVES, BEGINS AND ENDS WITH MY LORD SAYLE48. CHAPTER XLVI TELLS HOW SIR JOHN DERING FLED THE DOWN-COUNTRY49. CHAPTER XLVII TELLETH HOW MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WENT A-WOOING50. CHAPTER XLVIII WHICH IS, HAPPILY, THE LAST