The Amazing Marriage — Complete
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1. THE AMAZING MARRIAGE2. CHAPTER I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS3. CHAPTER II. MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES DUMP THE POSTILLION CONDUCTING4. CHAPTER III. CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHER WITH HER SUDDEN EXTINCTION5. CHAPTER IV. MORNING AND FAREWELL TO AN OLD HOME6. CHAPTER V. A MOUNTAIN WALK IN MIST AND SUNSHINE7. CHAPTER VI. THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER8. CHAPTER VII. THE LADY’S LETTER9. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ENCOUNTER OF TWO STRANGE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR CONSORTING: IN WHICH THE MALE READER IS REQUESTED TO BEAR IN MIND WHAT WILD CREATURE HE WAS IN HIS YOUTH, WHILE THE FEMALE SHOULD MARVEL CREDULOUSLY10. CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE BLACK GODDESS FORTUNE AND THE WORSHIP OF HER, TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF SOME OF HER VOTARIES11. CHAPTER X. SMALL CAUSES12. CHAPTER XI. THE PRISONER OF HIS WORD13. CHAPTER XII. HENRIETTA’S LETTER TREATING OF THE GREAT EVENT14. CHAPTER XIII. AN IRRUPTION. OF MISTRESS GOSSIP IN BREACH OF THE CONVENTION15. CHAPTER XIV. A PENDANT OF THE FOREGOING16. CHAPTER XV. OPENING STAGE OF THE HONEYMOON17. CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH THE BRIDE FROM FOREIGN PARTS IS GIVEN A TASTE OF OLD ENGLAND18. CHAPTER XVII. RECORDS A SHADOW CONTEST CLOSE ON THE FOREGOING19. CHAPTER XVIII. DOWN WHITECHAPEL WAY20. CHAPTER XIX. THE GIRL MADGE21. CHAPTER XX. STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD SEAMAN, A LOVELY SERPENT, AND THE MORAL EFFECTS THAT MAY COME OF A BORROWED SHIRT22. CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH WE HAVE FURTHER GLIMPSES OF THE WONDROUS MECHANISM OF OUR YOUNGER MAN23. CHAPTER XXII. A RIGHT-MINDED GREAT LADY24. CHAPTER XXIII. IN DAME GOSSIP’S VEIN25. CHAPTER XXIV. A KIDNAPPING AND NO GREAT HARM26. CHAPTER XXV. THE PHILOSOPHER MAN OF ACTION27. CHAPTER XXVI. AFTER SOME FENCING THE DAME PASSES OUR GUARD28. CHAPTER XXVII. WE DESCEND INTO A STEAMER’S ENGINE-ROOM29. CHAPTER XXVIII. BY CONCESSIONS TO MISTRESS GOSSIP A FURTHER INTRUSION IS AVERTED30. CHAPTER XXIX. CARINTHIA IN WALES31. CHAPTER XXX. REBECCA WYTHAN32. CHAPTER XXXI. WE HAVE AGAIN TO DEAL WITH THE EXAMPLES OF OUR YOUNGER MAN33. CHAPTER XXXII. IN WHICH WE SEE CARINTHIA PUT IN PRACTICE ONE OF HER OLD FATHER’S LESSONS34. CHAPTER XXXIII. A FRIGHTFUL DEBATE35. CHAPTER XXXIV. A SURVEY OF THE RIDE OF THE WELSH CAVALIERS ESCORTING THE COUNTESS OF FLEETWOOD TO KENTISH ESSLEMONT36. CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH CERTAIN CHANGES MAY BE DISCERNED37. CHAPTER XXXVI. BELOW THE SURFACE AND ABOVE38. CHAPTER XXXVII. BETWEEN CARINTHIA AND HER LORD39. CHAPTER XXXVIII. A DIP INTO THE SPRING’S WATERS40. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE RED WARNING FROM A SON OF VAPOUR41. CHAPTER XL. RECORD OF MINOR INCIDENTS42. CHAPTER XLI. IN WHICH THE FATES ARE SEEN AND A CHOICE OF THE REFUGES FROM THEM43. CHAPTER XLII. THE RETARDED COURTSHIP44. CHAPTER XLIII. ON THE ROAD TO THE ACT OF PENANCE45. CHAPTER XLIV. BETWEEN THE EARL, THE COUNTESS AND HER BROTHER, AND OF A SILVER CROSS46. CHAPTER XLV. CONTAINS A RECORD OF WHAT WAS FEARED, WHAT WAS HOPED, AND WHAT HAPPENED47. CHAPTER XLVI. A CHAPTER OF UNDERCURRENTS AND SOME SURFACE FLASHES48. CHAPTER XLVII. THE LAST: WITH A CONCLUDING WORD BY THE DAME