The Law and the Lady
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1. Front matter2. NOTE:3. CHAPTER I. THE BRIDE’S MISTAKE.4. CHAPTER II. THE BRIDE’S THOUGHTS.5. CHAPTER III. RAMSGATE SANDS.6. CHAPTER IV. ON THE WAY HOME.7. CHAPTER V. THE LANDLADY’S DISCOVERY.8. CHAPTER VI. MY OWN DISCOVERY.9. CHAPTER VII. ON THE WAY TO THE MAJOR.10. CHAPTER VIII. THE FRIEND OF THE WOMEN.11. CHAPTER IX. THE DEFEAT OF THE MAJOR.12. CHAPTER X. THE SEARCH.13. CHAPTER XI. THE RETURN TO LIFE.14. CHAPTER XII. THE SCOTCH VERDICT.15. CHAPTER XIII. THE MAN’S DECISION.16. CHAPTER XIV. THE WOMAN’S ANSWER.17. CHAPTER XV. THE STORY OF THE TRIAL. THE PRELIMINARIES.18. CHAPTER XVI. FIRST QUESTION—DID THE WOMAN DIE POISONED?19. CHAPTER XVII. SECOND QUESTION—WHO POISONED HER?20. CHAPTER XVIII. THIRD QUESTION—WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE?21. CHAPTER XIX. THE EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE.22. CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE TRIAL.23. CHAPTER XXI. I SEE MY WAY.24. CHAPTER XXII. THE MAJOR MAKES DIFFICULTIES.25. CHAPTER XXIII26. CHAPTER XXIV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER—FIRST VIEW.27. CHAPTER XXV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER—SECOND VIEW28. CHAPTER XXVI. MORE OF MY OBSTINACY.29. CHAPTER XXVII. MR. DEXTER AT HOME.30. CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE DARK.31. CHAPTER XXIX. IN THE LIGHT.32. CHAPTER XXX. THE INDICTMENT OF MRS. BEAULY.33. CHAPTER XXXI. THE DEFENSE OF MRS. BEAULY.34. CHAPTER XXXII. A SPECIMEN OF MY WISDOM.35. CHAPTER XXXIII. A SPECIMEN OF MY FOLLY.36. CHAPTER XXXIV. GLENINCH.37. CHAPTER XXXV. MR. PLAYMORE’S PROPHECY.38. CHAPTER XXXVI. ARIEL.39. CHAPTER XXXVII. AT THE BEDSIDE.40. CHAPTER XXXVIII. ON THE JOURNEY BACK.41. CHAPTER XXXIX. ON THE WAY TO DEXTER.42. CHAPTER XL. NEMESIS AT LAST.43. CHAPTER XLI. MR. PLAYMORE IN A NEW CHARACTER.44. CHAPTER XLII. MORE SURPRISES.45. CHAPTER XLIII. AT LAST!46. CHAPTER XLIV. OUR NEW HONEYMOON.47. CHAPTER XLV. THE DUST-HEAP DISTURBED.48. CHAPTER XLVI. THE CRISIS DEFERRED.49. CHAPTER XLVII. THE WIFE’S CONFESSION.50. CHAPTER XLVIII. WHAT ELSE COULD I DO?51. CHAPTER XLIX. PAST AND FUTURE.52. CHAPTER L.