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The Project Gutenberg eBook, When Ghost Meets Ghost, by William Frend De Morgan
Title: When Ghost Meets Ghost
Author: William Frend De Morgan
Release Date: January 9, 2010 [eBook #30896]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST***
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: |
| I. Inconsistent and missing punctuation have been corrected without comment. |
| II. The 'oe' and 'ae' ligatures have been changed to 'oe' and 'ae'. |
| III. Obvious spelling mistakes have been corrected. A list of corrections from the original is included at the end of the book. |
WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST
By WILLIAM DE MORGAN |
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| WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST A long, genial tale of old mysteries and young lovers in England in the '50s. $1.60 net. |
WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST
BY
WILLIAM DE MORGAN
AUTHOR OF "JOSEPH VANCE," "ALICE-FOR-SHORT," ETC.
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1914,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published February, 1914
Dedicated to
The Spirit of Fiction
PART I |
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| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| 0. SAPPS COURT | 3 |
| I. DAVE AND HIS FAMILY | 6 |
| II. A SHORTAGE OF MUD | 16 |
| III. DAVE'S ACCIDENT | 24 |
| IV. BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL | 30 |
| V. MRS. PRICHARD | 40 |
| VI. THE STORY OF THE TWINS | 45 |
| VII. DAVE'S CONVALESCENT HAVEN | 60 |
| VIII. DAVE'S RETURN TO SAPPS COURT | 72 |
| IX. A VERDICT OF DEATH BY DROWNING | 84 |
| X. AT THE TOWERS | 93 |
| XI. MR. PELLEW AND MISS DICKENSON | 110 |
| XII. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT | 117 |
| XIII. AN INQUIRY FOR A WIDOW | 127 |
| XIV. A SUCCESSFUL CAPTURE | 134 |
| XV. WHAT AUNT M'RIAR OVERHEARD | 150 |
| XVI. THE INNER LIFE OF SAPPS COURT | 156 |
| XVII. HOW ADRIAN WAS NURSED AT THE TOWERS | 171 |
| XVIII. HOW GWEN AND THE COUNTESS VISITED ADRIAN | 185 |
| XIX. GWEN'S VERY BAD NIGHT | |