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قراءة كتاب The Tenants of Malory, Volume 2
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THE
TENANTS OF MALORY.
(Reprinted from the "Dublin University Magazine.")
A Novel
BY
JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU,
AUTHOR OF "UNCLE SILAS," "GUY DEVERELL," "THE HOUSE
BY THE CHURCHYARD," ETC. ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.
1867.
[The Right of Translation is reserved.]
LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | —IN THE OAK PARLOUR—A MEETING AND PARTING | 1 |
| II. | —JUDÆUS APELLA | 12 |
| III. | —MR. LEVI VISITS MRS. MERVYN | 21 |
| IV. | —MR. BENJAMIN LEVI RECOGNISES AN ACQUAINTANCE | 32 |
| V. | —A COUNCIL OF THREE | 44 |
| VI. | —MR. DINGWELL ARRIVES | 56 |
| VII. | —MR. DINGWELL MAKES HIMSELF COMFORTABLE | 68 |
| VIII. | —THE LODGER AND HIS LANDLADY | 76 |
| IX. | —IN WHICH MR. DINGWELL PUTS HIS HAND TO THE POKER | 87 |
| X. | —CLEVE VERNEY SEES THE CHATEAU DE CRESSERON | 102 |
| XI. | —SHE COMES AND SPEAKS | 112 |
| XII. | —CLEVE VERNEY HAS A VISITOR | 125 |
| XIII. | —THE REV. ISAAC DIXIE SETS FORTH ON A MISSION | 136 |
| XIV. | —OVER THE HERRING-POND | 146 |
| XV. | —MR. CLEVE VERNEY PAYS A VISIT TO ROSEMARY COURT | 157 |
| XVI. | —IN LORD VERNEY'S LIBRARY | 176 |
| XVII. | —AN OVATION | 191 |
| XVIII. | —OLD FRIENDS ON THE GREEN | 205 |
| XIX. | —VANE ETHERAGE GREETS LORD VERNEY | 222 |
| XX. | —REBECCA MERVYN READS HER LETTER | 235 |
| XXI. | —BY RAIL TO LONDON | 252 |
| XXII. | —LADY DORMINSTER'S BALL | 264 |
THE
TENANTS OF MALORY.
CHAPTER I.
IN THE OAK PARLOUR—A MEETING AND PARTING.
"Gossiping place Cardyllian is," said Miss Anne Sheckleton, after they had walked on a little in silence. "What nonsense the people do talk. I never heard anything like it. Did you ever hear such a galamathias?"
The young lady walking by her side answered by a cold little laugh—
"Yes, I suppose so. All small country towns are, I believe," said she.
"And that good old soul, Mrs. Jones, she does invent the most absurd gossip about every body that imagination can conceive. Wilmot told me the other day that she had given her to understand that your father is a madman, sent down here by London doctors for change of air. I make it a point never to mind one word she says; although her news, I confess, does amuse me."
"Yes, it is, very foolish.