The Project Gutenberg eBook, Under False Pretences, by Adeline Sergeant

Title: Under False Pretences

A Novel

Author: Adeline Sergeant

Release Date: February 23, 2010 [eBook #31375]

Language: English

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UNDER FALSE PRETENCES

A NOVEL.

By ADELINE SERGEANT

AUTHOR OF Jacobi's Wife, Beyond Recall, An Open Foe, etc.

Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine by William Bryce, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

TORONTO;
WILLIAM BRYCE, PUBLISHER.

UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.

CHAPTER I. Prologue to the Story
CHAPTER II. BY THE LOCH.
CHAPTER III. HUGO LUTTRELL.
CHAPTER IV. IN THE TWILIGHT.
CHAPTER V. THE DEAD MAN'S TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER VI. MOTHER AND SON.
CHAPTER VII. A FAREWELL.
CHAPTER VIII. IN GOWER-STREET.
CHAPTER IX. ELIZABETH'S WOOING.
CHAPTER X. BROTHER DINO.
CHAPTER XI. ON A MOUNTAIN-SIDE.
CHAPTER XII. THE HEIRESS OF STRATHLECKIE.
CHAPTER XIII. SAN STEFANO.
CHAPTER XIV. THE PRIOR'S OPINION.
CHAPTER XV. THE VILLA VENTURI.
CHAPTER XVI. "WITHOUT A REFERENCE."
CHAPTER XVII. PERCIVAL'S HOLIDAY.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MISTRESS OF NETHERGLEN.
CHAPTER XIX. A LOST LETTER.
CHAPTER XX. "MISCHIEF, THOU ART AFOOT."
CHAPTER XXI. A FLASK OF ITALIAN WINE.
CHAPTER XXII. BRIAN'S WELCOME.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WISHING WELL.
CHAPTER XXIV. "GOOD-BYE."
CHAPTER XXV. A COVENANT.
CHAPTER XXVI. ELIZABETH'S CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XXVII. PERCIVAL'S OWN WAY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX. FRIENDS AND BROTHERS.
CHAPTER XXXI. ACCUSER AND ACCUSED.
CHAPTER XXXII. RETRIBUTION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT PERCIVAL KNEW.
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