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قراءة كتاب A Life's Secret: A Novel
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A LIFE'S SECRET.
A Novel.
By MRS. HENRY WOOD,
AUTHOR OF
"EAST LYNNE," "THE CHANNINGS," ETC.
EIGHTH EDITION.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, New Burlington Street.
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1879.
[All Rights of Translation and Reproduction are Reserved.]
CONTENTS
| PART THE FIRST. | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | WAS THE LADY MAD? | 11 |
| II. | CHANGES | 32 |
| III. | AWAY TO LONDON | 39 |
| IV. | DAFFODIL'S DELIGHT | 52 |
| V. | MISS GWINN'S VISIT | 67 |
| VI. | TRACKED HOME | 83 |
| VII. | MR. SHUCK AT HOME | 103 |
| VIII. | FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS! | 116 |
| IX. | THE SEPARATION OF HUNTER AND HUNTER | 127 |
| PART THE SECOND. | ||
| I. | A MEETING OF THE WORKMEN | 136 |
| II. | CALLED TO KETTERFORD | 153 |
| III. | TWO THOUSAND POUNDS | 168 |
| IV. | AGITATION | 186 |
| PART THE THIRD. | ||
| I. | A PREMATURE AVOWAL | 204 |
| II. | MR. COX | 221 |
| III. | 'I THINK I HAVE BEEN A FOOL' | 238 |
| IV. | SOMEBODY 'PITCHED INTO' | 256 |
| V. | A GLOOMY CHAPTER | 274 |
| VI. | THE LITTLE BOY AT REST | 288 |
| VII. | MR. DUNN'S PIGS BROUGHT TO MARKET | 294 |
| VIII. | A DESCENT FOR MR. SHUCK | 309 |
| IX. | ON THE EVE OF BANKRUPTCY | 326 |
| X. | THE YEARS GONE BY | 342 |
| XI. | RELIEF | 359 |
| XII. | CONCLUSION | 369 |
A LIFE'S SECRET
PART THE FIRST.
CHAPTER I. WAS THE LADY MAD?
On the outskirts of Ketterford, a town of some note in the heart of England, stood, a few years ago, a white house, its green lawn, surrounded by shrubs and flowers, sloping down to the high road. It probably stands there still, looking as if not a day had passed over its head since, for houses can be renovated and made, so to say, new again, unlike men and women. A cheerful, bright, handsome house, of moderate size, the residence of Mr. Thornimett.
At the distance of a short stone's-throw, towards the open country, were sundry workshops and sheds—a large yard intervening between them and the house. They belonged