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قراءة كتاب Miracle Gold (Vol. 3 of 3) A Novel
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MIRACLE GOLD.
New Novels at the Libraries. MARVEL. By the Author of "Molly Bawn." 3 vols.
FOR FREEDOM. By TIGHE HOPKINS. 2 vols. MOLLY'S STORY; a Family History. 3 vols. AN ADVENTURESS. 2 vols. LADY STELLA AND HER LOVER. 3 vols. ONE MAID'S MISCHIEF. By G. M. FENN. 3 vols. UNCLE BOB'S NIECE. By LESLIE KEITH. 3 vols. A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. By C. FOTHERGILL. 3 vols. WARD & DOWNEY, PUBLISHERS, LONDON. |
MIRACLE GOLD.
A Novel.
BY
RICHARD DOWLING,
AUTHOR OF
"The Mystery of Killard," "The Weird Sisters,"
"Tempest Driven," "Under St. Paul's," &c.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1888.
[All rights reserved.]
PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,
AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
CONTENTS. |
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| CHAP. | |
| XXVII.-- | New Relatives. |
| XXVIII.-- | Leigh at his Bench. |
| XXIX.-- | Strong Smelling Salts. |
| XXX.-- | Dora Ashton Alone. |
| XXXI.-- | Winding up the Clock. |
| XXXII.-- | The Morning After. |
| XXXIII.-- | Leigh confides in Timmons. |
| XXXIV.-- | The Wrong Man. |
| XXXV.-- | The Ruins. |
| XXXVI.-- | Open Confession. |
| XXXVII.-- | Free. |
| XXXVIII.-- | Doctor Shaw's Verdict. |
| XXXIX.-- | Patient and Nurse. |
| XL.-- | The Two Patients. |
| XLI.-- | Fugitives. |
| XLII.-- | The End. |
MIRACLE GOLD.
MIRACLE GOLD.
CHAPTER XXVII.
NEW RELATIVES.
When John Hanbury turned his face homeward to Chester Square from Grimsby Street that evening, the long summer day was at last ended, and it was dusk.
He had, before setting out for the country that morning, written a note to his mother explaining whither he was going, and left it with the document she had given him the night before. He wound up his note by telling her he was still, even after the night, so confused and hurried in his thoughts that he would make no comment on the discovery except that it was one of the most extraordinary that had ever befallen man. He was going into the country to find what confirmation he could, if any, of the marvellous tale.
On getting back to London he had had a strange meeting with his mother. Both were profoundly moved, and each, out of mercy to the other, affected to be perfectly calm, and fell to discussing the new aspect of affairs as though the news into which they had just come was no more interesting than the ordinary surprises that awaken interest once a week in the quietest family. Beyond an embrace of more warmth and endurance than usual, there was no sign that anything very unusual had occurred since their last meeting. Then Mrs. Hanbury sat down, and her son, as was his custom when excited, walked up and down the room as he told his Derbyshire experience.
"In a few hours," he went on, after some introductory sentences, "I found out all that is to be found out about the Graces near their former place, Gracedieu. It exactly corresponds with all my father says. The story of Kate Grace's disappearance and marriage to a foreign nobleman (by the tradition he is French), is still told in the place, and the shop