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Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 1
GREAT PORTER SQUARE:
A MYSTERY.
BY
B. L. FARJEON,
Author of “Grif,” “London’s Heart,” “The House of White
Shadows,” etc.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOLUME I.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1885.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS
AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I.— | Introduces Mrs. James Preedy; hints at the trouble into which she has fallen; and gives an insight into her social position | 1 |
| II.— | What was printed on the quarto bill: a proclamation by her Majesty’s Government | 19 |
| III.— | Extracted from the “Evening Moon” | 25 |
| IV.— | The examination of Mrs. Preedy, continued from the “Evening Moon” | 33 |
| V.— | Contains further extracts from the “Evening Moon” relating to the Great Porter Square mystery | 50 |
| VI.— | The “Evening Moon” speaks its mind | 56 |
| VII.— | In which the “Evening Moon” continues to speak its mind | 62 |
| VIII.— | The “Evening Moon” postpones its statement respecting Antony Cowlrick | 88 |
| IX.— | In which the “Evening Moon” relates the adventures of its Special Correspondent | 90 |
| X.— | The Special Reporter of the “Evening Moon” makes the acquaintance of a little match girl | 121 |
| XI.— | The “Evening Moon” for a time takes leave of the case of Antony Cowlrick | 142 |
| XII.— | Mrs. Preedy has dreadful dreams | 147 |
| XIII.— | Mrs. Preedy’s young man lodger | 154 |
| XIV.— | In which Becky commences a letter to a friend in the country | 167 |
| XV.— | In which Becky continues her letter, and relates how she obtained the situation at No. 118 | 175 |
| XVI.— | In which Becky writes a second letter to her friend in the country, and gives a woman’s reason for not liking Richard Manx | 183 |
| XVII.— | In which Becky, continuing her letter, relates her impressions of Mrs. Preedy’s young man lodger | 193 |
| XVIII.— | The “Evening Moon” reopens the subject of the Great Porter Square murder, and relates a romantic story concerning the murdered man and his widow | 219 |
| XIX.— | The “Evening Moon” continues its account of the tragedy, and describes the shameful part enacted by Mr. Frederick Holdfast in his father’s house | 244 |
GREAT PORTER SQUARE:
A MYSTERY.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCES MRS. JAMES PREEDY; HINTS AT THE TROUBLE INTO WHICH SHE HAS FALLEN; AND GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO HER SOCIAL POSITION.
Mrs. James Preedy, lodging-house keeper, bred and born in the vocation, and consequently familiar with all the moves of that extensive class of persons in London that has no regular home, and has to be cooked for, washed for, and generally done