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Checkmate

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Author
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Gothic fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
38460
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38460
Release Date
January 1, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Checkmate
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. MORTLAKE HALL.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. MARTHA TANSEY.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. MR. LONGCLUSE OPENS HIS HEART.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. MONSIEUR LEBAS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. A CATASTROPHE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. TO BED.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. FAST FRIENDS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING A BOOT.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. THE ROYAL OAK.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAM ARRIVES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. SIR REGINALD ARDEN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. ON THE ROAD.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. MR. LONGCLUSE'S BOOT FINDS A TEMPORARY ASYLUM.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. FATHER AND SON.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. A MIDNIGHT MEETING.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. MR. LONGCLUSE AT MORTLAKE HALL.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE PARTY IN THE DINING-ROOM.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. IN MRS. TANSEY'S ROOM.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. MRS. TANSEY'S STORY.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. A WALK BY MOONLIGHT.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. MR. LONGCLUSE MAKES AN ODD CONFIDENCE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. THE MEETING.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. MR. LONGCLUSE FOLLOWS A SHADOW.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. A TETE-A-TETE.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. WINGED WORDS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. STORIES ABOUT MR. LONGCLUSE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. THE GARDEN PARTY.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. HE SEES HER.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. ABOUT THE GROUNDS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. UNDER THE LIME-TREES.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DERBY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. A SHARP COLLOQUY.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. DINNER AT MORTLAKE.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A LADY'S NOTE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT ALICE COULD SAY.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. GENTLEMEN IN TROUBLE.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN FRIENDS.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XL. AN INTERVIEW IN THE STUDY.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. VAN APPOINTS HIMSELF TO A DIPLOMATIC POST.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLII. DIPLOMACY.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII. A LETTER AND A SUMMONS.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV. THE REASON OF ALICE'S NOTE.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLV. COLLISION.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI. AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVII. BY THE RIVER.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVIII. SUDDEN NEWS.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIX. VOWS FOR THE FUTURE.
  52. 52.CHAPTER L. UNCLE DAVID'S SUSPICIONS.
  53. 53.CHAPTER LI. THE SILHOUETTE.
  54. 54.CHAPTER LII. MR. LONGCLUSE EMPLOYED.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LIII. THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LIV. AMONG THE TREES.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LV. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A FRIEND.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LVI. A HOPE EXPIRES.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVII. LEVI'S APOLOGUE.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVIII. THE BARON COMES TO TOWN.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LIX. TWO OLD FRIENDS MEET AND PART.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LX. “SAUL.”
  63. 63.CHAPTER LXI. A WAKING DREAM.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LXII. LOVE AND PLAY.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LXIII. PLANS.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXIV. FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXV. BEHIND THE ARRAS.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXVI. A BUBBLE BROKEN.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXVII. BOND AND DEED.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXVIII. SIR RICHARD'S RESOLUTION.
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXIX. THE MEETING.
  72. 72.CHAPTER LXX. MR. LONGCLUSE PROPOSES.
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXXI. NIGHT.
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXXII. MEASURES.
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXXIII. AT THE BAR OF THE “GUY OF WARWICK.”
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXXIV. A LETTER.
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXXV. BLIGHT AND CHANGE.
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXXVI. PHŒBE CHIFFINCH.
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXXVII. MORE NEWS OF PAUL DAVIES.
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE CATACOMBS.
  81. 81.CHAPTER LXXIX. RESURRECTIONS.
  82. 82.CHAPTER LXXX. ANOTHER.
  83. 83.CHAPTER LXXXI. BROKEN.
  84. 84.CHAPTER LXXXII. DOPPELGANGER.
  85. 85.CHAPTER LXXXIII. A SHORT PARTING.
  86. 86.CHAPTER LXXXIV. AT MORTLAKE.
  87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXV. THE CRISIS.
  88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXVI. PURSUIT.
  89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXVII. CONCLUSION.

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