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The String of Pearls

The String of Pearls

by James Malcolm Rymer

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Author
Prest, Thomas Peckett, 1810-1859
Title
The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
Credits
deaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Penny dreadfuls
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59828
Release Date
June 28, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The String of Pearls; or, the Barber of Fleet Street
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I . THE STRANGE CUSTOMER AT SWEENEY TODD'S.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II THE SPECTACLE-MAKER'S DAUGHTER.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III . A MAN IS LOST.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV . THE PIE-SHOP, BELL-YARD.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V THE MEETING IN THE TEMPLE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI . THE CONFERENCE, AND THE FEARFUL NARRATION IN THE GARDEN.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII . THE BARBER AND THE LAPIDARY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII . THE THIEVES' HOME.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX . JOHANNA AT HOME, AND THE RESOLUTION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X . THE COLONEL AND HIS FRIEND.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI . THE STRANGER AT LOVETT'S.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII . THE RESOLUTION COME TO BY JOHANNA OAKLEY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII . JOHANNA'S INTERVIEW WITH ARABELLA WILMOT, AND THE ADVICE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV . TOBIAS'S THREAT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV . THE SECOND INTERVIEW BETWEEN JOHANNA AND THE COLONEL IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI . THE BARBER MAKES ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SELL THE STRING OF PEARLS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV . THE GREAT CHANGE IN THE PROSPECTS OF SWEENEY TODD.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV . TOBIAS'S ADVENTURES DURING THE ABSENCE OF SWEENEY TODD.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI . THE STRANGE ODOUR IN OLD ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII . SWEENEY TODD'S PROCEEDINGS CONSEQUENT UPON THE DEPARTURE OF TOBIAS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII . THE MISADVENTURE OF TOBIAS.—THE MAD-HOUSE ON PECKHAM-RYE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX . THE MADHOUSE CELL.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX . THE NEW COOK TO MRS. LOVETT GETS TIRED OF HIS SITUATION.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI . THE NIGHT AT THE MADHOUSE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII . MR. FOGG'S STORY AT THE MADHOUSE TO SWEENEY TODD.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV . COLONEL JEFFERY MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO COME AT SWEENEY TODD'S SECRET.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV . TOBIAS MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE MADHOUSE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI . THE MADHOUSE YARD, AND TOBIAS'S NEW FRIEND.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII . THE CONSULTATION OF COLONEL JEFFERY WITH THE MAGISTRATE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII . TOBIAS'S ESCAPE FROM MR. FOGG'S ESTABLISHMENT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX . TOBIAS'S RAPID JOURNEY TO LONDON.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX . MRS. LOVETT'S COOK MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI . SHOWS HOW TOBIAS GOT TO LONDON.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXII . TOBIAS HAS A MIND DISEASED.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII . JOHANNA WALKS ABROAD IN DISGUISE.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV . MR. FOGG FINDS THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV . MRS. LOVETT'S NEW LOVER.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI . TOBIAS'S MOTHER AWAKENS OLD RECOLLECTIONS.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII . THE SEARCH AT TODD'S.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII . SIR RICHARD PRIES INTO TODD'S SECRETS.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX . THE MYSTERIOUS CUPBOARD.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL . CROTCHET ASTONISHES MR. TODD.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI . TODD'S VISION.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII . THE GREAT SACRIFICE.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV . TODD AND THE SILVERSMITH.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV . JOHANNA'S NEW SITUATION.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI . TOBIAS'S HEART IS TOUCHED.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII . TOBIAS RECOVERS HIS INTELLECT.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII . JOHANNA MAKES A NEW CONFIDANT.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX . THE VAULTS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S.
  54. 54.CHAPTER L . THE DESCENT TO THE VAULTS.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LI . JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LII . TODD'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIII . THE MURDER OF THE USURER.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIV . SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S PROGRESS.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LV . MRS. LOVETT'S WALK.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVI . TOBIAS UNBOSOMS HIMSELF.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVII . SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVII . BIG BEN MAKES A DISCOVERY.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LVIII . THE GRAND CONSULTATION IN THE TEMPLE.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LIX . THE PROPOSAL OF ARABELLA.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LX . TODD FINDS A BOY.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXI . TODD RECEIVES SOME STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXII . TODD CLEARS OFF CIRCUMSTANCES.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXIII . JOHANNA STARTS FOR TODD'S.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXIV . TODD COMMENCES PACKING UP.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXV . A MOONLIGHT VISIT TO ST. DUNSTAN'S VAULTS.
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXVI . THE COOK'S VISITORS.
  72. 72.CHAPTER LXVII . THE REVELATIONS IN THE VAULTS.
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXVIII . RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXIX . TAKES A PEEP AT ARABELLA.
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXX . RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXXI . THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXXII . ANOTHER VICTIM.
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXXIII . STARTLING EVENTS.
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXXIV . BIG BEN CREATES A SENSATION.
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXXV . COLONEL JEFFERY OPENS HIS EYES.
  81. 81.CHAPTER LXXVI . ARABELLA AND THE COLONEL.
  82. 82.CHAPTER LXXVII . MRS. LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
  83. 83.CHAPTER LXXVIII . MUTUAL DEFIANCE.
  84. 84.CHAPTER LXXIX . MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IN THIS WORLD THERE IS RETRIBUTION.
  85. 85.CHAPTER LXXX . TODD TAKES A JOURNEY TO THE TEMPLE.
  86. 86.CHAPTER LXXXI . JOHANNA IS ENCOURAGED.
  87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXII . TODD PLANS.
  88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXII . TODD VISITS THE COLONEL
  89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXIII . TOBIAS IN JEOPARDY.
  90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXIV . TODD'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
  91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXV . SIR RICHARD MAKES PLANS.
  92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXVI . TODD RECEIVES TWO EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS, AND ACTS UPON THEM.
  93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXVII . MR. LUPIN MEDDLES WITH OTHER FOLKS' AFFAIRS.
  94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXVIII . TODD ASTONISHES MRS. LOVETT'S SPY.
  95. 95.CHAPTER LXXXIX . MR. OAKLEY IS IN DESPAIR AT THE LOSS OF JOHANNA.
  96. 96.CHAPTER XC . MORNING IN FLEET STREET AGAIN.
  97. 97.CHAPTER XCI . MR. TODD'S FIRST CUSTOMERS.
  98. 98.CHAPTER XCII . MR. OAKLEY'S ANXIETIES MUCH DIMINISH.
  99. 99.CHAPTER XCIII . SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S SUBTERRANEAN EXPEDITION.
  100. 100.CHAPTER XCIV . IN THE VAULTS.
  101. 101.CHAPTER XCV . MRS. LOVETT IS VERY INTRACTABLE INDEED
  102. 102.CHAPTER XCVI . THE BOAT ON THE RIVER.
  103. 103.CHAPTER XCVII . THE ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE THAMES.
  104. 104.CHAPTER XCVIII . JOHANNA HAS A VISITOR WHILE TODD IS GONE UPON THE RIVER.
  105. 105.CHAPTER XCIX . THE COOK FEELS THAT ALL THE WORLD NEGLECTS HIM, AND THEN HE GETS A LETTER.
  106. 106.CHAPTER C . TODD TAKES HIS LAST WALK UP FLEET STREET AND TO BELL YARD.
  107. 107.CHAPTER CI . TODD MAKES HIMSELF QUITE AT HOME IN BELL-YARD.
  108. 108.CHAPTER CII . TAKES A SLIGHT GLANCE AT TOBIAS AND HIS INTENDED.
  109. 109.CHAPTER CIII . MR. LUPIN HAS A SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH MRS. OAKLEY.
  110. 110.CHAPTER CIV . MRS. OAKLEY SEES A STRANGE SIGHT, AND THINKS THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
  111. 111.CHAPTER CV . MRS. OAKLEY ESCAPES, AND TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THINGS IN GENERAL.
  112. 112.CHAPTER CVI . MR. LUPIN FINDS HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.
  113. 113.CHAPTER CVII . MRS. OAKLEY DISSEMBLES.
  114. 114.CHAPTER CVIII . RETURNS TO MRS. LOVETT, AND SHOWS HOW SHE GOT OUT OF THE RIVER.
  115. 115.CHAPTER CIX . JOHANNA HAS PLENTY OF COMPANY AT TODD'S.
  116. 116.CHAPTER CX . TODD'S HOUR HAS COME.
  117. 117.CHAPTER CXI . MRS. LOVETT PLANS.
  118. 118.CHAPTER CXII . MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IT IS EASIER TO PLAN THAN TO EXECUTE.
  119. 119.CHAPTER CXIII . THE ROUTE TO NEWGATE—MRS. LOVETT'S DANGER FROM THE MOB.
  120. 120.CHAPTER CXIV . THE COOK WAITS UPON SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND HEARS NEWS.
  121. 121.CHAPTER CXV . THE COOK BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.
  122. 122.CHAPTER CXVI . JOHANNA IS AMPLY PAID FOR HER BRIEF SERVICE AT TODD'S.
  123. 123.CHAPTER CXVII . SHOWS HOW MRS. OAKLEY RECONCILED HERSELF TO EVERYBODY AT HOME.
  124. 124.CHAPTER CXVIII . TAKES A PEEP AT TOBIAS AT THE COLONEL'S HOUSE.
  125. 125.CHAPTER CXIX . THE CRIMINALS IN NEWGATE.—TODD'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
  126. 126.CHAPTER CXX . A LUNCHEON AT SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S.—THE DOG AND HIS OLD FRIEND.
  127. 127.CHAPTER CXXI . TODD IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, AND EXPECTS THE WORST.
  128. 128.CHAPTER CXXII . A LARGE PARTY VISITS BIG BEN AND THE LIONS IN THE TOWER.
  129. 129.CHAPTER CXXIII . THE BEASTS AT THE TOWER.
  130. 130.CHAPTER CXXIV . RETURNS TO NEWGATE, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF MRS. LOVETT.
  131. 131.CHAPTER CXXV . MRS. LOVETT SEES SOME TWILIGHT SPECTRES IN HER CELL.
  132. 132.CHAPTER CXXVI . SWEENEY TODD IS PLACED UPON HIS TRIAL.
  133. 133.CHAPTER CXXVII . THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
  134. 134.CHAPTER CXXVIII . TODD'S TRIAL CONTINUES, AND GOES ALL AGAINST HIM.
  135. 135.CHAPTER CXXIX . THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
  136. 136.CHAPTER CXXX . TODD ENTERTAINS SOME HOPES OF AN ACQUITTAL.
  137. 137.CHAPTER CXXXI . TODD MAKES AN ATTEMPT UPON HIS OWN LIFE.
  138. 138.CHAPTER CXXXII . TODD MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE IN NEWGATE, AND TRIES AN ESCAPE.
  139. 139.CHAPTER CXXXIII . THE PROGRESS OF THE OPERATIONS TO ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.
  140. 140.CHAPTER CXXXIV . THE ESCAPE, AND THE RETREAT IN CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
  141. 141.CHAPTER CXXXV . THE CHASE THROUGH SMITHFIELD, AND THE MURDER.
  142. 142.CHAPTER CXXXVI . TODD AND LUPIN ESCAPE TO CAEN WOOD.
  143. 143.CHAPTER CXXXVII . THE MURDER AT CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
  144. 144.CHAPTER CXXXVIII . CAEN WOOD AND HAMPSTEAD IN THE OLD TIMES.
  145. 145.CHAPTER CXXXIX . THE ADVENTURES IN CAEN WOOD OF THE TWO MURDERERS.
  146. 146.CHAPTER CXL . SHOWS HOW THE NEWS OF TODD'S ESCAPE WAS RECEIVED BY ALL CONCERNED.
  147. 147.CHAPTER CXLI . SHOWS HOW TODD MADE UP HIS MIND TO VENGEANCE.
  148. 148.CHAPTER CXLII . RETURNS TO TODD IN THE WOOD AT HAMPSTEAD.
  149. 149.CHAPTER CXLIII . TODD TAKES A LOOK AT HIS OLD QUARTERS IN FLEET STREET.
  150. 150.CHAPTER CXLIV . TODD MAKES HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN HOUSE.
  151. 151.CHAPTER CXLV . TODD HAS A NARROW ESCAPE, AND HAS A BIT OF REVENGE.
  152. 152.CHAPTER CXLVI . THERE IS A FIRE IN FLEET STREET AFTER ALL.—TODD ESCAPES.
  153. 153.CHAPTER CXLVII . SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND CROTCHET COMMENCE THEIR SEARCH FOR TODD.
  154. 154.CHAPTER CXLVIII . SHOWS HOW TODD HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE INDEED.
  155. 155.CHAPTER CXLIX . TODD IS IN GREAT PERIL IN THE EARLY MORNING IN LONDON.
  156. 156.CHAPTER CL . TODD SETS FIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND THEN HIDES IN THE CHURCH.
  157. 157.CHAPTER CLI . SHIFTS THE SCENE TO ONE OF QUIET GOODNESS AND SERENITY.
  158. 158.CHAPTER CLII . TODD HAS SOME FURTHER ADVENTURES IN FLEET STREET.
  159. 159.CHAPTER CLIII . TODD ASTONISHES THE BEADLE, AND ESCAPES PROM ST. DUNSTAN'S.
  160. 160.CHAPTER CLIV . DETAILS THE PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE BEADLE.
  161. 161.CHAPTER CLV . TODD GETS THE BETTER OF THE SHARPERS, AND TAKES A BOAT.
  162. 162.CHAPTER CLVI . SIR RICHARD BLUNT IS VERY NEAR TAKING HIS PRISONER.
  163. 163.CHAPTER CLVII . TODD FINDS THAT HE HAS GOT OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE.
  164. 164.CHAPTER CLVIII . TODD'S FEARFUL ADVENTURES ON THE RIVER.
  165. 165.CHAPTER CLIX . TODD MAKES A VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO REACH GRAVESEND.
  166. 166.CHAPTER CLX . THE POLICE-GALLEY ON THE THAMES.
  167. 167.CHAPTER CLXI . THE POLICE-GALLEY'S FATE.
  168. 168.CHAPTER CLXII . ANOTHER BOAT.
  169. 169.CHAPTER CLXIII . ANOTHER POLICE-GALLEY.
  170. 170.CHAPTER CLXIV . TODD GOES BACK ON LAND.
  171. 171.CHAPTER CLXV . TODD HIDES IN A CUPBOARD.
  172. 172.CHAPTER CLXVI . THE SHIP BOUND FOR HAVRE TAKES A PASSENGER.
  173. 173.CHAPTER CLXVII . TODD MEETS WITH A LITTLE ROUGH WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL.
  174. 174.CHAPTER CLXVIII . TODD GETS A WORLD OF MARITIME EXPERIENCE.
  175. 175.CHAPTER CLXIX . TAKES A PEEP AT SOME FRIENDS OF THE READER.
  176. 176.CHAPTER CLXX . MARK INGESTRIE RESCUES A SHIPWRECKED MAN.
  177. 177.CHAPTER CLXXI . A RATHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IS MADE.
  178. 178.CHAPTER CLXXII . THE PURSUIT OF TODD ON THE LONDON ROAD.
  179. 179.CHAPTER CLXXIII . THE CONCLUSION.

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