Verner's Pride

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Author

Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887

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Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction

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eBook-No.

15627

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15627

Release Date

April 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VERNER'S PRIDE
2. 2.MRS. HENRY WOOD — ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — RACHEL FROST.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — THE WILLOW POND.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — THE NEWS BROUGHT HOME.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — THE CROWD IN THE MOONLIGHT.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — THE TALL GENTLEMAN IN THE LANE.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — DINAH ROY'S "GHOST."
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — THE REVELATION AT THE INQUEST.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — ROBIN'S VOW.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — MR. VERNER'S ESTRANGEMENT.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — LADY VERNER.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — LUCY TEMPEST.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — DR. WEST'S HOME.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — A TROUBLED MIND.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — AN ALTERED WILL.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — DISAPPEARED.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — PERPLEXITY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — THE REVELATION TO LADY VERNER.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — DRY WORK.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — A WHISPERED SUSPICION.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — PECKABY'S SHOP.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PAIN.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — HOME TRUTHS FOR LIONEL.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE PACKET IN THE SHIRT-DRAWER.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. — DR. WEST'S SANCTUM.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — MISS DEBORAH'S ASTONISHMENT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. — AN INTERCEPTED JOURNEY.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. — NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. — ROY EATING HUMBLE PIE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. — "IT'S APPLEPLEXY."
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. — JAN'S REMEDY FOR A COLD.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. — IMPROVEMENTS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. — BACK AGAIN.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. — A MOMENT OF DELIRIUM.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. — NEWS FOR LADY VERNER: AND FOR LUCY.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE MISSES WEST EN PAPILLOTES.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. — BROTHER JARRUM.
43. 43.CHAPTER XL. — A VISIT OF CEREMONY.
44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. — A SPECIAL VISION TOUCHING MRS. PECKABY.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. — A SURPRISE FOR MRS. TYNN.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. — LIONEL'S PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV. — FARMER BLOW'S WHITE-TAILED PONY.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLV. — STIFLED WITH DISHONOUR.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI. — SHADOWED-FORTH EMBARRASSMENT.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII. — THE YEW-TREE ON THE LAWN.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII. — MR. DAN DUFF IN CONVULSIONS.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLIX. — "I SEE'D A DEAD MAN!"
53. 53.CHAPTER L. — MR. AND MRS. VERNER.
54. 54.CHAPTER LI. — COMMOTION IN DEERHAM.
55. 55.CHAPTER LII. — MATTHEW FROST'S NIGHT ENCOUNTER.
56. 56.CHAPTER LIII. — MASTER CHEESE'S FRIGHT—OTHER FRIGHTS.
57. 57.CHAPTER LIV. — MRS. DUFF'S BILL.
58. 58.CHAPTER LV. — SELF WILL.
59. 59.CHAPTER LVI. — A LIFE HOVERING IN THE BALANCE.
60. 60.CHAPTER LVII. — A WALK IN THE RAIN.
61. 61.CHAPTER LVIII. — THE THUNDER-STORM.
62. 62.CHAPTER LIX. — A CASUAL MEETING ON THE RIVER.
63. 63.CHAPTER LX. — MISS DEB'S DISBELIEF.
64. 64.CHAPTER LXI. — MEETING THE NEWS.
65. 65.CHAPTER LXII. — TYNN PUMPED DRY.
66. 66.CHAPTER LXIII. — LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORST.
67. 67.CHAPTER LXIV. — ENDURANCE.
68. 68.CHAPTER LXV. — CAPTAIN CANNONBY.
69. 69.CHAPTER LXVI. — "DON'T THROTTLE ME, JAN!"
70. 70.CHAPTER LXVII. — DRESSING UP FOR A GHOST.
71. 71.CHAPTER LXVIII. — A THREAT TO JAN.
72. 72.CHAPTER LXIX. — NO HOME.
73. 73.CHAPTER LXX. — TURNING OUT.
74. 74.CHAPTER LXXI. — UNPREMEDITATED WORDS.
75. 75.CHAPTER LXXII. — JAN'S SAVINGS.
76. 76.CHAPTER LXXIII. — A PROPOSAL.
77. 77.CHAPTER LXXIV. — GOING TO NEW JERUSALEM ON A WHITE DONKEY.
78. 78.CHAPTER LXXV. — AN EXPLOSION OF SIBYLLA'S.
79. 79.CHAPTER LXXVI. — AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL.
80. 80.CHAPTER LXXVII. — AN EVENING AT LADY VERNER'S.
81. 81.CHAPTER LXXVIII. — AN APPEAL TO JOHN MASSINGBIRD.
82. 82.CHAPTER LXXIX. — A SIN AND A SHAME.
83. 83.CHAPTER LXXX. — RECOLLECTIONS OF A NIGHT GONE BY.
84. 84.CHAPTER LXXXI. — A CRISIS IN SIBYLLA'S LIFE.
85. 85.CHAPTER LXXXII. — TRYING ON WREATHS.
86. 86.CHAPTER LXXXIII. — WELL-NIGH WEARIED OUT.
87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXIV. — GOING TO THE BALL.
88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXV. — DECIMA'S ROMANCE.
89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXVI. — WAS IT A SPECTRE?
90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXVII. — THE LAMP BURNS OUT AT LAST.
91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. — ACHING HEARTS.
92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXIX. — MASTER CHEESE BLOWN UP.
93. 93.CHAPTER XC. — LIGHT THROWN ON OBSCURITY.
94. 94.CHAPTER XCI. — MEDICAL ATTENDANCE GRATIS, INCLUDING PHYSIC.
95. 95.CHAPTER XCII. — AT LAST!
96. 96.CHAPTER XCIII. — LADY VERNER'S "FEAR."
97. 97.CHAPTER XCIV. — IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JAN!
98. 98.CHAPTER XCV. — SUNDRY ARRIVALS.

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