Chapter I: The Old House in Smithfield 2

II.--The Mysteries of the Old House 4
III.--The Trap-Door 6
IV.--The Two Trees 7
V.--Eligible Acquaintances 11
VI.--Mrs. Arlington 14
VII.--The Boudoir 16
VIII.--The Conversation 19
IX.--A City Man.--Smithfield Scenes 20
X.--The Frail One's Narrative 24
XI.--"The Servants' Arms" 27
XII.--The Bank Notes 30
XIII.--The Hell 32
XIV.--The Station-House 35
XV.--The Police-Office 37
XVI.--The Beginning of Misfortunes 39
XVII.--A Den of Horrors 43
XVIII.--The Boozing-Ken 45
XIX.--Morning 50
XX.--The Villa 51
XXI.--Atrocity 54
XXII.--A Woman's Mind 55
XXIII.--The Old House in Smithfield again 58
XXIV.--Circumstantial Evidence 61
XXV.--The Enchantress 63
XXVI.--Newgate 67
XXVII.--The Republican and the Resurrection Man 69
XXVIII.--The Dungeon 71
XXIX.--The Black Chamber 75
XXX.--The 26th of November 78
XXXI.--Explanations 84
XXXII.--The Old Bailey 86
XXXIII.--Another Day at the Old Bailey 91
XXXIV.--The Lesson interrupted 93
XXXV.--Whitecross Street Prison 95
XXXVI.--The Execution 99
XXXVII.--The Lapse of Two Years 102
XXXVIII.--The Visit 105
XXXIX.--The Dream 109
XL.--The Speculation--An unwelcome Meeting 111
XLI.--Mr. Greenwood 115
XLII.--"The Dark House" 118
XLIII.--The Mummy 122
XLIV.--The Body-Snatchers 125
XLV.--The Fruitless Search 128
XLVI.--Richard and Isabella 131
XLVII.--Eliza Sydney 138
XLVIII.--Mr. Greenwood's Visitors 140
XLIX.--The Document 148
L.--The Drugged Wine-glass 151
LI.--Diana and Eliza 154
LII.--The Bed of Sickness 156
LIII.--Accusations and Explanations 158
LIV.--The Banker 162
LV.--Miserrima!! 167
LVI.--The Road to Ruin 171
LVII.--The Last Resource 176
LVIII.--New Year's Day 178
LIX.--The Royal Lovers 182
LX.--Revelations 185
LXI.--The "Boozing-Ken" once more 188
LXII.--The Resurrection Man's History 191
LXIII.--The Plot 197
LXIV.--The Counterplot 198
LXV.--The Wrongs and Crimes of the Poor 202
LXVI.--The Result of Markham's Enterprise 205
LXVII.--Scenes in Fashionable Life 207
LXVIII.--The Election 210
LXIX.--The "Whippers-in" 213
LXX.--The Image, the Picture, and the Statue 216
LXXI.--The House of Commons 219
LXXII.--The Black Chamber again 221
LXXIII.--Captain Dapper and Sir Cherry Bounce 224
LXXIV.--The Meeting 227
LXXV.--The Crisis 230
LXXVI.--Count Alteroni's Fifteen Thousand Pounds 233
LXXVII.--A Woman's Secret 235
LXXVIII.--Marian 237
LXXIX.--The Bill.--A Father 239
LXXX.--The Revelation 242
LXXXI.--The Mysterious Instructions 245
LXXXII.--The Medical Man 246
LXXXIII.--The Black Chamber again 248
LXXXIV.--The Second Examination.--Count Alteroni 250
LXXXV.--A Friend in Need 254
LXXXVI.--The Old Hag 256
LXXXVII.--The Professor of Mesmerism 260
LXXXVIII.--The Figurante 262
LXXXIX.--The Mysterious Letter 266
XC.--Markham's Occupations 268
XCI.--The Tragedy 274
XCII.--The Italian Valet 277
XCIII.--News from Castelcicala 282
XCIV.--The Home Office 285
XCV.--The Forger and the Adulteress 290
XCVI.--The Member of Parliament's Levee 293
XCVII.--Another's New Year's Day 296
XCVIII.--Dark Plots and Schemes 301
XCIX.--The Buffer's History 304
C.--The Mysteries of the Ground-floor Rooms 310
CI.--The Widow 312
CII.--The Reverend Visitor 314
CIII.--Hopes and Fears 317
CIV.--Female Courage 318
CV.--The Combat 321
CVI.--The Grave-digger 323
CVII.--A Discovery 326
CVIII.--The Exhumation 328
CIX.--The Stock-Broker 331
CX.--The Effects of a Trance 339
CXI.--A Scene at Mr. Chichester's House 340
CXII.--Viola 342
CXIII.--The Lovers 346
CXIV.--The Contents of the Packet 349
CXV.--The Treasure.--A New Idea 351
CXVI.--The Rattlesnake's History 353
CXVII.--The Rattlesnake 361
CXVIII.--The Two Maidens 364
CXIX.--Poor Ellen! 367
CXX.--The Father and Daughter 369
CXXI.--His Child! 371
CXXII.--A Change of Fortune 373
CXXIII.--Aristocratic Morals 375
CXXIV.--The Intrigues of a Demirep 377
CXXV.--The Reconciliation 380
CXXVI.--The Rector of Saint David's 382
CXXVII.--Blandishments 384
CXXVIII.--Temptation 387
CXXIX.--The Fall 389
CXXX.--Mental Struggles 391
CXXXI.--The Statue 394
CXXXII.--An Old Friend 396
CXXXIII.--Skilligalee's History 400
CXXXIV.--The Palace in the Holy Land 406
CXXXV.--The Proposal.--Unexpected Meetings 408
CXXXVI.--The Secret Tribunal 413
EPILOGUE 415

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