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The Mysteries of London, v. 3/4

Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) · Public domain text

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Author
George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879)
Language
English
Subjects
London (England) › Fiction, Penny dreadfuls
Length
424,230 words · about 29 h 42 min
Sections
110 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (110)
  1. Opening about 4 min
  2. I. THE TRAVELLING-CARRIAGE about 10 min
  3. II. TOM RAIN AND OLD DEATH about 11 min
  4. III. BOW STREET about 11 min
  5. IV. ESTHER DE MEDINA about 16 min
  6. V. THE APPEAL OF LOVE about 12 min
  7. VI. DR. LASCELLES about 10 min
  8. VII. THE BEAUTIFUL PATIENT about 6 min
  9. VIII. SEVEN DIALS about 16 min
  10. IX. A DEATH-SCENE.—LOCK'S FIELDS about 16 min
  11. X. A SCENE AT THE HOUSE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER BLUNT about 12 min
  12. XI. THE TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.—TORRENS COTTAGE about 10 min
  13. XII. ADELAIS AND ROSAMOND about 11 min
  14. XIII. THE ELOPEMENT about 12 min
  15. XIV. LADY HATFIELD AND DR. LASCELLES.—ESTHER DE MEDINA about 11 min
  16. XV. THE OPIATE about 4 min
  17. XVI. THE LOVER AND THE UNCLE about 6 min
  18. XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.—JACOB about 19 min
  19. XVIII. THE LOVERS about 11 min
  20. XIX. MR. FRANK CURTIS'S PLEASANT ADVENTURE about 17 min
  21. XX. HAPPINESS.—THE DIAMOND-MERCHANT about 14 min
  22. XXI. THE OATH about 10 min
  23. XXII. THE ALARM.—THE LETTER about 12 min
  24. XXIII. OLD DEATH about 10 min
  25. XXIV. CASTLE STREET, LONG ACRE about 14 min
  26. XXV. MATILDA, THE COUNTRY-GIRL about 12 min
  27. XXVI. THE LADY'S-MAID about 7 min
  28. XXVII. LONDON ON A RAINY EVENING.—A SCENE IN A POST-CHAISE about 11 min
  29. XXVIII. TOM RAIN'S LODGINGS IN LOCK'S FIELDS about 19 min
  30. XXIX. THE MYSTERIES OF OLD DEATH'S ESTABLISHMENT about 15 min
  31. XXX. THE STORE-ROOMS about 8 min
  32. XXXI. ANOTHER DEED OF INFAMY BROUGHT TO LIGHT about 17 min
  33. XXXII. RAINFORD IN THE SUBTERRANEAN about 8 min
  34. XXXIII. MRS. MARTHA SLINGSBY about 9 min
  35. XXXIV. THE PIOUS LADY about 14 min
  36. XXXV. MR. SHEEPSHANKS about 10 min
  37. XXXVI. THE BARONET AND HIS MISTRESS about 6 min
  38. XXXVII. TOM RAIN AND JACOB about 12 min
  39. XXXVIII. THE HISTORY OF JACOB SMITH about 46 min
  40. XXXIX. CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF JACOB SMITH about 19 min
  41. XL. CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF JACOB SMITH about 28 min
  42. XLI. FRESH ALARMS about 12 min
  43. XLII. THE PARAGRAPH IN THE NEWSPAPER about 9 min
  44. XLIII. LORD ELLINGHAM AND TOM RAINFORD about 14 min
  45. XLIV. MR. FRANK CURTIS AGAIN about 18 min
  46. XLV. MR. DYKES AND HIS MYRMIDONS about 11 min
  47. XLVI. EXPLANATIONS about 11 min
  48. XLVII. FARTHER EXPLANATIONS about 13 min
  49. XLVIII. LORD ELLINGHAM AND TOM RAIN about 14 min
  50. XLIX. A PAINFUL INTERVIEW about 15 min
  51. L. THE LAWYER'S OFFICE about 11 min
  52. LI. LORD ELLINGHAM IN THE DUNGEON about 17 min
  53. LII. LORD ELLINGHAM'S EXERTIONS about 9 min
  54. LIII. THE EXECUTION about 9 min
  55. LIV. GALVANISM about 6 min
  56. LV. THE LABORATORY.—ESTHER DE MEDINA about 18 min
  57. LVI. A HISTORY OF THE PAST about 1 h 1 min
  58. LVII. A FATHER about 14 min
  59. LVIII. THE RESUSCITATED about 22 min
  60. LIX. THE JEW'S FAMILY about 8 min
  61. LX. SIR CHRISTOPHER BLUNT'S DOMESTIC HEARTH about 9 min
  62. LXI. CAPTAIN O'BLUNDERBUSS about 15 min
  63. LXII. FRANK'S EMBARRASSMENTS about 8 min
  64. LXIII. THE MEETING IN BATTERSEA FIELDS about 10 min
  65. LXIV. OLD DEATH AND HIS FRIEND TIDMARSH about 10 min
  66. LXV. THE EXAMINATION about 31 min
  67. LXVI. MRS. SLINGSBY AND THE BARONET AGAIN about 18 min
  68. LXVII. THE MARRIAGE.—ROSAMOND about 14 min
  69. LXVIII. DR. WAGTAIL.—ROSAMOND TORRENS about 26 min
  70. LXIX. MISERY AND VICE about 13 min
  71. LXX. TIM THE SNAMMER about 7 min
  72. LXXI. THE HISTORY OF TIM THE SNAMMER about 1 h 45 min
  73. LXXII. MR. AND MRS. CURTIS about 22 min
  74. LXXIII. CAPTAIN O'BLUNDERBUSS AGAIN about 18 min
  75. LXXIV. THREE MONTHS AFTER MARRIAGE about 17 min
  76. LXXV. THE KNIGHT AND THE CAPTAIN about 11 min
  77. LXXVI. TIM THE SNAMMER AND JOSH PEDLER OUT ON BUSINESS about 10 min
  78. LXXVII. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER about 11 min
  79. LXXVIII. RETRIBUTION about 14 min
  80. LXXIX. THE EARL OF ELLINGHAM AND LADY HATFIELD AGAIN about 17 min
  81. LXXX. MRS. SLINGSBY AND MR. TORRENS about 21 min
  82. LXXXI. ROSAMOND AT HOME about 16 min
  83. LXXXII. THE FORGED CHEQUE about 15 min
  84. LXXXIII. THE REWARD OF CRIME about 16 min
  85. LXXXIV. OLD DEATH'S PARTY about 15 min
  86. LXXXV. THE HISTORY OF A LIVERY-SERVANT about 47 min
  87. LXXXVI. CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF A LIVERY-SERVANT about 43 min
  88. LXXXVII. THE BLACKAMOOR about 22 min
  89. LXXXVIII. SCENES AT THE BLACKAMOOR'S HOUSE about 20 min
  90. LXXXIX. THE SURPRISE.—JEFFREYS AND OLD DEATH about 12 min
  91. XC. THE NEW JUSTICE OF THE PEACE about 12 min
  92. XCI. CAPTAIN O'BLUNDERBUSS AGAIN.—ANOTHER STRANGE VISITOR about 21 min
  93. XCII. THE CONFESSION about 10 min
  94. XCIII. NEWGATE about 19 min
  95. XCIV. "THE STOUT HOUSE." about 20 min
  96. XCV. CLARENCE VILLIERS AND HIS AUNT about 13 min
  97. XCVI. SIR CHRISTOPHER BLUNT A HERO about 11 min
  98. XCVII. CARLTON HOUSE about 25 min
  99. XCVIII. AN ACQUITTAL AND A SENTENCE about 8 min
  100. XCVIX. THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES about 13 min
  101. C. THE EARL OF ELLINGHAM AND ESTHER DE MEDINA about 16 min
  102. CI. THE BLACKAMOOR'S STRANGE ADVENTURE about 24 min
  103. CII. A STATE OF SIEGE about 18 min
  104. CIII. THE SURPRISE.—A CHANGE OF SCENE about 20 min
  105. CIV. THE VISIT.—THE HABEAS CORPUS about 12 min
  106. CV. THE KING'S BENCH PRISON about 19 min
  107. CVI. A FARTHER INSIGHT INTO THE KING'S BENCH about 19 min
  108. CVII. A TALE OF SORROW about 37 min
  109. CVIII. CONCLUSION OF THE TALE OF SORROW about 22 min
  110. CIX. THE PRISONERS about 12 min

The opening of I. THE TRAVELLING-CARRIAGE

It was about nine o'clock in the evening of the 2nd of November, 1826, that a travelling-carriage stopped, on its way to London, to change horses at the principal hotel in the little town of Staines.

The inmates of the vehicle were two ladies:—an elderly domestic in livery and a female attendant occupied the box.

The night was clear, fine, and frosty: the moon shone brightly; and the carriage lamps threw a strong glare to a considerable distance in front of the vehicle.

The active ostlers speedily unharnessed the four wearied steeds, and substituted as many fresh ones in their place: the two postboys leapt into their saddles; the landlord cried "All right!"—and the carriage rolled rapidly away from the inn, the horses' shoes striking fire against the stones.

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