THE LAW AND THE LADY
by Wilkie Collins
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. THE BRIDE’S MISTAKE. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE BRIDE’S THOUGHTS. ]
[ CHAPTER III. RAMSGATE SANDS. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. ON THE WAY HOME. ]
[ CHAPTER V. THE LANDLADY’S DISCOVERY. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. MY OWN DISCOVERY. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. ON THE WAY TO THE MAJOR. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. THE FRIEND OF THE WOMEN. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. THE DEFEAT OF THE MAJOR. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. THE RETURN TO LIFE. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. THE SCOTCH VERDICT. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. THE MAN’S DECISION. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. THE WOMAN’S ANSWER. ]
[ PART II. PARADISE REGAINED. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. THE STORY OF THE TRIAL. THE PRELIMINARIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. FIRST QUESTION—DID THE WOMAN DIE POISONED? ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. SECOND QUESTION—WHO POISONED HER? ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. THIRD QUESTION—WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE? ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. THE EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE TRIAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. I SEE MY WAY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. THE MAJOR MAKES DIFFICULTIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER—FIRST VIEW. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. MISERRIMUS DEXTER—SECOND VIEW ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. MORE OF MY OBSTINACY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. MR. DEXTER AT HOME. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE DARK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. IN THE LIGHT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. THE INDICTMENT OF MRS. BEAULY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. THE DEFENSE OF MRS. BEAULY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. A SPECIMEN OF MY WISDOM. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. A SPECIMEN OF MY FOLLY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. MR. PLAYMORE’S PROPHECY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. AT THE BEDSIDE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ON THE JOURNEY BACK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ON THE WAY TO DEXTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XL. NEMESIS AT LAST. ]
[ CHAPTER XLI. MR. PLAYMORE IN A NEW CHARACTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII. MORE SURPRISES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV. OUR NEW HONEYMOON. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV. THE DUST-HEAP DISTURBED. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI. THE CRISIS DEFERRED. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII. THE WIFE’S CONFESSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. WHAT ELSE COULD I DO? ]