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CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.
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Introducing Mr. Hopkins Toppleton[1]

CHAPTER II.
Mr. Hopkins Toppleton leases an Office[13]

CHAPTER III.
Mr. Hopkins Toppleton encounters a weary Spirit[25]

CHAPTER IV.
The weary Spirit gives some Account of Himself[39]

CHAPTER V.
Hopkins becomes better acquainted with the weary Spirit[55]

CHAPTER VI.
The Spirit unfolds a horrid Tale[73]

CHAPTER VII.
A Chapter of Profit and Loss[90]

CHAPTER VIII.
Further Developments in the making of a Name[107]

CHAPTER IX.
The crowning Act of Infamy[124]

CHAPTER X.
The Spirit's Story is concluded[149]

CHAPTER XI.
Toppleton consults the Law and forms an Opinion[167]

CHAPTER XII.
Toppleton makes a fair Start[184]

CHAPTER XIII.
At Barncastle Hall[201]

CHAPTER XIV.
The Dinner and its Result[218]

CHAPTER XV.
Barncastle confides in Hopkins[233]

CHAPTER XVI.
Mr. Hopkins Toppleton makes a Discovery[251]

CHAPTER XVII.
Epilogue[268]

TOPPLETON'S CLIENT.


CHAPTER I.