November 27th, 1872

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
FIRST [Madame Pratolungo presents Herself]
SECOND [Madame Pratolungo makes a Voyage on Land]
THIRD [Poor Miss Finch]
FOURTH [Twilight View of the Man]
FIFTH [Candlelight View of the Man]
SIXTH [A Cage of Finches]
SEVENTH [Daylight View of the Man]
EIGHTH [The Perjury of the Clock]
NINTH [The Hero of the Trial]
TENTH [First Appearance of Jicks]
ELEVENTH [Blind Love]
TWELFTH [Mr. Finch smells Money]
THIRTEENTH [Second Appearance of Jicks]
FOURTEENTH [Discoveries at Browndown]
FIFTEENTH [Events at the Bedside]
SIXTEENTH [First Result of the Robbery]
SEVENTEENTH [The Doctor's Opinion]
EIGHTEENTH [Family Troubles]
NINETEENTH [Second Result of the Robbery]
TWENTIETH [Good Papa again!]
TWENTY-FIRST [Madame Pratolungo Returns to Dimchurch]
TWENTY-SECOND [The Twin-Brother's Letter]
TWENTY-THIRD [He sets us All Right]
TWENTY-FOURTH [He sees Lucilla]
TWENTY-FIFTH [Nugent puzzles Madame Pratolungo]
TWENTY-SIXTH [He proves Equal to the Occasion]
TWENTY-SEVENTH [He finds a Way out of it]
TWENTY-EIGHTH [He crosses the Rubicon]
TWENTY-NINTH [Parliamentary Summary]
THIRTIETH [Herr Grosse]
THIRTY-FIRST ["Who Shall Decide when Doctors disagree?"]
THIRTY-SECOND [Alas for the Marriage!]
THIRTY-THIRD [The Day Between]
THIRTY-FOURTH [Nugent shows his Hand]
THIRTY-FIFTH [Lucilla tries her Sight]
THIRTY-SIXTH [The Brothers Meet]
THIRTY-SEVENTH [The Brothers change Places]
THIRTY-EIGHTH [Is there no Excuse for Him?]
THIRTY-NINTH [She Learns to See]
FORTIETH [Traces of Nugent]
FORTY-FIRST [A Hard Time for Madame Pratolungo]
FORTY-SECOND [The Story of Lucilla: told by Herself]
FORTY-THIRD [Lucilla's Journal, continued]
FORTY-FOURTH [Lucilla's Journal, continued]
FORTY-FIFTH [Lucilla's Journal, concluded]
FORTY-SIXTH [The Italian Steamer]
FORTY-SEVENTH [On the Way to the End. First Stage]
FORTY-EIGHTH [On the Way to the End. Second Stage]
FORTY-NINTH [On the Way to the End. Third Stage]
FIFTIETH [The End of the Journey]
EPILOG [Madame Pratolungo's Last Words]

POOR MISS FINCH

CHAPTER THE FIRST

Madame Pratolungo presents Herself

You are here invited to read the story of an Event which occurred in an out-of-the-way corner of England, some years since.

The persons principally concerned in the Event are:—a blind girl; two (twin) brothers; a skilled surgeon; and a curious foreign woman. I am the curious foreign woman. And I take it on myself—for reasons which will presently appear—to tell the story.

So far we understand each other. Good. I may make myself known to you as briefly as I can.