CONTENTS


[ PREFACE. ]
[ CHAPTER I.] A Mail-coach by Night, and a Bit of Moonshine.
[ CHAPTER II. ] The Town and its Inhabitants.
[ CHAPTER III.] Pauden Gair's Receipt how to make a Bad Dinner a Good One
[ CHAPTER IV.] An Anonymous Letter
[ CHAPTER V.] Sir Thomas Gourlay fails in unmasking the Stranger
[ CHAPTER VI.] Extraordinary Scene between Fenton and the Stranger.
[ CHAPTER VII. ] The Baronet attempts by Falsehood
[ CHAPTER VIII.] The Fortune-Teller—An Equivocal Prediction.
[ CHAPTER IX.] Candor and Dissimulation
[ CHAPTER X.] A Family Dialogue—and a Secret nearly Discovered.
[ CHAPTER XI.] The Stranger's Visit to Father MacMalum.
[ CHAPTER XII.] Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton
[ CHAPTER XIII.] The Stranger's Second Visit to Father M'Mahon
[ CHAPTER XIV.] Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong Scent
[ CHAPTER XV.] Interview between Lady Gourlay and the Stranger
[ CHAPTER XVI.] Conception and Perpetration of a Diabolical Plot against Fenton.
[ CHAPTER XVII.] A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's
[ CHAPTER XVIII.] Dunphy visits the County Wicklow
[ CHAPTER XIX.] Interview between Trailcudgel and the Stranger
[ CHAPTER XX.] Interview between Lords Cullamore, Dunroe, and Lady Emily
[ CHAPTER XXI.] A Spy Rewarded
[ CHAPTER XXII.] Lucy at Summerfield Cottage.
[ CHAPTER XXIII.] A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage.
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] An Irish Watchhouse in the time of the “Charlies.”
[ CHAPTER XXV.] The Police Office
[ CHAPTER XXVI.] The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's Money and Pistols
[ CHAPTER XXVII.] Lucy calls upon Lady Gourlay, where she meets her Lover
[ CHAPTER XXVIII.] Innocence and Affection overcome by Fraud and Hypocrisy
[ CHAPTER XXIX.] Lord Dunroe's Affection for his Father
[ CHAPTER XXX.] A Courtship on Novel Principles.
[ CHAPTER XXXI.] The Priest goes into Corbet's House very like a Thief
[ CHAPTER XXXII.] Discovery of the Baronet's Son
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] The Priest asks for a Loan of Fifty Guineas
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] Young Gourlay's Affectionate Interview with His Father
[ CHAPTER XXXV.] Lucy's Vain but Affecting Expostulation with her Father
[ CHAPTER XXXVI.] Contains a Variety of Matters
[ CHAPTER XXXVII.] Dandy's Visit to Summerfield Cottage
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII.] An Unpleasant Disclosure to Dunroe
[ CHAPTER XXXIX.] Fenton Recovered—The Mad-House
[ CHAPTER XL.] Lady Gourlay sees her Son.
[ CHAPTER XLI.] Denouement.


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