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Chapter 26 THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE.

Word Count: 1643    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

her chair, smiling, a

r so little-and ever so little, you know,

r dinner with us to-morrow; it is a very good sign

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“Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu”
1 Chapter 1 MORTLAKE HALL.2 Chapter 2 MARTHA TANSEY.3 Chapter 3 MR. LONGCLUSE OPENS HIS HEART.4 Chapter 4 MONSIEUR LEBAS.5 Chapter 5 A CATASTROPHE.6 Chapter 6 TO BED.7 Chapter 7 FAST FRIENDS.8 Chapter 8 CONCERNING A BOOT.9 Chapter 9 THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME.10 Chapter 10 THE ROYAL OAK.11 Chapter 11 THE TELEGRAM ARRIVES.12 Chapter 12 SIR REGINALD ARDEN.13 Chapter 13 ON THE ROAD.14 Chapter 14 MR. LONGCLUSE'S BOOT FINDS A TEMPORARY ASYLUM.15 Chapter 15 FATHER AND SON.16 Chapter 16 A MIDNIGHT MEETING.17 Chapter 17 MR. LONGCLUSE AT MORTLAKE HALL.18 Chapter 18 THE PARTY IN THE DINING-ROOM.19 Chapter 19 IN MRS. TANSEY'S ROOM.20 Chapter 20 MRS. TANSEY'S STORY.21 Chapter 21 A WALK BY MOONLIGHT.22 Chapter 22 MR. LONGCLUSE MAKES AN ODD CONFIDENCE.23 Chapter 23 THE MEETING.24 Chapter 24 MR. LONGCLUSE FOLLOWS A SHADOW.25 Chapter 25 A TETE-A-TETE.26 Chapter 26 THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE.27 Chapter 27 WINGED WORDS.28 Chapter 28 STORIES ABOUT MR. LONGCLUSE.29 Chapter 29 THE GARDEN PARTY.30 Chapter 30 HE SEES HER.31 Chapter 31 ABOUT THE GROUNDS.32 Chapter 32 UNDER THE LIME-TREES.33 Chapter 33 THE DERBY.34 Chapter 34 A SHARP COLLOQUY.35 Chapter 35 DINNER AT MORTLAKE.36 Chapter 36 MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A LADY'S NOTE.37 Chapter 37 WHAT ALICE COULD SAY.38 Chapter 38 GENTLEMEN IN TROUBLE.39 Chapter 39 BETWEEN FRIENDS.40 Chapter 40 AN INTERVIEW IN THE STUDY.41 Chapter 41 VAN APPOINTS HIMSELF TO A DIPLOMATIC POST.42 Chapter 42 DIPLOMACY.43 Chapter 43 A LETTER AND A SUMMONS.44 Chapter 44 THE REASON OF ALICE'S NOTE.45 Chapter 45 COLLISION.46 Chapter 46 AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.47 Chapter 47 BY THE RIVER.48 Chapter 48 SUDDEN NEWS.49 Chapter 49 VOWS FOR THE FUTURE.50 Chapter 50 UNCLE DAVID'S SUSPICIONS.51 Chapter 51 THE SILHOUETTE.52 Chapter 52 MR. LONGCLUSE EMPLOYED.53 Chapter 53 THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL.54 Chapter 54 AMONG THE TREES.55 Chapter 55 MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A FRIEND.56 Chapter 56 A HOPE EXPIRES.57 Chapter 57 LEVI'S APOLOGUE.58 Chapter 58 THE BARON COMES TO TOWN.59 Chapter 59 TWO OLD FRIENDS MEET AND PART.60 Chapter 60 "SAUL."61 Chapter 61 A WAKING DREAM.62 Chapter 62 LOVE AND PLAY.63 Chapter 63 PLANS.64 Chapter 64 FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER.65 Chapter 65 BEHIND THE ARRAS.66 Chapter 66 A BUBBLE BROKEN.67 Chapter 67 BOND AND DEED.68 Chapter 68 SIR RICHARD'S RESOLUTION.69 Chapter 69 THE MEETING. No.6970 Chapter 70 MR. LONGCLUSE PROPOSES.71 Chapter 71 NIGHT.72 Chapter 72 MEASURES.73 Chapter 73 AT THE BAR OF THE "GUY OF WARWICK."74 Chapter 74 A LETTER.75 Chapter 75 BLIGHT AND CHANGE.76 Chapter 76 PH BE CHIFFINCH.77 Chapter 77 MORE NEWS OF PAUL DAVIES.78 Chapter 78 THE CATACOMBS.79 Chapter 79 RESURRECTIONS.80 Chapter 80 ANOTHER.81 Chapter 81 BROKEN.82 Chapter 82 DOPPELGANGER.83 Chapter 83 A SHORT PARTING.84 Chapter 84 AT MORTLAKE.85 Chapter 85 THE CRISIS.86 Chapter 86 PURSUIT.87 Chapter 87 CONCLUSION.88 Chapter 88 No.8889 Chapter 89 No.89