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The Tenants of Malory

Chapter 2. All that the Draper's Wife Could Tell

Word Count: 1551    |    Released on: 17/11/2017

its character into that of a narrow rural road, overhung by noble timber,

She's the most perfectly beautiful girl in England. How I wish some d - d fellow wo

e retreat of the ladies, leaning over the dwarf stone wall,

alory, they saw them enter the wide iron gate and disappe

" exclaimed Sedley, laying hi

at Cardyllian, Tom? Can you come over to Ware - not tomorrow, for I'm

orning; and, for today, he had promised to go to afternoon service with the E

ed him. Having given his order in the hall, he walked into the coffee-room, in which, seated demurely, and quite alone, he found

ney took and shook - for the tradition of homelier, if not kindlier times, still lingered in Cardyllian, and there were friendl

eased to have lighted upon such a gossip, as good Mrs. Jones, the draper, who was waiting for the return of her husba

y has got a tenant in M

onfidential manner; "and I hope- I do indeed-

t tones, and with a mystery and caution worthy

g odd?" asked the youn

ey are very strange; they never come into the town - not once since ever they came to Malory! but dear me! you know, sir, that might be, and yet everything as we

ut what's the matter

ay more than other places, but we do, and I do not like repeatin' everything

, perhaps I should tell Lady Verney about it," said Cleve, who was really curio

ou know, very long," murmu

I know nothing ab

er saw the gentleman once; he's never been down to

is sense; d

ime, in the daylight; very odd; he has hired Christmass Owen's boat, and he goes out in it every night, unless twice, the wind was too high, and Owen didn't choose to venture his boa

hould

es, indeed, but it is gray, gone

he young gentleman. "They're not gone gray, a

he Malory accounts in the town is opened in her name. Anne Sheckleton, very reg'lar she is. I have no

didn't you? that there was somet

t; nothing wrong, no sure, but very odd, s

od deal; isn't i

s indeed a great deal," Mrs.

ou know of them, or the pe

om the servant that comes down to order things up from the town -

echoe

what t

heir affairs as they do! By Jove, it is a comfort to fi

all that's in the house are mad; on

is she m

. I don't know - mela

the old gentl

the young lady, till after they were two or three days in Malory; and one night comes a carriage, with a madhouse gentleman, they do s

ey commit? They're not pulling d

y say, manageable. It's a very sad thing, sir,

I've heard that,

ong been my feeling and opinion, dear me! The l

is Malor

every three months, but has the right to keep it tw

. It was they who sat i

old lady; and the young one, didn

wered carelessly. "But I rea

efore she took down her veil - and I though

do they

argaret

alked a little - somewhat more distantly and formally than his goodwife had done - and Mr.

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1 Volume 1. Chapter 1. Concerning Two Ladies who Sat in the Malory Pew2 Chapter 2. All that the Draper's Wife Could Tell3 Chapter 3. Home to Ware4 Chapter 4. On the Green of Cardyllian5 Chapter 5. A Visit to Hazelden6 Chapter 6. Malory by Moonlight7 Chapter 7. A View from the Refectory Window8 Chapter 8. A Night Sail9 Chapter 9. The Reverend Isaac Dixie10 Chapter 10. Reading an Epitaph11 Chapter 11. Farewell12 Chapter 12. In which Cleve Verney Waylays an Old Lady13 Chapter 13. The Boy with the Cage14 Chapter 14. News About the Old Man of the Mountains15 Chapter 15. Within the Sanctuary16 Chapter 16. An Unlooked-For Visitor17 Chapter 17. They Visit the Chapel of Penruthyn Again18 Chapter 18. Cleve Again Before His Idol19 Chapter 19. Cleve Verney Takes a Bold Step20 Chapter 20. His Fate21 Chapter 21. Captain Shrapnell22 Chapter 22. Sir Booth Speaks23 Chapter 23. Margaret has Her Warning24 Chapter 24. Sir Booth in a Passion25 Chapter 25. In which the Ladies Peep into Cardyllian26 Volume 2. Chapter 1. In the Oak Parlour - A Meeting and Parting27 Chapter 2. JudUs Apella28 Chapter 3. Mr. Levi Visits Mrs. Mervyn29 Chapter 4. Mr. Benjamin Levi Recognises an Acquaintance30 Chapter 5. A Council of Three31 Chapter 6. Mr. Dingwell Arrives32 Chapter 7. Mr. Dingwell Makes Himself Comfortable33 Chapter 8. The Lodger and His Landlady34 Chapter 9. In which Mr. Dingwell Puts His Hand to the Poker35 Chapter 10. Cleve Verney Sees the Chateau De Cresseron36 Chapter 11. She Comes and Speaks37 Chapter 12. Cleve Verney has a Visitor38 Chapter 13. The Rev. Isaac Dixie Sets Forth on a Mission39 Chapter 14. Over the Herring-Pond40 Chapter 15. Mr. Cleve Verney Pays a Visit to Rosemary Court41 Chapter 16. In Lord Verney's Library42 Chapter 17. An Ovation43 Chapter 18. Old Friends on the Green44 Chapter 19. Vane Etherage Greets Lord Verney45 Chapter 20. Rebecca Mervyn Reads Her Letter46 Chapter 21. By Rail to London47 Chapter 22. Lady Dorminster's Ball48 Volume 3. Chapter 1. A Lark49 Chapter 2. A New Voice50 Chapter 3. Cleve Comes51 Chapter 4. Love's Remorse52 Chapter 5. Mrs. Mervyn's Dream53 Chapter 6. Tom has a "Talk" With the Admiral54 Chapter 7. Arcadian Red Brick, Lilac, and Laburnum55 Chapter 8. The Triumvirate56 Chapter 9. In Verney House57 Chapter 10. A Thunder-Storm58 Chapter 11. The Pale Horse59 Chapter 12. In which His Friends Visit the Sick60 Chapter 13. Mr. Dingwell Thinks of an Excursion61 Chapter 14. A Surprise62 Chapter 15. Clay Rectory by Moonlight63 Chapter 16. An Alarm64 Chapter 17. A New Light65 Chapter 18. Mr. Dingwell and Mrs. Mervyn Converse66 Chapter 19. The Greek Merchant Sees Lord Verney67 Chapter 20. A Break-Down68 Chapter 21. Mr. Larkin's Two Moves69 Chapter 22. Conclusion