Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 2

At this time Sydney began to feel the effects of his temerity in introducing Grace to the ball. Certain rumours and whispers affecting Grace's character and Sydney's connection...

During the interval that elapsed between the acts of raising the box from the table and throwing out the dice, my observation was drawn to Grace. She stood at a little distance...

"That is my secret," I replied. "It should be sufficient for you that I do know, and that I have evidence at hand for a full exposure of your proceedings."

Under these circumstances the obstacles before me became almost insurmountable. The residents of the burning city were in a state of the wildest confusion, and my anxious inquir...

In the hope of her husband's return, and looking forward with sweet mysterious delight to the moment when she would hold her baby to her breast, Mrs. Holdfast was a perfectly ha...

I do not propose in this statement to refer to any incidents in Sydney Campbell's career which are not in some way connected with my own story. At a future time I will tell you...

Closer and closer did the little match girl cling to Becky, as she was carried through the dark passage and down the narrow stairs to the kitchen. Then, and then only, did Becky...

Great Porter Square had really been in a state of excitement the whole of the day, almost equalling that which raged on the day of the discovery of the murder. The strange revel...

On the morning following the publication of the Supplement to the _Evening Moon_, Becky had occasion to observe that her mistress, Mrs. Preedy, was earnestly engaged in the peru...

MY DEAREST,--It is now very near morning, within an hour of the time I am expected to rise. I have been up all night, and having read the story of your life from beginning to en...

The extraordinary story which has appeared in the columns of the _Evening Moon_, and the dreadful intelligence it conveys to me of the murder of my dear father, render it impera...