CHAPTER XIX.

RACHEL AND MR. HORROCLEAVE

The Card Arnold Bennett CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE DANCE 7 II. THE WIDOW HULLINS'S HOUSE 27 III. THE PANTECHNICON 48 IV. WRECKING OF A LIFE 71 V. THE MERCANTILE MARINE 89 VI. HIS BURGLARY 112 VII. THE RESCUER OF DAMES 132 VIII. RAISING A WIGWAM 153 IX. THE GREAT NEWSPAPER WAR 177 X. HIS INFAMY 196 XI. IN THE ALPS 218 XII. THE SUPREME HONOUR 240

THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS AND OTHER STORIES By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

TRAGIC

THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS MIMI THE SUPREME ILLUSION THE LETTER AND THE LIE THE GLIMPSE

FROLIC

JOCK-AT-A-VENTURE THE HEROISM OF THOMAS CHADWICK UNDER THE CLOCK THREE EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF MR COWLISHAW, DENTIST CATCHING THE TRAIN THE WIDOW OF THE BALCONY THE CAT AND CUPID THE FORTUNE-TELLER THE LONG-LOST UNCLE THE TIGHT HAND WHY THE CLOCK STOPPED HOT POTATOES HALF-A-SOVEREIGN THE BLUE SUIT THE TIGER AND THE BABY THE REVOLVER AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS