CHAPTER I.—The Travelling Carriage 1

II.—Tom Rain and Old Death 4 III.—Bow Street 6 IV.—Esther de Medina 9 V.—The Appeal of Love 13 VI.—Dr. Lascelles 15 VII.—The Beautiful Patient 18 VIII.—Seven Dials 20 IX.—A Death-Scene.—Lock's Fields 23 X.—A Scene at the House of Sir Christopher Blunt 28 XI.—The Two Thousand Pounds.—Torrens Cottage 30 XII.—Adelais and Rosamond 33 XIII.—The Elopement 36 XIV.—Lady Hatfield and Dr. Lascelles.—Esther de Medina 39 XV.—The Opiate 42 XVI.—The Lover and the Uncle 43 XVII.—The Mysterious Letter.—Jacob 44 XVIII.—The Lovers 48 XIX.—Mr. Frank Curtis's Pleasant Adventure 51 XX.—Happiness.—The Diamond Merchant 55 XXI.—The Oath 59 XXII.—The Alarm.—The Letter 61 XXIII.—Old Death 64 XXIV.—Castle Street, Long Acre 67 XXV.—Matilda, the Country-Girl 70 XXVI.—The Lady's-Maid 73 XXVII.—London on a Rainy Evening.—A Scene in a Post-Chaise 75 XXVIII.—Tom Rain's Lodgings in Lock's Fields 77 XXIX.—The Mysteries of Old Death's Establishment 82 XXX.—The Store-Rooms 86 XXXI.—Another Deed of Infamy brought to Light 88 XXXII.—Rainford in the Subterranean 92 XXXIII.—Mrs. Martha Slingsby 94 XXXIV.—The Pious Lady 96 XXXV.—Mr. Sheepshanks 100 XXXVI.—The Baronet and his Mistress 102 XXXVII.—Tom Rain and Jacob 104 XXXVIII.—The History of Jacob Smith 107 XXXIX.—Continuation of the History of Jacob Smith 116 XL.—Conclusion of the History of Jacob Smith 120 XLI.—Fresh Alarms 126 XLII.—The Paragraph in the Newspaper 128 XLIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rainford 131 XLIV.—Mr. Frank Curtis again 134 XLV.—Mr. Dykes and his Myrmidons 139 XLVI.—Explanations 141 XLVII.—Farther Explanations 144 XLVIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain 147 XLIX.—A Painful Interview 151 L.—The Lawyer's Office 155 LI.—Lord Ellingham in the Dungeon 157 LII.—Lord Ellingham's Exertions 162 LIII.—The Execution 164 LIV.—Galvanism 166 LV.—The Laboratory.—Esther de Medina 167 LVI.—A History of the Past 172 LVII.—A Father 185 LVIII.—The Resuscitated 188 LIX.—The Jew's Family 194 LX.—Sir Christopher Blunt's Domestic Hearth 196 LXI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss 198 LXII.—Frank's Embarrassments 202 LXIII.—The Meeting in Battersea Fields 204 LXIV.—Old Death and his Friend Tidmarsh 206 LXV.—The Examination 208 LXVI.—Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet again 215 LXVII.—The Marriage.—Rosamond 219 LXVIII.—Dr. Wagtail.—Rosamond Torrens 222 LXIX.—Misery and Vice 229 LXX.—Tim the Snammer 232 LXXI.—The History of Tim the Snammer 234 LXXII.—Mr. and Mrs. Curtis 255 LXXIII.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again 260 LXXIV.—Three Months after Marriage 264 LXXV.—The Knight and the Captain 268 LXXVI.—Tim the Snammer and Josh Pedler out on Business 271 LXXVII.—The Father and Daughter 273 LXXVIII.—Retribution 276 LXXIX.—The Earl of Ellingham and Lady Hatfield again 279 LXXX.—Mrs. Slingsby and Mrs. Torrens 283 LXXXI.—Rosamond at Home 288 LXXXII.—The Forged Cheque 292 LXXXIII.—The Reward of Crime 295 LXXXIV.—Old Death's Party 299 LXXXV.—The History of a Livery Servant 303 LXXXVI.—Conclusion of the History of a Livery-servant 312 LXXXVII.—The Blackamoor 322 LXXXVIII.—Scenes at the Blackamoor's House 326 LXXXIX.—The Surprise.—Jeffreys and Old Death 331 XC.—The New Justice of the Peace 334 XCI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again.—Another Strange Visitor 337 XCII.—The Confession 342 XCIII.—Newgate 344 XCIV.—"The Stout House." 349 XCV.—Clarence Villiers and his Aunt 354 XCVI.—Sir Christopher Blunt a Hero 357 XCVII.—Carlton House 360 XCVIII.—An Acquittal and a Sentence 363 XCVIX.—The Condition of the Working Classes 368 C.—The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina 371 CI.—The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure 375 CII.—A State of Siege 380 CIII.—The Surprise.—A Change of Scene 384 CIV.—The Visit.—The Habeas Corpus 389 CV.—The King's Bench Prison 391 CVI.—A Farther Insight into the King's Bench 396 CVII.—A Tale of Sorrow 400 CVIII.—Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow 408 CIX.—The Prisoners 413

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I. SECOND SERIES.

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THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.