The Orange Girl
Walter Besant
THE ORANGE GIRL
by
SIR WALTER BESANT
Illustrated by Warren B. Davis
New YorkDodd, Mead & Company1899
Copyright, 1898,By Walter Besant.
"OVER THIS RURAL PLACE WE STRAYED AT OUR WILL."]
CONTENTS
PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
PART I
HOW I GOT INTO THE KING'S BENCH
I I AM TURNED OUT INTO THE WORLD 15
II A CITY OF REFUGE 23
III A WAY TO LIVE 29
IV LOVE AND MUSIC 33
V WEDDING BELLS AND THE BOOK OF THE PLAY 40
VI A CITY FUNERAL 51
VII THE READING OF THE WILL 58
VIII THE TEMPTATION 65
IX THE CLAIM AND THE ARREST 72
X THE ARREST 79
PART II
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE
I RELEASE 91
II HOW I GOT A NEW PLACE 97
III THE MASQUERADE 103
IV WHO SHE WAS 116
V THE BLACK JACK 130
VI A WARNING AND ANOTHER OFFER 143
VII JENNY'S ADVICE 156
VIII A SUCCESSFUL CONSPIRACY 162
IX NEWGATE 170
X THE SAME OFFER 184
XI THE IMPENDING TRIAL 191
XII THE TRIAL 197
XIII THE COMPANY OF REVENGE 213
XIV AN UNEXPECTED CHARGE 225
XV THE FILIAL MARTYR 238
XVI THE SNARE WHICH THEY DIGGED FOR OTHERS 248
XVII THE CASE OF CLARINDA 253
XVIII THE FALLEN ALDERMAN 261
XIX THE END OF THE CONSPIRACY 267
XX THE HONOURS OF THE MOB 273
XXI GUILTY, MY LORD 280
XXII FROM THE CONDEMNED CELL 295
XXIII AN UNEXPECTED EVENT 308
XXIV COMMUTATION 316
XXV TRANSPORTATION 322
XXVI THE LAST TEMPTATION 336
