The Lady of Lynn
Walter Besant
"GRATITUDE, MY LORD, TO YOU," HE REPLIED.]
THE LADY OF LYNN
by
SIR WALTER BESANT
Author of "All Sorts and Conditions of Men,""The Orange Girl," Etc.
With Illustrations
New York . Dodd, Meadand Company . . . 1901
Copyright, 1900By Sir Walter Besant
The Caxton PressNew York.
Contents
CHAP. PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
I. MY LORD'S LEVEE 15
II. THE LADY ANASTASIA 29
III. THE "SOCIETY" OF LYNN 34
IV. THE GRAND DISCOVERY 42
V. THE PORT OF LYNN 48
VI. THE MAID OF LYNN 55
VII. THE POET 64
VIII. THE OPENING OF THE SPA 70
IX. SENT TO THE SPA 83
X. "OF THE NICEST HONOUR" 97
XI. THE HUMOURS OF THE SPA 104
XII. THE CAPTAIN'S AMBITION 112
XIII. MOLLY'S FIRST MINUET 120
XIV. MOLLY'S COUNTRY DANCE 127
XV. THE CARD ROOM 133
XVI. HIS LORDSHIP'S INTENTIONS 141
XVII. "IN THE LISBON TRADE" 147
XVIII. THE WITCH 157
XIX. A TRUE FRIEND 163
XX. FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING 172
XXI. MOLLY'S SECOND APPEARANCE 178
XXII. THE ABDUCTION 185
XXIII. WHICH WAY TO FOLLOW? 196
XXIV. THE PUNISHMENT 201
XXV. A GRATEFUL MIND 209
XXVI. THE LAST STEP BUT ONE 217
XXVII. THE EXPECTED BLOW 224
XXVIII. WARNING 231
XXIX. THE ARDENT LOVER 238
XXX. THE SECRET 246
XXXI. THE "SOCIETY" AGAIN 254
XXXII. A RESPITE 262
XXXIII. A WEDDING 270
XXXIV. A NEW COMPACT 278
XXXV. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 287
XXXVI. THE DAY OF FATE 293
XXXVII. THE BUBBLE AND THE SKY ROCKET 306
XXXVIII. THE OPINION OF COUNSEL 312
XXXIX. THE FRUITS OF SUBMISSION 320
XL. ON MY RETURN 332
XLI. THE FIRST AND THE SECOND CONFEDERATE 345
XLII. THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH CONFEDERATE 355
XLIII. THE FIFTH AND LAST CONFEDERATE 361
