The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain. William Carleton

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       William Carleton

      The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain

      The Works of William Carleton, Volume One

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066212520

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       CHAPTER I. A Mail-coach by Night, and a Bit of Moonshine.

       CHAPTER II. The Town and its Inhabitants.

       CHAPTER III. Pauden Gair's Receipt how to make a Bad Dinner a Good One

       —The Stranger finds Fenton as mysterious as Himself.

       CHAPTER IV. An Anonymous Letter

       —Lucy Gourlay avows a previous Attachment.

       CHAPTER V. Sir Thomas Gourlay fails in unmasking the Stranger

       —Mysterious Conduct of Fenton

       CHAPTER VI. Extraordinary Scene between Fenton and the Stranger.

       CHAPTER VII. The Baronet attempts by Falsehood

       The Baronet attempts by Falsehood to urge his Daughter into an Avowal of her Lover's Name.

       CHAPTER VIII. The Fortune-Teller—An Equivocal Prediction.

       CHAPTER IX. Candor and Dissimulation

       CHAPTER X. A Family Dialogue—and a Secret nearly Discovered.

       CHAPTER XI. The Stranger's Visit to Father MacMalum.

       CHAPTER XII. Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton

       —The Baronet, Enraged at His Daughter's Firmness, strikes Her.

       CHAPTER XIII. The Stranger's Second Visit to Father M'Mahon

       —Something like an Elopement.

       CHAPTER XIV. Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong Scent

       —Miss Gourlay takes Refuge with an Old Friend.

       CHAPTER XV. Interview between Lady Gourlay and the Stranger

       —Dandy Dulcimer makes a Discovery—The Stranger receives Mysterious Communications.

       CHAPTER XVI. Conception and Perpetration of a Diabolical Plot against Fenton.

       CHAPTER XVII. A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's

       —Retributive Justice, or the Robber robbed.

       CHAPTER XVIII. Dunphy visits the County Wicklow

       —Old Sam and his Wife.

       CHAPTER XIX. Interview between Trailcudgel and the Stranger

       —A Peep at Lord Dunroe and His Friend.

       CHAPTER XX. Interview between Lords Cullamore, Dunroe, and Lady Emily

       —Tom Norton's Aristocracy fails Him—His Reception by Lord Cullamore.

       CHAPTER XXI. A Spy Rewarded

       —Sir Thomas Gourlay Charged Home by the Stranger with the Removal and Disappearance of his Brother's Son.

       CHAPTER XXII. Lucy at Summerfield Cottage.

       CHAPTER XXIII. A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage.

       CHAPTER XXIV. An Irish Watchhouse in the time of the “Charlies.”

       CHAPTER XXV. The Police Office

       —Sir Spigot Sputter and Mr. Coke—An Unfortunate Translator—Decision in “a Law Case.”

       CHAPTER XXVI. The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's Money and Pistols

       —A Bit of Controversy—A New Light Begins to Appear.

       CHAPTER XXVII. Lucy calls upon Lady Gourlay, where she meets her Lover

       Sir Thomas, who shams Illness, is too sharp for Mrs. Mainwaring, who visits Him—Affecting interview between Lucy and Lady Gourlay