Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of PassionRymer, James Malcolm
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Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion
Rymer, James Malcolm
English fiction -- 19th century; Penny dreadfuls
Ada, the Betrayed;
or,
The Murder at the Old Smithy.
A Romance of Passion.
———
John Malcolm Rymer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
The Storm.—The Old Smithy.—A Deed of Blood.—The Death Cry.—The Child of
the Dead.—Remorse and Despair.
CHAPTER II.
The Lull of the Tempest.—Morning is Coming.—The Child of Mystery.—The
Necklace.—A Surprise and a Disappearance.—The Inscription.—The Lord of
Learmont.
CHAPTER III.
Ten Years have Flown.—The Old Rose Inn.—A Snow Storm.—Tom the
Factotum.—An Arrival to the Old Smithy.—The Mysterious Stranger.
CHAPTER IV.
The Old Smithy.—A Lone Man.—The Alarm.—The Mysterious Conference.—Guilt
and Misery.
CHAPTER V.
The Morning.—A Visit.—Blasted Hopes.—The Arranged Meeting.—The
Packet.—And the Knife.
CHAPTER VI.
Night Again.—The Ruins.—The Conference.—The Old Oaken Door.—The Resolve.
CHAPTER VII.
The Conference, Continued.—Mutual Security.—The Oaken Door and the
Strange Appearance.—Mysteries Thicken.
CHAPTER VIII.
The Mansion.—Offers of Magnitude.—The Double Plot.
CHAPTER IX.
London in 1742.—Gray’s Home.—The Child.—The Voice of Conscience.—A
Visit.
CHAPTER X.
The Disappearance.—Mrs. Bridget Strangeways and the Old Oaken
Chest.—Albert’s Grief and Despair.
CHAPTER XI.
Learmont in London.—The Endeavour to Drown Thought.—Life in 1742.—All
is not Gold that Glitters.
CHAPTER XII.
The Consequences of Crime.—A Familiar Friend.—A Cloud upon Learmont’s
Felicity.
CHAPTER XIII.
A Walk in the Park.—A Recognition.—The Question.—A Defiance.—Jacob
Gray’s First Visit.—The Dream.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Dark Threat.—The Biter Bit.—Another Murder Projected.—Learmont’s
Reasoning.
CHAPTER XV.
Chase.—A Long Race, And its Results.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Lone House in Ancient Lambeth.—The Boy.—A Solitary Heart.
CHAPTER XVII.
“The Chequers,” at Westminster.—Britton’s Notions of Greatness.—“When
the Wine is In, the Wit is Out.”
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Lone Max.—The Voice of Conscience.
CHAPTER XIX.
Learmont’s Adventure.—A Discovery.—The Haunted House.—Exultation, and a
Resolution.
CHAPTER XX.
The Guide.—The Old House.—The Murder.
CHAPTER XXI.
A Sunny Morning.—The Chamber in the Old House.
CHAPTER XXII.
Learmont at Home.—His Exultation.—The Smith.—The Plot.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Projected Murder.—The Unconscious Sleeper.—A Night of Horror.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Attempted Assassination.—A Surprise.—Ada’s Surmises.—The Agony of
Gray.
CHAPTER XXV.
The Escape.—Taunts.—The Confession.—Learmont’s Rage and Discomfiture.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Morning.—The Body of the Murdered Man.—The Old Inn.—Jacob’s
Reflections.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Ada’s Flight and Despair.—Old Westminster Bridge at Daybreak.—The
Smith.—Mad Maud.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Ada’s Wanderings.—The Pearl Necklace.—A Kind Heart.—The Park.—A Joyous
Meeting.—The Arrangement.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Young Lovers.—The Gallant of a Hundred Years Since.—Hopes and
Fears.—The Dream of a True Heart.
CHAPTER XXX.
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