Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion — John Shaqi
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
Jacob’s Return Home.—An Unexpected Visitor.—The Lonely Watch.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Ada’s Fate Again Against Her.—The Threat.—The New Home.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Albert’s Disappointment.—Tibbs, the Bear Warden.—The Search.—A
Consultation.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Learmont at Home.—Dark Reflections.—The Summons.—The
Confederates.—Suspicions.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Girl in Her Melancholy Home.—The Prison House.—A Dungeon’s
Gloom.—Unavailing Sorrow.
CHAPTER XXV.
Ada’s Appeal.—The Promise.—Ada’s Despair.—Gray’s Triumph.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Squire.—The Life of a Captive.—A Strange Fatality.—The Associates.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Learmont at Home.—The Baronetcy.—A Visitor.—The Rejected Offer.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Ada’s Lone Home.—The Summer.—An Adventure.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Alarm.—The Pursuit.—A Mob in the Last Century.—The Fugitive.—Maud,
the Beggar.
CHAPTER XXX.
The Tale.—A Blighted Heart’s Despair.
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Interview.—Jacob Gray’s Meditations.—The Slip of Paper.—The
Nail.—The Guilty Conscience.—The Departure.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Jacob Gray’s Fears.—The Promise.—Ada’s Meditations.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Britton at the Chequers.—The Visit.—A Mysterious Stranger.—The Good
Company.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Fête.—Villany Prospers for a Season.—An Interruption.—The Dance.
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Ball-room.—A Noble Family.—The Interruption.—Unexpected End of
Learmont’s Fête.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Albert Seyton.—The Lonely Search.—A Suggestion.—An Important Visit.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
The Pursuit.—The Attempted Murder.—A Providential Interference.—The
Papers.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Meeting at Mill-bank.—The Knife.—Ada’s Fate Hangs on a Thread.—The
Bold Plunge.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Smith’s Anger.—A Drunken Tour through Westminster in the Olden
Time.—The Watch.—A Scene at the Chequers.—The Determination.
CHAPTER XL.
The Old House Again.—Ada’s Alarm.—Gray and His Gold.
CHAPTER XLI.
A Human Voice.—The Departure.—An Unexpected Meeting.—The Reception.
CHAPTER XLII.
Gray’s Cunning.—Danger Thickens.—The Hour of Retribution has not Come.
CHAPTER XLIII.
The Proposal.—Gray’s Reasoning.—The Vault.—Ada’s Tears.—A Guilty
Heart’s Agony.
CHAPTER XLIV.
The Search.—The Confession.—The Strange Report.—An Awful Dilemma.
CHAPTER XLV.
The Lonely Watcher.—Gray’s Cunning.—The Cupboard on the Stairs.
CHAPTER XLVI.
The Death of the Elder Seyton.—Albert’s Grief.—The Prophecy.
CHAPTER XLVII.
The Smith at Learmont House.—The Breakfast.—The Threat, and its
Results.—The Caution.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The Escape.—A Song of the Times.
CHAPTER XLIX.
The Projected Murder.—The Alarm.—The Death-Shot.—Ada’s Anguish and
Indignation.
CHAPTER L.
The Ruin at Night.—The Fire.—Gray’s Behaviour.—A Challenge.—Old
Westminster Again.
CHAPTER LI.
The Alcove on the Bridge.—Gray’s Speech to Ada.—The Flight.—The
Hunt.—The Last Refuge.
CHAPTER LII.
The Dark Court.—A Deed of Blood.—The Pursuit Continued.—The Mother and
the Child.
CHAPTER LIII.
A Mother’s Care.—The Pursuit.—A Successful Ruse.—The Second Visit.
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