The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain: The Works of William Carleton, Volume OneCarleton, William
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The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain: The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
Carleton, William
Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Produced by David Widger
THE BLACK BARONET;
OR, THE CHRONICLES OF BALLYTRAIN.
By William Carleton
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER
I.--A Mail Coach by Night, and a Bit
of Moonshine
II.--The Town and its Inhabitants
III.--Paudeen Gair's Receipt how to
make a Bad Dinner a Good One
--The Stranger finds Fenton as
Mysterious as Himself
IV.--An Anonymous Letter--Lucy Gourlay
Avows a Previous Attachment
V.--Sir Thomas Gourlay Fails in Unmasking
the Stranger--Mysterious Conduct of Fenton
VI.--Extraordinary Scene between Fenton
and the Stranger
VII.--The Baronet attempts by Falsehood
to urge his Daughter into
an Avowal of her Lover's Name.
VIII.--The Fortune-Teller--An Equivocal
Prediction
IX. --Candor and Dissimulation
X. --A Family Dialogue--and a Secret
nearly Discovered
XI.--The Stranger's Visit to Father
MacMahon
XII.--Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton
--The Baronet, Enraged at
his Daughter's Firmness, strikes Her
XIII.--The Stranger's Second Visit to
Father MacMahon--Something
like an Elopement
XIV.--Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong
Scent--Miss Gourlay takes Refuge
with an Old Friead
XV.--Interview between Lady Gourlay
and the Stranger--Dandy Dulcimer
makes a Discovery--The
Stranger Receives Mysterious
Communications
XVI.--Conception and Perpetration of a
Diabolical Plot against Fenton
XVII.--A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's
--Retributive Justice, or the Robber
Robbed
XVIII. --Dunphy visits the County Wicklow
--Old Sam and his Wife
XIX.--Interview between Trailcudgel
and the Stranger--A Peep at
Lord Dunroe and his Friend
XX.--Interview between Lords Cullamore,
Dunroe, and Lady Emily
--Tom Norton's Aristocracy
fails him--His Reception by
Lord Cullamore
XXI.--A Spy Rewarded--Sir Thomas
Gourlay Charged Home by the
Stranger with, the Removal and
Disappearance of his Brother's Son
XXII.--Lucy at.Summerfield Cottage
XXIII.-- A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage.
XXIV.--An Irish Watchhouse in the time
of the “Charlies”
XXV.--The Police Office -- Sir Spigot
Sputter and Mr. Coke--An “Unfortunate
Translator--Decision in “a Law Case”
XXVI.-- The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's
Money and Pistols--A Bit of
Controversy--A New Light Begins
to Appear
XXVII. --Sir Thomas, who Shams Illness,
is too sharp for Mrs. Mainwaring,
who visits Him--Lucy calls upon
Lady Gourlay, where she meets her
Lover--Affecting Interview between
Lucy and Lady Gourlay
XXVIII.--Innocence and Affection
overcome by Fraud and Hypocrisy--Lucy
yields at Last
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