Produced by Iona Vaughan, woodie4, Mark Akrigg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE TENANTS OF MALORY. (Reprinted from the "Dublin University Magazine.") THE TENANTS OF MALORY. A Novel. BY JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, AUTHOR OF "UNCLE SILAS," "GUY DEVERELL," "THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD," ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1867. [_The Right of Translation is reserved._] LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I.--IN THE OAK PARLOUR--A MEETING AND PARTING 1 II.--JUDÆUS APELLA 12 III.--MR. LEVI VISITS MRS. MERVYN 21 IV.--MR. BENJAMIN LEVI RECOGNISES AN ACQUAINTANCE 32 V.--A COUNCIL OF THREE 44 VI.--MR. DINGWELL ARRIVES 56 VII.--MR. DINGWELL MAKES HIMSELF COMFORTABLE 68 VIII.--THE LODGER AND HIS LANDLADY 76 IX.--IN WHICH MR. DINGWELL PUTS HIS HAND TO THE POKER 87 X.--CLEVE VERNEY SEES THE CHATEAU DE CRESSERON 102 XI.--SHE COMES AND SPEAKS 112 XII.--CLEVE VERNEY HAS A VISITOR 125 XIII.--THE REV. ISAAC DIXIE SETS FORTH ON A MISSION 136 XIV.--OVER THE HERRING-POND 146 XV.--MR. CLEVE VERNEY PAYS A VISIT TO ROSEMARY COURT 157 XVI.--IN LORD VERNEY'S LIBRARY 176 XVII.--AN OVATION 191 XVIII.--OLD FRIENDS ON THE GREEN 205 XIX.--VANE ETHERAGE GREETS LORD VERNEY 222 XX.--REBECCA MERVYN READS HER LETTER 235 XXI.--BY RAIL TO LONDON 252 XXII.--LADY DORMINSTER'S BALL 264 THE TENANTS OF MALORY. CHAPTER I. IN THE OAK PARLOUR--A MEETING AND PARTING. "GOSSIPING place Cardyllian is," said Miss Anne Sheckleton, after they had walked on a little in silence. "What nonsense the people do talk. I never heard anything like it. Did you ever hear such a galamathias?" The young lady walking by her side answered by a cold little laugh-- "Yes, I suppose so. All small country towns _are_, I believe," said she.