Sir John Dering: A romantic comedy
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CONTENTS
SIR JOHN DERING
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I WHICH INTRODUCES THE DOG WITH A BAD NAME
CHAPTER II WHICH DESCRIBES A FORTUITOUS BUT FATEFUL MEETING
CHAPTER III TELLETH OF MRS. ROSE, THE GUILEFUL INNOCENT
CHAPTER IV SHEWETH THE WICKED DERING IN A NEW RÔLE
CHAPTER V THE ALLURE OF SIMPLICITY: MOONLIGHT AND AN ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER VI OF SOULS, SOLITUDE AND A DUSTY ROAD
CHAPTER VII WHICH INTRODUCES MY LORD SAYLE AND THE CLASH OF STEEL
CHAPTER VIII OF A POST-CHAISE, INIQUITY AND A GRANDMOTHER
CHAPTER IX DESCRIBES THE ADVENTURES OF THE TRUE BELIEVER
CHAPTER X FURTHER CONCERNING THE SAME
CHAPTER XI OF AN ALTRUISTIC SCOT
CHAPTER XII DESCRIBETH THE DUPLICITY OF INNOCENCE
CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING THE ADVENT OF JOHN DERWENT
CHAPTER XIV HOW THE MAN OF SENTIMENT SENTIMENTALISED IN A DITCH
CHAPTER XV WHICH INTRODUCES A FRIEZE COAT AND ITS WEARER, ONE GEORGE POTTER
CHAPTER XVI DESCRIBES A SCANDALOUS ITEM OF FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF
CHAPTER XVII HOW SIR JOHN DERING CAME BACK TO MAYFAIR
CHAPTER XVIII HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING
CHAPTER XIX TELLS HOW SIR JOHN WENT “BEAR-BAITING”
CHAPTER XX HOW SIR JOHN PLEDGED HIS WORD: WITH SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTIES OF SNUFF
CHAPTER XXI OF GEORGE POTTER, HIS WHISTLE
CHAPTER XXII MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WEAVES WEBS FOR AN UNWARY HE
CHAPTER XXIII HOW GEORGE POTTER CIRCUMVENTED THE PREVENTIVES
CHAPTER XXIV OF MR. BUNKLE AND THE ROOM WITH FIVE DOORS
CHAPTER XXV TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN BEHELD THE GHOST
CHAPTER XXVI CONCERNS ITSELF MAINLY WITH THE “MORNING AFTER”
CHAPTER XXVII TELLETH HOW MR. DERWENT BEGAN HIS WOOING
CHAPTER XXVIII TELLETH HOW MY LADY ADOPTED A FAIRY GODMOTHER
CHAPTER XXIX GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF A TEA-DRINKING
CHAPTER XXX IN WHICH SIR JOHN RECEIVES A WARNING
CHAPTER XXXI BEING A CHAPTER OF NO GREAT CONSEQUENCE
CHAPTER XXXII TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING
CHAPTER XXXIII WHICH, AMONG OTHER SMALL MATTERS, TELLETH OF A SNUFF-BOX
CHAPTER XXXIV CONCERNS ITSELF WITH ONE OF THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE ‘MARKET CROSS INN’
CHAPTER XXXV BEING THE SHORTEST IN THIS BOOK
CHAPTER XXXVI WHICH CONTAINS FURTHER MENTION OF A CERTAIN SNUFF-BOX
CHAPTER XXXVII WHICH GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER’S HAT
CHAPTER XXXVIII OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIX HOW THEY WARNED CAPTAIN SHARKIE NYE
CHAPTER XL DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW MY LADY TRAMPLED TRIUMPHANTLY AT LAST
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CHAPTER XLI TELLETH OF THE DUEL ON DERING TYE
CHAPTER XLII MR. DUMBRELL MEDIATES
CHAPTER XLIII IN WHICH SIR JOHN DEVOTES HIMSELF TO THE MUSE
CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH THE GHOST FLITS TO GOOD PURPOSE
CHAPTER XLV WHICH, AS THE READER OBSERVES, BEGINS AND ENDS WITH MY LORD SAYLE
CHAPTER XLVI TELLS HOW SIR JOHN DERING FLED THE DOWN-COUNTRY
CHAPTER XLVII TELLETH HOW MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WENT A-WOOING
CHAPTER XLVIII WHICH IS, HAPPILY, THE LAST
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