Charles James Lever
A Day's Ride
A Life's Romance
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066144029
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. I PREPARE TO SEEK ADVENTURES
CHAPTER II. BLONDEL AND I SET OUT
CHAPTER III. TRUTH NOT ALWAYS IN WINE
CHAPTER IV. PLEASANT REFLECTIONS ON AWAKING.
CHAPTER V. THE ROSARY AT INISTIOGE
CHAPTER VI. MY SELF-EXAMINATION.
CHAPTER VII. FATHER DYKE'S LETTER.
CHAPTER VIII. IMAGINATION STIMULATED BY BRANDY AND WATER.
CHAPTER IX. HIS INTEREST IN A LADY FELLOW-TRAVELLER.
CHAPTER X. THE PERILS OF MY JOURNEY TO OSTEND.
CHAPTER XI. A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
CHAPTER XII. THE DUCHY OF HESSE-KALBBRATONSTADT
CHAPTER XIII. I CALL AT THE BRITISH LEGATION.
CHAPTER XIV. SHAMEFUL NEGLECT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
CHAPTER XV. I LECTURE THE AMBASSADOR'S SISTER
CHAPTER XVI. UNPLEASANT TURN TO AN AGREEABLE CONVERSE.
CHAPTER XVII. MRS. KEATS MOVES MY INDIGNATION
CHAPTER XVIII. AN IMPATIENT SUMMONS.
CHAPTER XIX. MRS. KEATS'S MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XX. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED
CHAPTER XXI. HOW I PLAY THE PRINCE.
CHAPTER XXII. INCIDENTS OF THE SECOND DAY'S JOURNEY.
CHAPTER XXIII. JEALOUSY UNSUPPORTED BY COURAGE
CHAPTER XXIV. MY CANDOR AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHER.
CHAPTER XXV. I MAINTAIN A DIGNIFIED RESERVE.
CHAPTER XXVI. VATERCHEN AND TINTEFLECK
CHAPTER XXVII. I ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW SOCIAL PREJUDICES
CHAPTER XXVIII. RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER XXIX. ON FOOT AND IN LOW COMPANY
CHAPTER XXX. VATERCHEN'S NARRATIVE.
I give the old man's story, as nearly as I can, the way he told it
CHAPTER XXXI. A GENIUS FOR CARICATURE
CHAPTER XXXII. I RELIEVE MYSELF OF MY PURSE
CHAPTER XXXIII. MY ELOQUENCE BEFORE THE CONSTANCE MAGISTRATES.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A SUMPTUOUS DINNER AND AN EMPTY POCKET
CHAPTER XXXV. HART CROFTON'S COMMISSION
CHAPTER XXXVI. FURTHER INTERCOURSE WITH HARPAR
CHAPTER XXXVII. MY EXPLOSION AT THE TABLE D'HÔTE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DUEL WITH PRINCE MAX.
CHAPTER XXXIX. ON THE EDGE OF A TORRENT
CHAPTER XL. I AM DRAGGED AS A PRISONER TO FELDKIRCH
CHAPTER XLI. THE ACT OF ACCUSATION
CHAPTER XLII. A GLIMPSE OF AN OLD FRIEND
CHAPTER XLIII. I AM CONFINED IN THE AMBRAS SCHLOSS
CHAPTER XLIV. A VISIT FROM THE HON. GREY BULLER