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The House by the Church-Yard

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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  1. 1A Prologue — Being a Dish of Village Chat
  2. 2Chapter I — The Rector’s Night-Walk to His Church
  3. 3Chapter II — The Nameless Coffin
  4. 4Chapter III — Mr. Mervyn in His Inn
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Fair-Green of Palmerstown
  6. 6Chapter V — How the Royal Irish Artillery Entertained Some of the N…
  7. 7Chapter VI — In Which the Minstrelsy Proceeds
  8. 8Chapter VII — Showing How Two Gentlemen May Misunderstand One Anoth…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Relating How Doctor Toole and Captain Devereux Went…
  10. 10Chapter IX — How a Squire Was Found for the Knight of the Rueful Co…
  11. 11Chapter X — The Dead Secret, Showing How the Fireworker Proved to P…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Some Talk About the Haunted House — Being, as I Suppos…
  13. 13Chapter XII — Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House — Being an Authe…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — In Which the Rector Visits the Tiled House, and Doct…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Relating How Puddock Purged O’Flaherty’s Head — A Cha…
  16. 16Chapter XV — Æsculapius to the Rescue
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Ordeal by Battle
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Lieutenant Puddock Receives an Invitation and a Rap…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Relating How the Gentlemen Sat Over Their Claret, a…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — In Which the Gentlemen Follow the Ladies
  21. 21Chapter XX — In Which Mr. Dangerfield Visits the Church of Chapeliz…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Relating Among Other Things How Doctor Toole Walked U…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Telling How Mr. Mervyn Fared at Belmont, and of a Pl…
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Which Concerns the Grand Dinner at the King’s House…
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — In Which Two Young Persons Understand One Another Be…
  26. 26Chapter XXV — In Which the Sun Sets, and the Merry-Making Is Kept U…
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Relating How the Band of the Royal Irish Artillery P…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Concerning the Troubles and the Shapes That Began t…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — In Which Mr. Irons Recounts Some Old Recollections…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Showing How Poor Mrs. Macnamara Was Troubled and Hau…
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Concerning a Certain Woman in Black
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Being a Short History of the Great Battle of Belmont…
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Narrating How Lieutenant Puddock and Captain Devere…
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — In Which Captain Devereux’s Fiddle Plays a Prelude…
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — In Which Lilias Hears a Stave of an Old Song and Th…
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — In Which Aunt Becky and Doctor Toole, in Full Blow,…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Narrating How Miss Lilias Visited Belmont, and Saw…
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Showing How Some of the Feuds in Chapelizod Waxed…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Dreams and Troubles, and a Dark Look-Out
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Telling How Lilias Walsingham Found Two Ladies Awai…
  41. 41Chapter XL — Of a Messenger From Chapelizod Vault Who Waited in the…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — In Which the Rector Comes Home, and Lily Speaks Her M…
  43. 43Chapter XLII — In Which Dr. Sturk Tries This Way and That for a Rep…
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Showing How Charles Nutter’s Blow Descended, and Wh…
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Relating How, in the Watches of the Night, a Vision…
  46. 46Chapter XLV — Concerning a Little Rehearsal in Captain Cluffe’s, Lo…
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — The Closet Scene, With the Part of Polonius Omitted
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — In Which Pale Hecate Visits the Mills, and Charles…
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Swans on the Water
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Swans in the Water
  51. 51Chapter L — Treating of Some Confusion, in Consequence, in the Club…
  52. 52Chapter LI — How Charles Nutter’s Tea, Pipe, and Tobacco-Box Were A…
  53. 53Chapter LII — Concerning a Rouleau of Guineas and the Crack of a Pi…
  54. 54Chapter LIII — Relating After What Fashion Dr. Sturk Came Home
  55. 55Chapter LIV — In Which Miss Magnolia Macnamara and Dr. Toole, in Di…
  56. 56Chapter LV — In Which Dr. Toole, in Full Costume, Stands Upon the H…
  57. 57Chapter LVI — Doctor Walsingham and the Chapelizod Christians Meet…
  58. 58Chapter LVII — In Which Dr. Toole and Mr. Lowe Make a Visit at the…
  59. 59Chapter LVIII — In Which One of Little Bopeep’s Sheep Comes Home Ag…
  60. 60Chapter LIX — Telling How a Coach Drew Up at the Elms, and Two Fine…
  61. 61Chapter LX — Being a Chapter of Hoops, Feathers, and Brilliants, an…
  62. 62Chapter LXI — In Which the Ghosts of a By-Gone Sin Keep Tryst
  63. 63Chapter LXII — Of a Solemn Resolution Which Captain Devereux Regist…
  64. 64Chapter LXIII — In Which a Liberty Is Taken With Mr. Nutter’s Name,…
  65. 65Chapter LXIV — Being a Night Scene, in Which Miss Gertrude Chattesw…
  66. 66Chapter LXV — Relating Some Awful News That Reached the Village, an…
  67. 67Chapter LXVI — Of a Certain Tempest That Arose and Shook the Captai…
  68. 68Chapter LXVII — In Which a Certain Troubled Spirit Walks
  69. 69Chapter LXVIII — How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole M…
  70. 70Chapter LXIX — Concerning a Second Hurricane That Raged in Captain…
  71. 71Chapter LXX — In Which an Unexpected Visitor Is Seen…
  72. 72Chapter LXXI — In Which Mr. Irons’s Narrative Reaches Merton Moor
  73. 73Chapter LXXII — In Which the Apparition of Mr. Irons Is Swallowed i…
  74. 74Chapter LXXIII — Concerning a Certain Gentleman, With a Black Patch…
  75. 75Chapter LXXIV — In Which Doctor Toole, in His Boots, Visits Mr. Gam…
  76. 76Chapter LXXV — How a Gentleman Paid a Visit at the Brass Castle, an…
  77. 77Chapter LXXVI — Relating How the Castle Was Taken, and How Mistress…
  78. 78Chapter LXXVII — In Which Irish Melody Prevails
  79. 79Chapter LXXVIII — In Which, While the Harmony Continues in Father R…
  80. 80Chapter LXXIX — Showing How Little Lily’s Life Began to Change Into…
  81. 81Chapter LXXX — In Which Two Acquaintances Become, on a Sudden, Marv…
  82. 82Chapter LXXXI — In Which Mr. Dangerfield Receives a Visitor, and Ma…
  83. 83Chapter LXXXII — In Which Mr. Paul Dangerfield Pays His Respects an…
  84. 84Chapter LXXXIII — In Which the Knight of the Silver Spectacles Make…
  85. 85Chapter LXXXIV — In Which Christiana Goes Over; and Dan Loftus Come…
  86. 86Chapter LXXXV — In Which Captain Devereux Hears the News; and Mr. D…
  87. 87Chapter LXXXVI — In Which Mr. Paul Dangerfield Mounts the Stairs of…
  88. 88Chapter LXXXVII — In Which Two Comrades Are Tete-a-Tete in Their Ol…
  89. 89Chapter LXXXVIII — In Which Mr. Moore the Barber Arrives, and the M…
  90. 90Chapter LXXXIX — In Which a Certain Songster Treats the Company to…
  91. 91Chapter XC — Mr. Paul Dangerfield Has Something on His Mind, and Ca…
  92. 92Chapter XCI — Concerning Certain Documents Which Reached Mr. Mervyn…
  93. 93Chapter XCII — The Wher-Wolf
  94. 94Chapter XCIII — In Which Doctor Toole and Dirty Davy Confer in the…
  95. 95Chapter XCIV — What Doctor Sturk Brought to Mind, and All That Doct…
  96. 96Chapter XCV — In Which Doctor Pell Declines a Fee, and Doctor Sturk…
  97. 97Chapter XCVI — About the Rightful Mrs. Nutter of the Mills, and How…
  98. 98Chapter XCVII — In Which Obediah Arrives
  99. 99Chapter XCVIII — In Which Charles Archer Puts Himself Upon the Country
  100. 100Chapter XCIX — The Story Ends

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