The Daltons, Volume II (of II) - Or,Three Roads In Life

Charles James Lever

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Project Gutenberg's The Daltons, Volume II (of II), by Charles James LeverThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Or,Three Roads In LifeAuthor: Charles James LeverIllustrator: Phiz.Release Date: April 19, 2010 [EBook #32062]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DALTONS, VOLUME II (OF II) ***Produced by David WidgerTHE DALTONSOR,THREE ROADS IN LIFE.By Charles Lever.With Illustrations By Phiz.In Two Volumes: Volume Two.Boston:Little, Brown, And Company.1904.frontispiecetitlepageContentsTHE DALTONS; or, THREE ROADS IN LIFECHAPTER I. A MORNING OF MISADVENTURESCHAPTER II. A SAD HOUSEHOLDCHAPTER III. A LAST SCENECHAPTER IV. A PACKAGE OF LETTERSCHAPTER V. A HAPPY DAY FOR PETER DALTONCHAPTER VI. MADAME DE HEIDENDORFCHAPTER VII. AT VIENNACHAPTER VIII. PRIESTLY COUNSELSCHAPTER IX. SECRETS OF HEAD AND HEARTCHAPTER X. D'ESMONDE'S LETTERCHAPTER XI. THE CADET VON DALTONCHAPTER XII. VIENNACHAPTER XIII. THE MARCHCHAPTER XIV. THE SKIRMISHCHAPTER XV. A VILLA AND ITS COMPANYCHAPTER XVI. PETER DALTON ON POLITICS, LAW, AND SOCIALITIESCHAPTER XVII. NELLY'S TRIALSCHAPTER XVIII. AN ACT OF SETTLEMENTCHAPTER XIX. THE CURSAALCHAPTER XX. THE LAST STAKE OF ALLCHAPTER XXI. NELLY'S ...

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Project Gutenberg's The Daltons, Volume II (of II), by
Charles James Lever
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cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,
give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg
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Title: The Daltons, Volume II (of II)
Or,Three Roads In Life
Author: Charles James Lever
Illustrator: Phiz.
Release Date: April 19, 2010 [EBook #32062]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
THE DALTONS, VOLUME II (OF II) ***
Produced by David WidgerTHE DALTONS
OR,
THREE ROADS IN LIFE.
By Charles Lever.
With Illustrations By Phiz.
In Two Volumes: Volume Two.
Boston:
Little, Brown, And Company.
1904.frontispiece
titlepage
Contents
THE DALTONS; or, THREE ROADS IN LIFE
CHAPTER I. A MORNING OF MISADVENTURES
CHAPTER II. A SAD HOUSEHOLD
CHAPTER III. A LAST SCENE
CHAPTER IV. A PACKAGE OF LETTERS
CHAPTER V. A HAPPY DAY FOR PETER DALTON
CHAPTER VI. MADAME DE HEIDENDORF
CHAPTER VII
AT VIENNA
.
CHAPTER VII
PRIESTLY COUNSELS
I.
CHAPTER IX. SECRETS OF HEAD AND HEART
CHAPTER X. D'ESMONDE'S LETTER
CHAPTER XI. THE CADET VON DALTONCHAPTER XII
VIENNA
.
CHAPTER XII
THE MARCH
I.
CHAPTER XI
THE SKIRMISH
V.
CHAPTER XV
A VILLA AND ITS COMPANY
.
CHAPTER XV PETER DALTON ON POLITICS, LAW,
I. AND SOCIALITIES
CHAPTER XV
NELLY'S TRIALS
II.
CHAPTER XV
AN ACT OF SETTLEMENT
III.
CHAPTER XI
THE CURSAAL
X.
CHAPTER XX
THE LAST STAKE OF ALL
.
CHAPTER XX
NELLY'S SORROWS
I.
CHAPTER XX
A LAST ADIEU
II.
CHAPTER XX
THE TYROL JOURNEY
III.
CHAPTER XX
FLORENCE
IV.
CHAPTER XX
PRIESTCRAFT
V.
CHAPTER XX
THE "MOSKOVA."
VI.
CHAPTER XX
VALEGGIOVALEGGIO
VII.
CHAPTER XX PLOTS, POLITICS, AND PRIESTCRA
VIII. FT
CHAPTER XX
A SECRET AND A SNARE
IX.
CHAPTER XX
A SAD EXIT
X.
CHAPTER XX
THE SUMMONS
XI.
CHAPTER XX
INISTIOGE
XII.
CHAPTER XX THE MANOR-HOUSE OF CORRIG-O'
XIII. NEAL
CHAPTER XX
"THE RORE."
XIV.
CHAPTER XX
A TALK OVER BYGONES
XV.
CHAPTER XX
THE JAIL
XVI.
CHAPTER XX
A FENCING-MATCH
XVII.
CHAPTER XX
A STEP IN VAIN
XVIII.
CHAPTER XX
THE COURT-HOUSE OF KILKENNY
XIX.
CHAPTER XL
THE RETRIBUTION
.
CHAPTER XL
THE END
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THE DALTONS;
or, THREE ROADS IN LIFECHAPTER I. A MORNING OF
MISADVENTURES.
"Well, my Lord, are we to pass the day here," said
Count Trouville, the second of the opposite party, as
Norwood returned from a fruitless search of George
Onslow, "or are we to understand that this is the
English mode of settling such matters?"
"I am perfectly ready, Monsieur le Comte, to prove the
contrary, so far as my own poor abilities extend," said
Norwood, calmly.
"But your friend has disappeared, sir. You are left
alone here."
"Which is, perhaps, the reason of your having dared to
insult me," rejoined the other; "that being, perhaps, the
French custom in such affairs."
"Come, come, gentlemen," interposed an old cavalry
officer, who acted as second friend to Guilmard, "you
must both see that all discussion of this kind is
irregular and unseemly. We have come here this
morning for one specific purpose,——to obtain
reparation for a great injury. The gentleman who
should have offered us the amende has suddenly
withdrawn himself. I offer no opinion on the fact that
he came out accompanied by only one friend; we
might, perhaps, have devised means to obviate this
difficulty. For his own absence we have no remedy. Iwould therefore ask what you have to propose to us in
this emergency?"
"A little patience,—nothing more. My friend must have
lost his way; some accident or other has detained him,
and I expect to see him here every instant."
"Shall we say half an hour longer, my Lord?" rejoined
the other, taking out his watch. "That will bring us to
eight o'clock."
"Which, considering that our time was named 'sharp
six,'" interposed Trouville, "is a very reasonable
'grace.'"
"Your expression is an impertinence, Monsieur," said
Norwood, fiercely.
"And yet I don't intend to apologize for it," said the
other, smiling.
"I 'm glad of it, sir. It's the only thing you have said to-
day with either good sense or spirit."
"Enough, quite enough, my Lord," replied the
Frenchman, gayly. "'Dans la bonne société, on ne dit
jamais de trop.' Where shall it be, and when?"
"Here, and now," said Norwood, "if I can only find any
one who will act for me."
"Pray, my Lord, don't go in search of him," said
Trouville, "or we shall despair of seeing you here
again.""I will give a bail for my reappearance, sir, that you
cannot doubt of," cried Norwood, advancing towards
the other with his cane elevated.
A perfect burst of horror broke from the Frenchmen at
this threat, and three or four immediately threw
themselves between the contending parties.
"But for this, my Lord," said the old officer, "I should
have offered you my services."
"And I should have declined them, sir," said Norwood,
promptly. "The first peasant I meet with will suffice;"
and, so saying, he hurried from the spot, his heart
almost bursting with passion. With many a malediction
of George—with curses deep and cutting on every one
whose misconduct had served to place him in his
present position—he took his way towards the high-
road.
"What could have happened?" muttered he; "what
confounded fit of poltroonery has seized him? a fellow
that never wanted pluck in his life! Is it possible that he
can have failed now? And this to occur at the very
moment they are beggared! Had they been rich, as
they were a few months back, I'd have made the thing
pay. Ay, by Jove! I 'd have 'coined my blood,' as the
fellow says in the play, and written a swingeing check
with red ink! And now I have had a bad quarrel, and
nothing to come of it! And so to walk the high-roads in
search of some one who can load a pistol."
A stray peasant or two, jogging along to Florence, a
postilion with return horses, a shabbily dressed curate,
or a friar with a sack behind him, were all that he saw