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Walter Besant, James Rice
The Chaplain of the Fleet
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066170622
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. HOW KITTY LOST HER FATHER AND HER FRIENDS.
CHAPTER II. HOW KITTY MADE ENGAGEMENTS.
CHAPTER III. HOW WE CAME TO LONDON ON THE COACH.
CHAPTER IV. HOW KITTY FIRST SAW THE DOCTOR.
CHAPTER V. HOW KITTY WITNESSED A FLEET WEDDING.
CHAPTER VI. HOW KITTY BEGAN TO ENJOY THE LIBERTIES OF THE FLEET.
CHAPTER VII. HOW KITTY LEARNED TO KNOW THE DOCTOR.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW KITTY SPENT HER TIME.
CHAPTER IX. HOW THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE MADE TWO WOMEN PRISONERS.
CHAPTER X. HOW THE DOCTOR WAS AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XI. HOW THE DOCTOR DISMISSED HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XII. HOW KITTY EXECUTED THE DOCTOR’S REVENGE.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WOKE OUT OF SLEEP.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW MRS. DEBORAH WAS RELEASED.
CHAPTER XV. HOW MRS. ESTHER WAS DISCHARGED.
Part II. THE QUEEN OF THE WELLS.
CHAPTER I. HOW WE RETURNED TO THE POLITE WORLD.
CHAPTER II. HOW WE WENT TO THE WELLS.
CHAPTER III. HOW NANCY RECKONED UP THE COMPANY.
CHAPTER IV. HOW KITTY WENT TO HER FIRST BALL.
CHAPTER V. HOW KITTY WORE HER CROWN.
CHAPTER VI. HOW THE DOCTOR WROTE TO KITTY.
CHAPTER VII. HOW KITTY BROKE HER PROMISE.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW KITTY HAD LETTERS AND VERSES.
CHAPTER IX. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH WENT TO LONDON.
CHAPTER X. HOW TWO OLD FRIENDS CAME TO EPSOM.
CHAPTER XI. HOW SIR MILES RENEWED HIS OFFER.
CHAPTER XII. HOW HARRY TEMPLE PROVED HIS VALOUR.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW DURDANS WAS ILLUMINATED.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW MY LORD MADE HIS CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XV. HOW NANCY HAD A QUICK TONGUE.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW SPED THE MASQUERADE.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW KITTY PREVENTED A DUEL.
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW HARRY GOT RELEASED.
CHAPTER XIX. HOW WILL LEVETT WAS DISAPPOINTED.
CHAPTER XX. HOW WILL WOULD NOT BE CROSSED.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW KITTY WENT TO LONDON.
CHAPTER THE LAST. HOW LORD CHUDLEIGH RECEIVED HIS FREEDOM.
Part I.
WITHIN THE RULES.
CHAPTER I.
HOW KITTY LOST HER FATHER AND HER FRIENDS.
My life has been (above any merits of my own) so blessed by Providence, that methinks its history should be begun with the ringing of bells, the singing of psalms, the sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music. For surely the contemplation of a happy course should, even towards its close, be accompanied by a heart full of cheerful piety and gratitude. And though, as often happens to us in the Lord’s wisdom, ill fortune, disappointment, troubles of the flesh, and pain of disease may perhaps afflict me in these latter years of fleeting life, they ought not to lessen the glad song of praise for blessings formerly vouchsafed (and still dwelling in my memory) of love, of joy, and of happiness. Truly, the earth is a delightful place;