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The House by the Church-yard
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Table of Contents
p.9
The Rector's night-walk to his church
p.14
The nameless coffin
p.17
Mr. Mervyn in his inn
p.21
The fair-green of Palmerstown
p.28
How the Royal Irish Artillery entertained some of the neighbours at dinner
p.36
In which the minstrelsy proceeds
p.39
Showing how two gentlemen may misunderstand one another, without enabling the company to understand their quarrel
p.44
Relating how Doctor Toole and Captain Devereux went on a moonlight errand
p.49
How a squire was found for the knight of the rueful countenance
p.53
The dead secret, showing how the fireworker proved to Puddock that
Nutter had spied out the nakedness of the land
p.58
Some talk about the Haunted House—being, as I suppose, only old woman's tales
p.62
Some odd facts about the Tiled House—being an authentic narrative of
the ghost of a hand
p.69
In which the rector visits the Tiled House, and Doctor Toole looks after
the Brass Castle
p.72
Relating how Puddock purged O'Flaherty's head—a chapter which, it is
hoped, no genteel person will read
p.76
Aesculapius to the rescue
p.81
The ordeal by battle
p.89
Lieutenant Puddock receives an invitation and a rap over the knuckles
p.95
Relating how the gentlemen sat over their claret, and how Dr. Sturk saw a face
p.101
In which the gentlemen follow the ladies
p.104
In which Mr. Dangerfield visits the church of Chapelizod, and Zekiel
Irons goes a-fishing
p.110
Relating among other things how Doctor Toole walked up to the Tiled House; and of his pleasant discourse with Mr. Mervyn
p.115
Telling how Mr. Mervyn fared at Belmont, and of a pleasant little dejeuner by the margin of the Liffey
p.119
Which concerns the grand dinner at the King's House, and who were there, and something of their talk, reveries, disputes, and general jollity
p.124
In which two young persons understand one another better, perhaps, than
ever they did before, without saying so
p.128
In which the sun sets, and the merry-making is kept up by candle-light in the King's House, and Lily receives a warning which she does not comprehend
p.134
Relating how the band of the Royal Irish Artillery played, and, while
the music was going on, how variously different people were moved
p.137
Concerning the troubles and the shapes that began to gather about Doctor Sturk
p.142
In which Mr. Irons recounts some old recollections about the Pied Horse
and the Flower de Luce
p.146
Showing how poor Mrs. Macnamara was troubled and haunted too, and opening a budget of gossip
p.152
Concerning a certain woman in black
p.156
Being a short history of the great battle of Belmont that lasted for so many days, wherein the belligerents showed so much constancy and valour, and sometimes one side and sometimes t'other was victorious
p.158
Narrating how Lieutenant Puddock and Captain Devereux brewed a bowl of punch, and how they sang and discoursed together
p.161
In which Captain Devereux's fiddle plays a prelude to ‘Over the hills and far away’
p.164
In which Lilias hears a stave of an old song and there is a leave-taking beside the river
p.169
In which Aunt Becky and Doctor Toole, in full blow, with Dominick, the footman, behind them, visit Miss Lily at the Elms
p.172
Narrating how Miss Lilias visited Belmont, and saw a strange cocked-hat in the shadow by the window
p.176
Showing how some of the feuds in Chapelizod waxed fiercer, and others were solemnly condoned
p.181
Dreams and troubles, and a dark look-out
p.185
Telling how Lilias Walsingham found two ladies awaiting her arrival at the Elms
p.188
Of a messenger from Chapelizod vault who waited in the Tyled House for Mr. Mervyn
p.193
In which the rector comes home, and Lily speaks her mind, and time glides on, and Aunt Rebecca calls at the Elms
p.198
In which Dr. Sturk tries this way and that for a reprieve on the eve of execution
p.201
Showing how Charles Nutter's blow descended, and what part the silver spectacles bore in the crisis
p.206
Relating how, in the watches of the night, a vision came to Sturk, and his eyes were opened
p.209
Concerning a little rehearsal in Captain Cluffe's, lodging, and a certain confidence between Dr. Sturk and Mr. Dangerfield
p.213
The closet scene, with the part of Polonius omitted
p.217
In which pale Hecate visits the Mills, and Charles Nutter, esq., orders tea
p.224
Swans on the water
p.228
Swans in the water
p.231
Treating of some confusion, in consequence, in the club-room of the Phoenix and elsewhere, and of a hat that was picked up
p.237
How Charles Nutter's tea, pipe, and tobacco-box were all set out for him in the small parlour at the mills; and how that night was passed in the House by the Church-yard
p.242
Concerning a rouleau of guineas and the crack of a pistol
p.245
Relating after what fashion Dr. Sturk came home
p.249
In which Miss Magnolia Macnamara and Dr. Toole, in different scenes, prove themselves good samaritans; and the great Doctor Pell mounts the stairs of the House by the Church-yard
p.254
In which Dr. Toole, in full costume, stands upon the hearth-stone of the Club, and illuminates the company with his back to the fire
p.257
Doctor Walsingham and the Chapelizod Christians meet to the sound of the holy bell, and a vampire sits in the church
p.260
In which Dr. Toole and Mr. Lowe make a visit at the mills, and recognise something remarkable while there
p.265
In which one of little Bopeep's Sheep comes home again, and various theories are entertained respecting Charles Nutter and Lieutenant Puddock
p.270
Telling how a coach drew up at the Elms, and two fine ladies, dressed for the Ball, stepped in
p.275
Being a chapter of hoops, feathers, and brilliants, and bucks and fiddlers
p.280
In which the ghosts of a by-gone sin keep tryst
p.284
Of a solemn resolution which Captain Devereux registered among his household gods, with a libation
p.288
In which a liberty is taken with Mr. Nutter's name, and Mr. Dangerfield stands at the altar
p.293
Being a night scene, in which Miss Gertrude Chattesworth, being adjured by Aunt Becky, makes answer
p.298
Relating some awful news that reached the village, and how Dr. Walsingham visited Captain Richard Devereux at his lodgings
p.301
Of a certain tempest that arose and shook the Captain's spoons and tea-cups; and how the wind suddenly went down
p.306
In which a certain troubled spirit walks
p.310
How an evening passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole makes a little excursion; and two choice spirits discourse, and Hebe trips in with the nectar
p.314
Concerning a second hurricane that raged in Captain Devereux's drawing-room, and relating how Mrs. Irons was attacked with a sort of choking in her bed
p.319
In which an unexpected visitor is seen in the cedar-parlour of the Tiled House, and the Story of Mr. Beauclerc and the ‘Flower de Luce’ begins to be unfolded
p.324
In which Mr. Irons's narrative reaches Merton Moor
p.329
In which the apparition of Mr. Irons is swallowed in darkness
p.334
Concerning a certain gentleman, with a black patch over his eye, who made some visits with a lady, in Chapelizod and its neighbourhood
p.338
In which Doctor Toole, in his boots, visits Mr. Gamble, and sees an ugly client of that gentleman's; and something crosses an empty room
p.342
How a gentleman paid a visit at the Brass Castle, and there read a paragraph in an old newspaper
p.347
Relating how the castle was taken, and how Mistress Moggy took heart of grace
p.352
In which Irish melody prevails
p.356
In which, while the harmony continues in Father Roach's front parlour, a few discords are introduced elsewhere; and Doctor Toole arrives in the morning with a marvellous budget of news
p.362
Showing how little Lily's Life began to change into a retrospect; and how on a sudden she began to feel better
p.366
In which two acquaintances become, on a sudden, marvellously friendly in the church-yard; and Mr. Dangerfield smokes a pipe in the Brass Castle, and resolves that the dumb shall speak
p.372
In which Mr. Dangerfield receives a visitor, and makes a call
p.376
In which Mr. Paul Dangerfield pays his respects and compliments at
Belmont; where other visitors also present themselves
p.383
In which the Knight of the silver spectacles makes the acquaintance of the sage ‘Black Dillon’, and confers with him in his retreat
p.388
In which Christiana goes over; and Dan Loftus comes home
p.392
In which Captain Devereux hears the news; and Mr. Dangerfield meets an old friend after dinner
p.399
In which Mr. Paul Dangerfield mounts the stairs of the House by the church-yard, and makes some arrangements
p.405
In which two comrades are tête-à-tête in their old quarters, and Doctor Sturk's cue is cut off, and a consultation commences
p.411
In which Mr. Moore the barber arrives, and the medical gentlemen lock the door
p.420
In which a certain songster treats the company to a dolorous ballad whereby Mr. Irons is somewhat moved
p.426
Mr. Paul Dangerfield has something on his mind, and Captain Devereux receives a message
p.432
Concerning certain documents which reached Mr. Mervyn, and the witches' revels at the Mills
p.438
The Wher-Wolf
p.446
In which Doctor Toole and Dirty Davy confer in the blue-room
p.452
What Doctor Sturk brought to mind, and all that Doctor Toole heard at Mr. Luke Gamble's
p.461
In which Doctor Pell declines a fee, and Doctor Sturk a prescription.
p.466
About the rightful Mrs. Nutter of the Mills, and how Mr. Mervyn received the news.
p.475
In which Obediah arrives
p.481
In which Charles Archer puts himself upon the country
p.492
The story ends