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Blind Love

The Prologue 6

Word Count: 1386    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

fts in the clouds began to grow br

e town and the milestone before the sky darkened again. Objects by the wayside grew shadowy and dim. A few drops of rain began to fall. The milestone, as she kne

ight not have passed the milestone

in the clouds. She waited. Low and faint, the sinking moonlight looked its last at the dull earth. In f

rching a ditch that had run dry, formed a bridge leading from the road to the field. Had the field been already chosen as a place of concealment by the police? Nothing was to be s

sented itself to her mind, which I

en country, or by way of the field and the culvert. How could she so place herself as to be sure of warning him, before he fell into th

wasted precious time in trying to arrive at the right decision. A woman,

his appointment, he would hear voices and movements, as a necessary consequence of the arrest, in time to make his escape. Supposing him on the other hand

e field, which looked like a darker shadow, became dimly visible. In another moment it seemed to b

e said, in tones

she answered

for the password. Erroneously judging of her, on his side, as a man, he drew back again. Sir Giles Mountjoy was above the middle heigh

ion of her happiness at having saved him, would have overpowered her discretion, but for a sound that was audible on

per to him: "Sir Giles has

u, whoeve

a hiding-place under the arch, if she could only get down into the dry ditch in time. She was feeling her way to the

The man who had got her blew a w

said; "and let's se

prisoner's face. Amazement petrified the two attendant policemen. The

nancial Holofernes who kept a bank? What account had she to give of herself? How came she to be alone in a desolate field on a rainy night? Instea

elicate wrists by the lantern-light, he put his fetters back in his poc

a constitutional partiality for women, which exhibited the merciful side of justice when a criminal wore a petticoat. "We will tak

he town. They heard her sigh: and, once, the sigh sounded more like a sob;

been the saving of Lord Harry. This accomplished, the free e

equally treacherous and merciless) by which Sir Giles had provided for his own safety, had delayed - perhaps actually prevented - the execution of Lord Harry's humane design. It was possible, horribly possible, t

ivate room at the office - and there he was, with

m alone, to make his report. He left th

our prisoner?"

your h

ch securely

ardon, sir, i

rgeant; it ca

that it was not a boy.

at!

icer repeated -"and a youn

g her

who waits to be brought in. Sh

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1 Preface2 The Prologue 13 The Prologue 24 The Prologue 35 The Prologue 46 The Prologue 57 The Prologue 68 The Prologue 79 The Prologue 810 The Prologue 911 The Prologue 1012 The Prologue 1113 Chapter 1 The Sour French Wine14 Chapter 2 The Man she Refused15 Chapter 3 The Registered Packet16 Chapter 4 The Game Mountjoy Loses17 Chapter 5 The Game Mountjoy Plays a New Card18 Chapter 6 The Game Mountjoy Wins19 Chapter 7 Doctoring the Doctor20 Chapter 8 Her Father's Message21 Chapter 9 Mr. Vimpany on Intoxication22 Chapter 10 The Mockery of Deceit23 Chapter 11 Mrs. Vimpany's Farewell24 Chapter 12 Lord Harry's Defence25 Chapter 13 Iris at Home26 Chapter 14 The Lady's Maid27 Chapter 15 Mr. Henley's Temper28 Chapter 16 The Doctor in Full Dress29 Chapter 17 On Hampstead Heath30 Chapter 18 Professional Assistance31 Chapter 19 Mr. Henley at Home32 Chapter 20 First Suspicions of Iris33 Chapter 21 The Parting Scene34 Chapter 22 The Fatal Words35 Chapter 23 News of Iris36 Chapter 24 Lord Harry's Honeymoon37 Chapter 25 The Doctor in Difficulties38 Chapter 26 London and Paris39 Chapter 27 The Bride at Home40 Chapter 28 The Maid and the Keyhole41 Chapter 29 The Conquest of Mr. Vimpany42 Chapter 30 Saxon and Celt43 Chapter 31 The School for Husbands44 Chapter 32 Good-Bye to Iris45 Chapter 33 The Decree of Fate46 Chapter 34 My Lord's Mind47 Chapter 35 My Lady's Mind48 Chapter 36 The Doctor Means Mischief49 Chapter 37 The First Quarrel50 Chapter 38 Ici on Parle Francais51 Chapter 39 The Mystery of the Hospital52 Chapter 40 Dire Necessity53 Chapter 41 The Man is Found54 Chapter 42 The Mettlesome Maid55 Chapter 43 Fiction Attempted by My Lord56 Chapter 44 Fiction Improved by the Doctor57 Chapter 45 Fact Related by Fanny58 Chapter 46 Man and Wife59 Chapter 47 The Patient and My Lord60 Chapter 48 "The Mistress and the Maid"61 Chapter 49 The Nurse is Sent Away62 Chapter 50 In the Alcove63 Chapter 51 What Next64 Chapter 52 The Dead Man's Photograph65 Chapter 53 The Wife's Return66 Chapter 54 Another Step67 Chapter 55 The Adventures of a Faithful Maid68 Chapter 56 Fanny's Narrative69 Chapter 57 At Louvain70 Chapter 58 Of Course They Will Pay71 Chapter 59 The Consequences of an Advertisement72 Chapter 60 On the Eve of a Change73 Chapter 61 The Last Discovery74 Chapter 62 The Board of Directors75 Chapter 63 A Refuge76 Chapter 64 The Invincibles