The Mysteries of Florence
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Chapters (297)
- THE MYSTERIES OF FLORENCE.
- CONTENTS.
- The Scene of the Romance.
- BOOK THE FIRST. THE RED CHAMBER
- CHAPTER THE FIRST. THE SIGNET RING OF ALBARONE. HIGH NOON AMID THE OLD CASTLE WALLS.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE WHITE DUST IN THE GOBLET OF GOLD.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE EMBRACE OF A BROTHER.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE DEATH-TRAP. ROBIN THE ROUGH IS ADVANCED TO HONOR, WHILE THE SKELETON-GOD LAUGHS OVER HIS SHOULDER.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERIES.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH. THE DREAM OF THE DAMNED.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. THE CELL OF THE DOOMED. THE DOOMSMAN.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. ADRIAN THE DOOMED.
- CHAPTER THE NINTH. THE FELON AND THE DUKE.
- CHAPTER THE TENTH. THE CHAMBER OF THE DULSE.
- BOOK THE SECOND. THE CAVERN OF ALBARONE.
- CHAPTER THE FIRST. THE PIT OF DARKNESS.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND. ROBIN ALONE IN THE EARTH-HIDDEN CAVERN.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE CHAPEL OF THE ROCKS. THE MONKS OF THE ORDER OF THE HOLY STEEL HOLD SOLEMN COUNCIL IN THE WILD WOOD.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE CHAPEL OF ST. GEORGE OF ALBARONE.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE CAVERN OF ALBARONE.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH. THE ORDEAL.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. THE BLOW FOR THE WINGED LEOPARD.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE PAGE AND THE DAMSEL.
- CHAPTER THE NINTH. THE STORY OF GUISEPPO.
- CHAPTER THE TENTH. THE MEMORY OF GUILT.
- BOOK THE THIRD. THE LAST NIGHT OF THRICE SEVEN YEARS.
- CHAPTER THE FIRST. THE MAIDEN IN HER BOWER. ALDARIN PICTURES TO THE LADYE ANNABEL THE GLORIES OF A LIVING-TOMB.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE LADY AND THE YEOMAN.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE VALLEY OF THE BOWL. THE SCENE CHANGES TO THE MOUNTAIN LAKE, WHERE THE TRAGEDY OF THE HOUSE OF ALBARONE WILL AT LAST COME TO AN END.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE BRIDAL EVE. THE HEBREW AND THE ARAB-MUTE ENTER THE COURT YARD OF ALBARONE, WHILE THE LADYE ANNABEL IS PASSING TO THE CHAPEL OF SAINT GEORGE.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE BRIDAL MORN. THE WEDDING GUESTS CIRCLE ROUND THE HOLY ALTAR, WHILE THE SCHOLAR ALDARIN STRIKES HIS DAGGER AT THE INTANGIBLE AIR.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH. SIR GEOFFREY O’ TH’ LONGSWORD. THE SPIRIT OF THE CHRONICLE THROWS BACK THE CURTAIN OF FATE, AND GIVES TO VIEW SOME GLIMPSES OF THE LAST SCENE, IN WHICH THE BARBS OF ARIMANES BECOME THE AVENGERS OF HEAVEN.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. THE STUDENT AND THE FAIR STRANGER.[3]
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE CASTLE GATE. THE GROUP CLUSTERED BESIDE THE CASTLE GATE ARE STARTLED BY THE PEAL OF A STRANGE TRUMPET.[4]
- CHAPTER THE NINTH. ALDARIN AND HIS FUTURE. “IBRAHIM BEN MALAKIM SALUTES HIS BROTHER ALDARIN THE SCHOLAR.”
- CHAPTER THE TENTH. THE SCHOLAR ALDARIN AND THE LORD GUISEPPO THE LAST INTERVIEW BEFORE THE GRAND SCENE, FOR WHICH ALDARIN HAS TOILED, STRUGGLED AND ENDURED, FOR THRICE SEVEN YEARS.
- CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. THE WHITE WATERS OF THE ALEMBIC. ALDARIN AND IBRAHIM, GATHERED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ROUND ROOM, HOLD THEIR SOLEMN WATCH, WHILE THE LAST SECONDS OF THE MYSTIC AGE ARE PASSING TO ETERNITY.
- CHAPTER THE TWELFTH. THE TRIAL OF THE WATERS OF LIFE. “AS THE SANDS OF THE THIRD HOUR SINK IN THE GLASS—THE DEAD SHALL ARISE.”
- CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH. THE OATH. THE VENGEANCE OF ALDARIN, THE SCHOLAR.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH. THE FATE OF THE FRATRICIDE. THE ELEMENTS ARISE IN BATTLE, DARKENING THE EARTH WITH THEIR STRIFE, AS THE WIND SHRIEKS THE DEATH-WAIL OF ALDARIN THE SCHOLAR.
- BOOK THE FOURTH. THE QUEEN OF FLORENCE.
- CHAPTER THE FIRST. A SILVERY MOON AND A CLOUDLESS SKY. THE AGED DAME OF THE COT ON THE HILLSIDE LEARNS THE MYSTERY OF AN UNFASTENED DOUBLET.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE CLOUD GATHERS AND THE SKY DARKENS.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE DEATH BOWL. THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RAVISHER STARTLE THE SILENCE OF THE MAIDEN’S CELL, WHILE ADRIAN PREPARES FOR HIS DOOM IN THE VAULTS BELOW.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE CELL OF ST. ARELINE.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE WONDERS OF ST. ARELINE.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH. THE WATCH BESIDE THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. THE COFFIN AND THE CORSE. THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE, AND THE SWORDER SEALS HIS FATE BY A TOUCH OF THE FATAL SPRING.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE FATE OF THE BETRAYER.
- CHAPTER THE NINTH. THREE DAYS ELAPSE. JOY COMES AND POWER, BUT DEATH HAS GRASPED THE VICTIM.
- CHAPTER THE TENTH. THE MYSTERIES OF THE CHRONICLE.
- CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. THE BURIED ALIVE.
- CHAPTER THE TWELFTH. THE REAL MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE UNREAL.
- CHAPTER THE LAST. THE CATHEDRAL OF FLORENCE.
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