Poor Miss

Poor Miss Finch

Name: Poor Miss Finch
Author: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

作者：Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
体例：题　章数：168
字数：730,559　来源：Project Gutenberg

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POOR MISS FINCH
Wilkie Collins
TO MRS. ELLIOT,
W. C.
NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
November 27th, 1872
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
POOR MISS FINCH
CHAPTER THE FIRST
Madame Pratolungo presents Herself
CHAPTER THE SECOND
Madame Pratolungo makes a Voyage on Land
CHAPTER THE THIRD
Poor Miss Finch
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
Twilight View of the Man
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
Candlelight View of the Man
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
A Cage of Finches
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
Daylight View of the Man
I instantly arrived at my own conclusion.
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
The Perjury of the Clock
CHAPTER THE NINTH
The Hero of the Trial
CHAPTER THE TENTH
First Appearance of Jicks
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH
Blind Love
I told her.
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
Mr. Finch smells Money
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
Second Appearance of Jicks
The next morning a note arrived for me from Oscar. It ran thus:--
I stopped, and looked at Mrs. Finch.
I felt every nerve in my body shudder at the sight of the child.
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH
Discoveries at Browndown
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH
Events at the Bedside
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH
First Result of the Robbery
He shook his head gravely. "Nothing more."
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH
The Doctor's Opinion
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH
Family Troubles
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH
Second Result of the Robbery
To this, a postscript was added, in Oscar's handwriting, as follows:--
I started to my feet, looked at him, and dropped back into my chair.
He went on:--
I entreated him to dwell on it no more.
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST
Madame Pratolungo Returns to Dimchurch
I was determined not to give way--even to that.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND
The Twin-Brother's Letter
I handed Oscar back the letter.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD
He sets us All Right
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH
He sees Lucilla
She laughed gaily. "Go on! Puzzle me if you possibly can."
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH
Nugent puzzles Madame Pratolungo
I met that objection also--to my own satisfaction, though not to his.
I lifted my hands and eyes in astonishment. Nugent went on.
I put a question to him on my side.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SIXTH
He proves Equal to the Occasion
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
He finds a Way out of it
I drew the inevitable conclusion. The German oculist was in England!
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
He crosses the Rubicon
I felt it necessary to assert myself for the second time.
I made no answer.
I brushed away the tears from my eyes, and looked up.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-NINTH
Parliamentary Summary
Madame Pratolungo, speaking in conclusion, remarked:--
The second telegram reached us in the evening, and ran thus:--
CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH
Herr Grosse
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIRST
Herr Grosse took a pinch of snuff. "I also," he said, "hold to mine."
She answered him gravely on her side. "I mean what I say."
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SECOND
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-THIRD
The Day Between
I felt it--throbbing faster and faster.
I hurried into the sitting-room.
THE END OF THE FIRST PART
PART THE SECOND
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FOURTH
Nugent shows his Hand
I begin again on the ninth of August.
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIFTH
Lucilla tries her Sight
I answered the first question. Who could answer the second?
I answered Oscar in a whisper.
I again attempted to stop it; and again the German put me back.
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH
The Brothers Meet
He took my hand again. "Be merciful to me," he said. "Let me go."
He shook his head. "Forgive me. You shall hear from me later in the day."
I made my excuses to my guest, and hurried out.
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SEVENTH
The Brothers change Places
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-EIGHTH
I rose on my side, and stopped him as he was leaving the room.
I made a sign in the affirmative.
I could endure it no longer.
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-NINTH
She Learns to See
CHAPTER THE FORTIETH
Traces of Nugent
I deferred to the next day any attempt at making further discoveries.
I opened the letter.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIRST
A Hard Time for Madame Pratolungo
I sent for her to see me in my room, and showed her my letter.
I rang the bell--once, twice. Nobody answered it.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SECOND
The Story of Lucilla: told by Herself
Lucilla's Journal
I have read Oscar's letter once more.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-THIRD
Lucilla's Journal, continued
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FOURTH
Lucilla's Journal, continued
I admitted that.
I interrupted him by a question.
I remembered perfectly.
I thought this unanswerable. He had his reply to it ready, for all that.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIFTH
Lucilla's Journal, concluded
I made him sit down by me on a little couch that just held two.
I stopped him. "Going already?" I said. "It is not late yet.
It was his turn now to plead with _me._
The girl stared, "What mist, Miss?"
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SIXTH
The Italian Steamer
I went back to good Papa's bedside--satisfied, so far.
I had not been five minutes out, before I met my princely superintendent.
Being perfectly composed already, I stared at him, and asked, "Why?"
I said Yes, again--that one word, and no more.
I opened the letter.
I flung open the door in a fury--and confronted Oscar on the threshold.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-SEVENTH
On the Way to the End. First Stage
I find it by no means easy to do this. Oscar baffled me.
CHAPTER THE FORTY-EIGHTH
On the Way to the End. Second Stage
CHAPTER THE FORTY-NINTH
On the Way to the End. Third Stage
CHAPTER THE FIFTIETH
The End of the Journey
EPILOGUE
Madame Pratolungo's Last Words
THE END