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A PERILOUS SECRET
BY CHARLES READE
AUTHOR OF "HARD CASH" "PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE" "GRIFFITH GAUNT" "IT IS
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND" ETC., ETC.
1884
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE POOR MAN'S CHILD
CHAPTER II.
THE RICH MAN'S CHILD
CHAPTER III.
THE TWO FATHERS
CHAPTER IV.
AN OLD SERVANT
CHAPTER V.
MARY'S PERIL
CHAPTER VI.
SHARP PRACTICE
CHAPTER VII.
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
CHAPTER VIII.
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
CHAPTER IX.
LOVERS PARTED
CHAPTER X.
THE GORDIAN KNOT
CHAPTER XI.
THE KNOT CUT.--ANOTHER TIED
CHAPTER XII.
THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SERPENT LET LOOSE
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SERPENT
CHAPTER XV.
THE SECRET IN DANGER
CHAPTER XVI.
REMINISCENCES.--THE FALSE ACCUSER.--THE SECRET EXPLODED
CHAPTER XVII.
LOVERS' QUARRELS
CHAPTER XVIII.
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