The Lady of Lynn. Walter Besant
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Walter Besant
The Lady of Lynn
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664561527
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE PROMOTION AND A BASTING
CHAPTER III THE "SOCIETY" OF LYNN
CHAPTER IV THE GRAND DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VIII THE OPENING OF THE SPA
CHAPTER X "OF THE NICEST HONOUR"
CHAPTER XI THE HUMOURS OF THE SPA
CHAPTER XII THE CAPTAIN'S AMBITION
CHAPTER XIII MOLLY'S FIRST MINUET
CHAPTER XIV MOLLY'S COUNTRY DANCE
CHAPTER XVI HIS LORDSHIP'S INTENTIONS
CHAPTER XVII "IN THE LISBON TRADE"
CHAPTER XX FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
CHAPTER XXI MOLLY'S SECOND APPEARANCE
CHAPTER XXIII WHICH WAY TO FOLLOW?
CHAPTER XXVI THE LAST STEP BUT ONE
CHAPTER XXVII THE EXPECTED BLOW
CHAPTER XXXI THE "SOCIETY" AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXV WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
CHAPTER XXXVII THE BUBBLE AND THE SKY ROCKET
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE OPINION OF COUNSEL
CHAPTER XXXIX THE FRUITS OF SUBMISSION
CHAPTER XLI THE FIRST AND THE SECOND CONFEDERATE
CHAPTER XLII THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH CONFEDERATE
CHAPTER XLIII THE FIFTH AND LAST CONFEDERATE
PROLOGUE
PROMOTION AND A BASTING
The happiest day of my life, up to that time, because I should be the basest and the most ungrateful of men were I not to confess that I have since enjoyed many days far excelling in happiness that day, was the 20th day of June, in the year of grace, seventeen hundred and forty-seven.
For on that day, being my nineteenth birthday, I was promoted, though so young, to be mate, or chief officer, on board my ship, The Lady of Lynn, Captain Jaggard, then engaged in the Lisbon trade.
In the forenoon of that day I was on board and on duty. We were taking in our cargo. Barges and lighters were alongside and all the crew with the barges were hoisting and heaving and lowering and stowing with a grand yohoing and chanting, such